Academic English skills for international students
Patrick It’s always good to hear people’s experiences of life at a British university, especially when those people come from a variety of places around the world. The University of Plymouth have a page of video snapshots about student experiences, with transcripts available too. Here’s Laishalla from Trinidad and Tobagao talking about her experiences of studying … Read more
Forget about the polar bears! Never mind the rainforests! Protect the apostrophe, it’s in danger! I was surprised to discover that there is an ‘Apostrophe Protection Society‘ in the UK. Even though it seems an unlikely idea for a whole website, it does have some easy to understand rules about apostrophe usage and an active … Read more
A student asked me the other day about paraphrasing. Her question was “Should the paraphrase be longer or shorter than the original text?” I would say that it is usual for the paraphrase to be shorter because the paraphrase is also a summary of the text. Students often get into difficulties paraphrasing because they don’t … Read more
I’d like to thank Karen Schweitzer for another of her popular guest posts about free English language resources. Not everyone can afford classes or expensive English language learning software. Fortunately, there are many free resources available online that anyone can use to learn English on their own. From free online courses to language learning communities, … Read more