Academic English skills for international students
Did you know that English now has a million words? A million! You’re probably thinking – well I am anyway – how on earth anyone has managed to count them all! A company in the USA which analyses words on the internet claims that a new word is created every 98 minutes and that means … Read more
I have been enjoying the BBC Youtube channel. I particularly like this guy they have doing entertaining videos about idioms. I know what you’re thinking: ‘Patrick, that’s not very academic!’ and you would be right. This is not the language that you’ll be using in your essays! However, this is the language that lecturers use … Read more
I think that many readers of this site will not know what a ‘moat’ is. Well, a moat is the water around a castle which acts as a defence against attackers. In Britain over the past two weeks a newspaper has got hold of details about our politicians ‘expenses’ and the public have found out … Read more
Isn’t the Olympics just great? I have nearly been late for class because I’ve been enjoying Olympic breakfasts and can’t drag myself away to drive to work. However, when I get to class I am helping students to improve their academic vocabulary, and one way you can do that is by doing some exercises on … Read more