Academic English skills for international students
Patrick I think that many readers of this site will not know what a ‘moat’ is. Well, a moat is the water around a castle which acts as a defence against attackers. In Britain over the past two weeks a newspaper has got hold of details about our politicians ‘expenses’ and the public have found out … Read more
One excellent way of improving your English is to follow the news in English so I am going to be more active in mentioning news stories to you. These will usually be British news stories so I hope that those of you who want to improve your general knowledge about Britain and British culture will … Read more
Here in the UK we have been enjoying a great parliamentary crisis. My local member of parliament has claimed £24 000 every year to look after his garden! Using a variety of linking words correctly is essential to successful academic writing and getting that ‘cohesion’ that I have talked about before. There is no easy … Read more
The other day I was looking at links to my site (yes, this one!) and I found a site in Korea which liked it, but it also said: “However, although McMahon claims to have been a teacher and materials writer since 1987, the user would need to exercise caution in that this and any other … Read more