Academic English skills for international students
If you have signed up for posts by e mail in the last few weeks you are probably thinking ‘well, that was a waste of time!’ because you haven’t received any posts. But the posts are back and now you will be receiving regular posts once or twice a week about Academic English and pointing … Read more
If you are thinking ‘Patrick hasn’t posted anything for a long time’ then you’d be right! That usually means that it has been particularly busy at work and yes, it is marking time again. But, better late than never as the saying goes. Readers who are interested in Britain may have been following the General … Read more
We were all looking forward to the day after the General Election in the UK when we would finally get the politicians off our TV screens. No such luck! Most unusually, no single party has a majority in parliament – what we refer to as a hung parliament. Some countries get this all the time, … Read more
It is bank holiday in the UK. That means two things: the weather is horrible and the DIY shops are full! Just as we headed into the long weekend, the temperature fell and it started raining! How does it know to do that?? Classes at my university have finished for the year which means that … Read more