Academic English skills for international students
Patrick The link I have today is for students who want to keep abreast of world events (yes, that means keep up with) and improve their English at the same time. The link is to a newspaper called Newsademic. This newspaper is designed for young people and for students of English as a Foreign Language. If … Read more
When I drive to work I often listen to BBC Radio 4 in the car. Again and again I am struck by what a great resource this is for students. At the moment there is a fascinating series of lectures on China being broadcast in a series called ‘The Reith Lectures’. Every year the BBC … Read more
You’ve probably noticed that I haven’t been posting very frequently recently. That is a sign of a busy time! Now that most of the end of year marking is done I hope there’ll be some more posts. My students will be bored with me telling them to read all the time, well today for a … Read more
I’ve been experimenting with a great website for preparing and practising presentations. The name of the site is Voicethread and I am really excited about it! At Voicethread it is really easy to record your own presentations online. You can add pictures and other files if you like. It’s a good idea to record your … Read more