ESL Writing Skills

Author: ThoughtCo.

Recommended by: Mª Prado Camacho Alarcón

“English writing skills for a variety of purposes, including essays, formal and informal letter writing, resumes, business documents, plus lesson plans for teachers to use in the classroom.”

Go the Distance: Academic Writing

Author: BBC

Recommended by: Mª Prado Camacho Alarcón

“This is a fantastic website where you can work on academic English through short exercises to familiarise yourself with academic vocabulary, how to structure paragraphs, argumentative language, how to write in an exam, how to present a project, etc.”

Writing Basics

Author: Wordy.com

Recommended by: Lucas Baeyens Morata

“Section inside Wordy.com (a website which provides online proofreading services) which
includes different sub-sections with tips and ideas on how to improve your writing techniques,
including paragraph writing, composition, basic English communication skills, and a specific
section regarding English writing techniques.”

Write and Improve

Author: CambridgeEnglish.org

Recommended by: Lucas Baeyens Morata

“Write & Improve is a free online service provided by Cambridge English which helps you
improve your writing skills as an English student. You can select different writing tasks and
submit your writings in order to get appropriate feedback. This web resource can definitely be
helpful for non-native teachers who wish to further develop their English writing skills.”

Word and Phrase.info

Author: Mark Davies / BYU

Recommended by: Lucas Baeyens Morata

“Based on data from over 120 million words from academic texts in the Corpus of
Contemporary American English (COCA), this webpage analyses your written texts in order to
obtain useful information about the words and phrases in it, regarding their technicality, whether
they have been commonly used in academic texts, etc.”

Corpus ofContemporary American English (COCA):

Thesaurus

Author: Dictionary.com

Recommended by: Lucas Baeyens Morata

“Thesaurus is not only one of the most powerful synonym and antonym online dictionaries, but
also provides tips and suggestions for avoidable expressions and vocabulary, words of the day,
etc. A great tool to expand your vocabulary while developing your writing skills.”

Readable

Author: Readable.com (part of the Added Bytes family)

Recommended by: Lucas Baeyens Morata

“Readable is a website that helps you to improve the ‘readability’ of your written texts. It
indicates whether there are too many long words or long sentences, for example, that can
make your written texts harder to understand (especially for non-native English speakers). It
could be a great tool for proficient EMI teachers that have difficulties when adjusting the
written texts, instructions, activities, etc. to their students’ level.”

Grammar Monster

Author: Grammar Monster

Recommended by: Lucas Baeyens Morata

“Entirely free website where you can improve your writing skills in English. It includes a
grammar glossary, lots of free test and resources in commas, prepositions, adjectives,
punctuation, etc. A great tool for a non-native English speaker to develop their writing skills.”