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
Resources for Instructors Working with English as Additional Language Students
Lists of Strategies for working with International Students
Books & Articles
Other Media
CLT Workshop Link