Useful Links

The Tutorial and Academic Skills Center

The Online Writing Assistance Center (Online Tutoring)

The Writing & Reading Center (WRC)

The Listening & Speaking Lab

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:

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)

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.)

Ovient English (FREE language learning resources from a Sunnyvale company that specializes in teaching Business English.)

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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.)

Wordpress (A place to start your own blog, read other people's blogs, and learn about language, society, and culture)

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 or iPod.  I especially recommend Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me!--a very funny news quiz)