Independent study

Academic Phrase Bank - Pretty much what it says! Very useful for inspiration for new language to use on your writing.
Compleat Lexical Tutor - This website analyses your text for you and tells you information about the language such as how difficult it is and which words are 'academic'.
EAP Toolkit - A series of self-study exercises for language and academic skills. University of Southampton (via Blackboard)
Essential Grammar and Academic Skills - Griffith University
Harvard referencing - The University of York's referencing guide complete with examples and explanations.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Online - A good entry level English to English dictionary which gives simple explanations of words and examples.
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary - One of the more sophisticated learner dictionaries, which contains help with collocations and word lists.
Padlet - A space for you to record vocabulary, keep a portfolio, interact with friends, keep a diary, anything you like really.
Sketch Engine - A very powerful language analysis tool used by professional linguists to explore patterns in language. We'll learn more about it's features in class such as the concordancer, Word Sketch and Sketch Diff. If you can't wait for the class, log in and explore for yourself!
Sketch Engine for Language Learning - A simplified version of Sketch Engine for language students. Very useful for getting example sentences and learning how to build natural sounding phrases.
Using English for Academic Purposes - Information and simple practice exercises on all aspects of academic English.

Further Exploration

Here is a collection of websites which help in various ways with language and study skills. It was compiled by David Read at the University of Sheffield.