Academic English skills for international students
Patrick Today I am showing you another study skills link. Do read it carefully. What I’ve noticed about students who are successful at university is that they have good habits. Let me give you an example of this. The other day in one of my classes we discussed the arguments for and against capital punishment. I … Read more
I’m very interested in what students from overseas find difficult when they study in English, but the truth is that students (like everyone else!) don’t like to admit it when things are very hard. For this reason many overseas students worry a lot on their own, or end up in a group of students from … Read more
Today I am giving you a link to a website packed full of exercises with audio clips attached to them. When you look at the homepage for this site you need to scroll down the page and then you will see a title saying “Listening quizzes for Academic Purposes” and under this you will see … Read more
One of my overseas students recently told me that he understood only about half of what he heard in his lectures! I think it is probably unusual to understand only half but I think it does show many of the difficulties that overseas students face. The important thing that overseas students need to realise is … Read more