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International Student Guide: English Help

Resources to help international students navigate American college libraries, understand plagiarism, and find materials in multiple languages.

English Help Resources

Duolingo
Free online language learning platform
Using English
A collection of resources for English Language Learners.

News in Levels
Get practice following the news at different levels

BPL ESL & Literacy
Includes information about the BPL's ESL Conversation classes and lists resources through the BPL to learn English

Google Translate
Translation tool--simply select the languages you need or use detect language
Bing Translator
Translator from Microsoft--type text in or select the language from the pull-down menu
Linguee
This site is useful for seeing translations of various phrases and words in context so that you can pick the best one.