ESL RESOURCES FOR ADULT LEARNERS: Writing

Keep a Journal or Write a Blog!

Keeping a journal or an online blog can help you improve your English Writing skills.  To be successful, you must write a little every day even if it is not perfect.  Make sure to share it with your friends.  The topics are endless:  cooking, sports, your new life in this country, or reviews on restaurants, books or movies. 

There are many blogging sites to choose from:

• Tumblr for short texts with pictures. BUT your friends cannot comment.
• Blogger for short to longer texts with pictures.
• Twitter for very short texts and conversations.

Need help to Get Started?

• GCF Blog Basics Tutorial

Need Help to Research a Topic? 

• Credo Reference has the answer!

Not Sure How to Cite or Make a Bibliography?

• EasyBib can help!

• Scrambled Sentence Games

Here are some writing guides to help you get started.

• Purdue OWL  Grammar, Punctuation, Spelling, Sentence Structure, Sentence Style, Writing Numbers, Other ESL Exercises
• English Grammar Online
• Writer's Handbook  By UW-Madison
• Using English Formal Letter Writing  Layout, writing rules, content, abbreviations, etc.

VOA Confessions of an English Learner  Read the articles and leave comments. No need to create an account.
VOA Learning English TV
News in Levels  Read news articles in different levels and comment!
Get Newsmart  Sign up for FREE and learn business English by reading articles, getting definitions, taking short quizzes, and leaving comments.

Punctuation Guides

• About Guide to Punctuation  Explanation of punctuation rules.
• Grammar Book Punctuation  Offers punctuation rules and practice.
• WikiHow Using Punctuation Correctly  Offers a guide to punctuation with examples.