Academic English skills for international students
You’ve probably noticed that I haven’t been posting very frequently recently. That is a sign of a busy time! Now that most of the end of year marking is done I hope there’ll be some more posts. My students will be bored with me telling them to read all the time, well today for a … Read more
I’ve been experimenting with a great website for preparing and practising presentations. The name of the site is Voicethread and I am really excited about it! At Voicethread it is really easy to record your own presentations online. You can add pictures and other files if you like. It’s a good idea to record your … Read more
I hope you’ve all been enjoying the good weather. The long evenings in the UK are just wonderful, even longer if you’re further north! Academic listening skills should be one of the easier skills for students to improve because of the number of resources that are available. So, yes, here’s another good site for you … Read more
The reason why this topic keeps cropping up in my posts is because students keep plagiarising! In my view this is one of the hardest things for students from other cultures to understand and to avoid doing. I think, unfortunately, that many overseas students do not get enough help and this is one reason why … Read more