Useful Links

At De Anza:

The Tutorial and Academic Skills Center

The Student Success Center

De Anza Library

De Anza Bookstore

Disabled Students Programs & Services

Financial Aid Services

De Anza Student Health Services

Transfer Planning

Counseling & Academic Advising

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Great ESL Websites and Online Resources:

Paradigm Online Writing Assistant (A good writing website that includes various patterns of organization)

Webster Guide to Grammar & Writing (A great resource that's easy to navigate! Includes handouts and online quizzes / tutorials.)

The OWL at Purdue (This website has EVERYTHING you might ever want to know about reading, writing, and grammar. I love this site and use it frequently. Includes great handouts, tutorials, and quizzes.)

BBC Learning English (A comprehensive resource that offers reading, writing, listening, and speaking tutorials, practice pages, and quizzes.)

Dave's ESL Cafe (A great resource for all things ESL!)

English Works! (Another thorough English / ESL web resource. Quizzes, printable pages, and tutorials.)

The Idioms Free Dictionary (An online dictionary of idioms and idiomatic expressions)

The Picture Dictionary (A multilingual dictionary with pictures; perfect for beginning ESL learners!)

Thinkmap Visual Thesaurus (A really innovative online thesaurus that represents words and connections through visual maps; it's beautiful to look at and easy / fun to use.)

The Citation Machine (A website that uses software to generate citations for you! Plug in the information, click submit, and then copy/paste the citation into your Word document.)

Interesting Things for ESL Students (Contains quizzes, resources, games, tutorials, and handouts.)

ESL Partyland (Fun resources for students and teachers!)

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Other Fun Websites:

Free Rice (Learn English vocabulary...or French, Spanish, German, and Italian.  Also brush up on your Art, Chemistry, Geography, or Math Skills.  Why else is this website so great?  For every correct answer you get, freerice.com will donate 20 grains of rice through the UN World Food Program to help end hunger.)

Free Kibble (A similar website to Free Rice.  Play the trivia game; for every answer (right or wrong), Free Kibble will donate 10 pieces of dog or cat food to animal shelters throughout the country.  A really fun way to help out a worthy cause.)

Word Lab (Includes a blog, free naming tools, word games, and fun facts about words, names, and linguistics.)

WNYC's Radiolab (Interesting broadcasts and podcasts with science themes.  Great for long car commutes: download the podcasts and improve your listening skills while you drive!  By the way, the topics are always engaging; I have learned a lot about science by listening to Radiolab). 

The New York Times (Practice your reading skills and learn about the world through this newspaper and website)

National Public Radio (NPR) (Listen to broadcasts, radio programs, and dowload Podcasts to your computer, iPod, or smart phone.  I highly recommend Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me!--a very funny news quiz show)