Academic English skills for international students
Patrick Students are often asking about lectures in English and it’s extraordinary what is available for free on the Internet. Regular readers will remember my post about TED.com a few weeks ago and I think it’s time to mention another site called Academic Earth. Academic Earth is a site dedicated to “extending high quality academic opportunities … Read more
One of the most important features of written academic English is the correct use of linking words. Take this sentence as an example: In contrast to the difficulties researchers faced in collecting the data, the analysis phase of the research project was straightforward. The use of the linking phrase in contrast effectively joins the two … Read more
Oh dear. It’s that time of year – the clocks have gone back which means that it’ll soon be getting dark at four o’clock in the afternoon. Of course, at this time of year it is traditional for everyone to complain about this. Every year the news programmes are full of people saying that we … Read more
Students tell me that if they look for one type of mistake each time when they are checking their work, then they find more mistakes that they have made! This means checking your work just looking for mistakes with articles. Then look again and check your nouns to see that the plural/singular forms are correct. … Read more