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English as a Second Language Resources

General Interest sites for ESL students

Basic Tips for ESL Students: Writing for an American Academic Audience (Purdue)
Writing an American Academic Paper (Dartmouth)

Grammar and Style pages for ESL students

ESL Grammar links A few pages identifying the eccentricities of the English language.
ESL Idiom Page Lists, meanings, and examples.
Phrasal Verb Page Lists, meanings, and examples.

Activities and Study Guides

Complete List of English Irregular Verbs (Susan Jones) A list of irregular English verbs with quizzes.
Focusing on Words Learn English vocabulary by studying selected poems and stories.
Grammar Safari (U. of Illinois) Provides ESL students with ideas for practicing the rules of English grammar.
Interactive English Language Exercises Exercises on grammar, vocabulary, and idioms.
Interactive Language exercises on the Web (Ruth Vilmi)
Quiz Center Quizzes on a variety of subjects designed for ESL students: history, people, grammar, slang, writing, world culture, etc.
Self Study Quizzes for ESL Students Quizzes on grammar, reading comprehension, writing etc. geared toward problems frequently encountered by ESL students.

The Reed Writing Center also has these titles in its library.

TUTORING & Teaching ESL Students

ESL Resources for Teachers (Purdue)
Helping ESL Writers Grow (Salem State College)
Language teacher resources (Ohio U.)
Teaching ESL Students in Content Classrooms (Columbia College)
Teaching ESL Students to Write Effectively, Not Just Correctly (Rutgers)
Tutoring and Teaching Multilingual Students (UC Berkeley)

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