Academic English skills for international students
This post is for weaker students who are having problems with writing longer texts: write short simple sentences! If your teacher can’t understand what you are saying then your marks will plummet (my students of English for International Finance will know the meaning!). Look at this paragraph from a website about the rise of house … Read more
A report A report is divided into different parts and sections with headings. There may be numbered parts with headings and subheadings, parts labelled A, B, C and so on.Reports are very common in everyday life. You see them in businesses all the time. There are different types of reports. There are academic … Read more
The evenings are drawing in, household bills are going up, the economy is getting worse…….so watch some sport to cheer yourselves up! Congratulations to the New Zealand rugby team, commiserations to Manchester United (6-1!!!) and thank you both for brightening up an autumn Sunday! After a few weeks at university students are now getting down … Read more
A few years ago a student I knew was accused of an academic offence. She knew what the topic of an exam was going to be and she prepared for the exam by searching on the Internet for an essay on that topic. She found an essay and learnt it off by heart and then … Read more