Academic English skills for international students
Patrick (The following guest post comes courtesy of Gisele Navarro Mendez of Content Lobby) Making the transition to becoming a fully fledged member of the English-speaking business world can be unnerving. Sympathetic and patient teachers are replaced by shrewd human resources managers or hard-nosed business consultants. Nevertheless, with the right preparation, securing a job is a very achievable … Read more
Happy New Year to all English for University.Com readers around the world! The start of a new year is a good time to start some new habits – and you might be looking for new ways to improve your English. In this post I am going to remind readers about the Academic English podcast published … Read more
I’ve been reading a lot of student work recently and I’ve seen a lot of sentences like this: Price of oil has risen steadily since last year. Quantitative easing stimulates economy but might cause inflation. Banker in the City of London earn far too much money. Can you spot the grammar mistake in each sentence? … Read more
I’ve noticed that when I’m in my office going through a piece of work with a student, as they are sitting there with me they often find lots of mistakes themselves. Even though they wrote the essay, now they are seeing it again more objectively, as if for the first time, and they find the … Read more