ELL Guide

For students: Online resources for college and adult learners of English

Compiled by Kristin McLaren, Post-Doctoral Scholar for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion 

 

Writing:

Curated resources for academic writing from EAP Foundation: 

 

Writing Activities: Leveled, targeted online writing exercises from the British Council.

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/writing

 

English for Emails from British Council 

 

Academic Writing Course: Online academic writing course from Heriot-Watt University. https://rise.articulate.com/share/rG_bQo6f6LOqfXbxBeFNPK84Alv6KOfi#/

 

Academic Writing: Paragraphs: Exercises on topic sentences, building paragraphs, and more. https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/llc/llc_resources/academic-writing/index.html

 

Harvard College Writing: Some useful resources, especially Strategies for Essay Writing. https://writingcenter.fas.harvard.edu/pages/resources

 

Purdue Online Writing Lab: The Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University. https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/purdue_owl.html

 

The Writing Center Tips and tools from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. https://writingcenter.unc.edu/tips-and-tools/

 

University Writing. Writing guidelines from La Trobe University.

https://latrobe.libguides.com/writing

 

Listening practice for College/Adult Learners:

Breaking news in English

English listening library online

TED Talks

Listen a minute

Randall’s ESL cyber listening lab

ESL videos - leveled authentic resources

BBC Learning English

 

Explicit grammar instruction:

Grammar Bytes

Additional Resources:*

Emojis in the English Classroom

*Additional Resources recommended by others such as Blaire B.