Academic English skills for international students
Patrick I’ve signed up for Twitter! I’m not really sure what it’ll be like, but we’ll see. I’ve been exploring the BBC Learning English site and thoroughly enjoying the grammar challenge section. On this great page there are podcasts with programmes focusing on particular grammar points. If you are serious about improving your English then you … Read more
I’ve been thinking a lot about writing recently. I’ve been talking about it, reading about it and mostly importantly listening to successful international students telling me about how they improved their ability in writing. It’s one of the most frequent questions I get asked. ‘Patrick, how can I improve my writing?’ and it is one … Read more
OK, so not many posts recently! That means I have been busy! Please visit the new forum that I have set up and ask questions to me or other readers. I had a forum a few months ago but I got fed up with all the advertisements that came with it. I particularly dislike advertisements from companies who will … Read more
First of all I should apologise for some rogue posts which came out at the weekend – there were some technical difficulties so subscribers got empty or old posts – so sorry about that. I hope it doesn’t happen again. I met a student today who I hadn’t seen for a few months. Wow! I … Read more