The SNHU Academic Support ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) Workshop Series is designed to support non-native English language speakers as they navigate online learning and the SNHU community and culture on the road to accomplishing their academic goals. Sessions are open to all undergraduate and graduate students currently enrolled in online courses at SNHU. The seven workshop topics include:
1: Academic Communication
2: Discussion Boards
3: Conversation Practice
4: Hacks for Overthinking
5: Great Grammar
6: Communities
7: Top Tips Review
Various resources, supporting documents, articles, and videos are shared throughout the ESOL workshop series. The list below contains easy-to-access resources, appropriate to each week.
Academic Communication
For more information on the concepts from today's workshop, check out these other Academic Resource Center links:
Discussion Board Tips
For more information on the concepts from today's workshop, check out these other Academic Resource Center links:
Discussion Board Tips (with Video)
(Español) Discussion Boards (with Video)
Tips for Writing Math Discussions (with Video)
Conversation Practice
For more information on the concepts from today's workshop, check out these other Academic Resource Center links:
Hacks for Overthinking
For more information on the concepts from today's workshop, check out these other Academic Resource Center links:
Color Vowel Interactive Chart
Clear English Academy – American English Vowels VIDEO with Keenyn Rhodes
Tips on Better Writing
Tips for Writing a Persuasive Essay
Great Grammar
For more information on the concepts from today's workshop, check out these other Academic Resource Center links:
Grammarly App
Clear English Academy - Tips To Better Understand native English Questions VIDEO with Keenyn Rhodes
Communities
For more information on the concepts from today's workshop, check out these other Academic Resource Center links:
Shapiro Library Research Guide
Shapiro Library Databases
Top Tips Review
For more information on the concepts from today's workshop, check out these other Academic Resource Center links:
Clear English Academy - How to Sound More Fluent with Linking VIDEO with Keenyn Rhodes
References:
American English. (2025). The color vowel chart. https://americanenglish.state.gov/resources/color-vowel-chart
Language Testing International. (2024, January 26). Foreign language anxiety: What is it and how to overcome It? https://www.languagetesting.com/blog/foreign-language-anxiety-what-is-it-and-how-to-overcome-it/
YouTube. (2023). Clear English Academy with Keenyn Rhodes. https://www.youtube.com/@ClearEnglishAcademyCEA
Speak Confident English. (2024, January 14). #299: Practical steps to be a confident English speaker [myth vs. reality]. https://www.speakconfidentenglish.com/practical-steps-to-be-a-confident-english-speaker/
VOA Learning English. (2022, March 24). Give a Persuasive Speech. https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/give-a-persuasive-speech-/6498152.html
VOA Learning English. (2024, December 3). Tips for Better Writing. https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/tips-for-better-writing/2453053.html
Need More Help?
To learn about our next ESOL Workshop or to access the full SNHU Academic Support Center Workshop schedule, hit this ASC link.
Or: Accessing Academic Support: Getting Help With Your Schoolwork (with Video)