Academic English skills for international students
Patrick I have met lots of new international students around the university this week: some happy, some lost, some confused, some anxious and many in shock! ‘Culture shock’ is a well documented experience for people moving to a new country and affects most international students at some time or other. Even if you feel great now … Read more
Summer courses are over and it’s time to get down to the real work! Of course, many international students haven’t been on summer courses at all and will be going straight onto their university courses because their English is already good enough. Or is it?? Last year I had a few very fluent students who … Read more
If I had to say one thing to the students I have seen over the summer in English classes it is this: just because your summer course is over and you are starting your university course, it doesn’t mean that you can stop studying English! If you needed to go on a summer course three … Read more
Oops! I am delighted to be sharing my daughter’s excitement as she prepares to head off to university. She has been getting lots of things through the post, including A Welcome Message from the Principle of her college. Principle?? My children say that I am pedantic when it comes to punctuation and spelling but even I … Read more