ESL Resources
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Teaching & Learning Resources
- UMass Amherst Writing Center
- UMass Amherst Moodle Link
- UMass Amherst Library Link to Refworks
- UMass Amherst Library Link to Turnitin
- Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA) Database
- Purdue OWL
- Longman Dictionary
- Oxford Learner Dictionary
- British Council Word Family Framework
- The Academic Wordlist
- CCC Guide to Writing & Grammar
- Pratt
- Pronunciation Coach
- IRIS Database
UMass Amherst Campus Resources
- International Program Office
- Undergraduate Admissions
- Graduate Admissions
- Student Organizations
- Student Life
- Academic Advising
- Academic Calendar
- LLC Language Teaching & Research Lab
- Continuing and Professional Education
- United Asia Learning Resource Center
- Center for Latin American, Caribbean and Latino Studies
- Center for Multicultural Advancement and Student Success
Pioneer Valley Community Resources
- Jones Library Conversation Circles
- UMass Amherst IPO American Culture Courses
- Center for New Americans
- International Language Institute of Massachusetts
- The Literacy Project
- Holyoke Adult Learning Opportunities
Resources for International Instructors (Faculty & Teaching Assistants)
- Center for Teaching and Learning’s International Instructors Working Group
- Overcoming Teaching Challenges
- MIT Guidelines for handling challenges: Problems, Pitfalls, Booby Traps, and Surprises (in Teaching)
- Teaching Tips: Six Common Non-Facilitating Teaching Behaviors
- MIT “The User-friendly Classroom” Videos
- Vanderbuilt “International Teaching Assistant Guide”
- Series of links to articles related to teaching international students or being an international instructor
