Academic English skills for international students
Patrick This post is about the difference between V and W in English. The reason I am writing about this is because I have been making a lot of comments about the English pronunciation of my international students. I’ve been noticing that many students do not distinguish between V and W when they are speaking English. … Read more
I’ve been listening to a lot of student talks recently. Often the content of the talks that I listen to are very good, but the content is difficult to get to because the pronunciation is poor! And the more I listen the more important I think it is that English language students understand the nature … Read more
Many of my students tell me that they find it really difficult to follow their lectures. Some of them tell me that they think they can only understand 25% of what the lecturer is saying! Now that is a worry! My advice to my students is to try and do something about it. The most … Read more
Here in the UK the nights are drawing in (getting dark earlier) and the temperature is beginning to drop. If you are student (or a lecturer!) that means that there is no good reason for not getting on with all that work you’ve got to do! The clocks go back at the end of the … Read more