Academic English skills for international students
Patrick I know that there are lots of students who are just arriving to start their summer pre-sessional courses in the UK over the next few weeks. I’d like to say a big WELCOME to all of you and to wish you luck on your English course. I talk to a lot of students about their … Read more
Here in the south-west of England there is finally a hint of spring in the air. However, you wouldn’t know it from the weather forecast: the other day as I was getting ready to drive to work the forecaster on the radio told me that it was going to be a ‘dull, dank and dark’ … Read more
Join two sentences with a semicolon! I know what you are thinking: a post from English for University. Com! That’s unusual! Yes, things have been pretty hectic recently meaning that I haven’t been posting much over the past few weeks. Well, now that I have nearly finished marking a very large pile of reports from … Read more
Structuring your presentation Now that we are back in the classroom it already seems as though the holiday had never happened! Over the next few weeks I will be talking to my students about presentations. One ofmy students has already asked me: “What do I need to do to get a good mark in my … Read more