Academic English skills for international students
There’s only one story in the UK this week, and that is the one about tuition fees. UK students will now have to fund their own degrees paying up to £9,000 a year for their fees. Yes, I know that you overseas students already pay that much so you are probably just thinking ‘Well, welcome … Read more
The deep freeze continues! But the cold weather hasn’t put off the student protesters around the UK who are out in force to try to stop the government raising tuition fees. These were the scenes in London today: But whilst the British students are protesting, my overseas students are still struggling along with a paraphrasing … Read more
My students are trying to get critical! For homework our Academic English students have to write a paraphrase and a critical commentary. For many students this is a new type of writing. Students are often not used to commenting on what writers have said. Students often say things like: “Well, who am I to comment … Read more
It is bank holiday in the UK. That means two things: the weather is horrible and the DIY shops are full! Just as we headed into the long weekend, the temperature fell and it started raining! How does it know to do that?? Classes at my university have finished for the year which means that … Read more