UCLA Graduate Writing Center - ESL Resources

OWL Purdue University's Online Writing Lab

Walden University's Guide to U.S. Academic Writing

Strategies for Essay Writing: A comprehensive guide created by the Harvard College Writing Center, which walks you through the entire essay process from "How to Read an Assignment" to "Revising a Draft." Also includes brief guides to writing within disciplines. 

Beyond the Five-Paragraph Essay: This article from the Writing Center at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill guides college students in moving beyond the structure of a five-paragraph essay and towards formats that are more effective in college-level writing. 

Online Courses

A Beginner’s Guide to Writing in English for University Study is a free online course from FutureLearn.

These works are intended to help students write effectively in American English. They describe techniques to craft arguments and paragraphs, self-edit papers and revise paragraphs and organizational structures. Non-native students are introduced to culturally-appropriate strategies to help them succeed in their academic writing tasks.