Academic English skills for international students
It’s a boy! After lots of waiting, we have a royal baby in the UK! People are still waiting to find out what the name will be. In fact, lots of people are going into betting shops to place bets on what the name will be. Personally I think it will be ‘George’. But I’m … Read more
Structuring your presentation Now that we are back in the classroom it already seems as though the holiday had never happened! Over the next few weeks I will be talking to my students about presentations. One ofmy students has already asked me: “What do I need to do to get a good mark in my … Read more
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