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Top prize, as far as we’re concerned, goes to the ESL Café. It has most everything an ESL student can ask for in an online center, including instructional materials, quizzes (including geography and history quizzes!), and most helpful of all, a free online help desk for students from across the globe. It’s not designed for you to submit papers, but if you have questions about English usage, you can submit them electronically to the Café’s help desk.
Dave’s ESL Café
Dave’s Help Center
Purdue University has one of the best online writing labs in the country. You’ll find reader-friendly resource pages, handouts, and exercise in its ESL section.
Purdue University’s ESL Pages
Although loaded with information for ESL students, this one’s more helpful for teachers. Still, you might want to visit Mark’s Forums for asynchronous chat and answers to your questions about English grammar and usage.
Mark's ESL Resources (scroll down the page to see the list)
Mark’s Grammar Help Center
Is it compliment or complement? Itch or scratch? Principle or principal? What’s wrong with saying “Please RSVP”? Even native English speakers have trouble with the dozens of tricky problems listed on these pages. (The director of writing services himself has bookmarked who/whom.) This site also has many links to other tremendous writing resources on the bottom of the page.
Common Errors in English
George Mason University has compiled many helpful resources specifically designed for ESL students. This is well worth a look--it links to terrific ESL resources from all over.
George Mason's ESL Pages
Rensselaer Polytechnic University (RPI) has a swell page devoted to correct usage of the articles a, an, and the—a real bugaboo for many ESL speakers. Check the handouts page for excellent instructional material on assignments. You get bonus points for spelling Rensselaer without looking.
Writing Center at Rensselaer
Writing Center at Rensselaer
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