English Language Support

Resources to help you write in English:

Write and Improve
Includes a variety of prompts according to level that you respond to and are given immediate feedback. While the site may not catch all mistakes, overall it's a useful tool to improve your writing. Also useful for grammar and spelling.

Writing Skills Tutoring
Red Deer Polytechnic's Writing Skills Tutoring offers help with academic writing.

Plagiarism occurs when you take another person’s words or ideas and claim them as your own.

The most common forms of plagiarism are:

• copying or paraphrasing another author’s work without proper acknowledgement
• using the ideas or lines of reasoning of another author’s work without proper acknowledgement
• submitting work that someone else has written or substantially edited
• submitting the same work for multiple courses without approval

List from RDP Student Misconduct: Academic and Non-Academic policy

Plagiarism has severe consequences, including failure, suspension, and expulsion. In college courses, you are expected to document your sources properly and consistently.

The best way to avoid plagiarism is to cite your sources. Commonly used citation styles include APA, MLA, and Chicago.

To learn more, see the RDP Library’s Academic Integrity guide.

These websites will help you as you learn English:

Longman Advanced Dictionary Online
The free version of the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English with translations available in Spanish, Korean, and Japanese.

English for Academic Purposes
Resources for reading, writing, listening and speaking.