International students from different academic cultures often get disappointed in their marks when they study at an English-speaking university because they do not know what their lecturers are looking for in their written work. The latest article on English for University.com shows a real conclusion from a real report which demonstrates how the writer interprets … Read more
Warwick University has some excellent materials on Academic English language skills here: https://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/al/globalpad/openhouse/academicenglishskills/
This example of a critical literature review from WRASSE at the University of Plymouth includes comments from a teacher. The comments show what the teacher likes about the student text. Check it out here: https://wrasse.plymouth.ac.uk/extract/academic-paper-review-arnfalk-p-et-al-2005-education-for-sustainable
Apostrophes: apostrophe challenge Apostrophes are so hard to use that now a council in Devon (the pretty part of England in the south-west where lots of people come on holiday!) is taking them out of road names! So: BAKER’S VIEW is now: BAKERS VIEW A lot of people are very unhappy about this! (Read about … Read more