Academic Listening

Lectures: GET READY!

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Lectures will be starting soon! It’s well worth spending some time thinking about going to lectures and how you can get the most out of them. Lectures are hard! Your lecturers will probably speak quickly and you may well find it hard to follow what they are saying.  You will hear a variety of accents … Read more

Academic Earth to help your Academic English

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Students are often asking about lectures in English and it’s extraordinary what is available for free on the Internet. Regular readers will remember my post about TED.com a few weeks ago and I think it’s time to mention another site called Academic Earth. Academic Earth is a site dedicated to “extending high quality academic opportunities … Read more