ESL Students
These OWL resources will help ESL students in second language writing. This section includes resources on writing across the curriculum, writing in the disciplines, and it contains links to OWL workshops and exercises useful for ESL students. This section also includes links to ESL resources on the Internet.
The Purdue OWL Engagement section provides additional ESL resources.
Writing in North American Colleges
This handout is an introduction to the basics of academic writing conventions for students who are new to American colleges and universities.
US Higher Education: A Cultural Introduction
This handout is an introduction to some of the basics of working, networking, and living at US colleges and universities.
Writing for a Chinese Business Audience
This handout provides examples and information on writing in English for both domestic and international audiences doing business in China. It includes information on letters and memos, as well as important stylistic considerations.
Writing for a North American Business Audience
This handout provides examples and information (written for non-North Americans) on how to write for a business audience. It includes information on getting to the point, keeping it simple, active and passive voice, nondiscriminatory language, and verb overgeneralizing.
Writing for an Indian Business Audience
This handout provides examples and information on writing for both domestic and international audiences doing business in India. It includes information on letters and memos, as well as important stylistic considerations. The handout concludes with comments on some important characteristics of English writing in India, and on the status of English in business writing compared with native Indian languages, such as Hindi and Bengali.
