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Center for English Language and Culture for International Students
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo MI 49008-5223 USA
(269) 387-4800

Reading and Writing Resources

Resources listed below include activities to develop reading and writing skills.  

Reading

Adult learning activities: California Distance Learning Project

Cornerstone daily reading fluency

Famous quotes at BrainyQuote

Reading from scratch: spelling rules

ZAP Reader

Writing

Academic phrase bank

Argument essays, graphs, other writing, and speaking for IELTS, PET, and TOEFL

Citation machine: formatting in-text and reference page citations
   
Paraphrasing tool

Purdue OWL: essays for exams transitions

Text 2 Mind Map: simple mind mapping online

Transitional words | Time4Writing

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