Academic English skills for international students
Here in the south-west of England there is finally a hint of spring in the air. However, you wouldn’t know it from the weather forecast: the other day as I was getting ready to drive to work the forecaster on the radio told me that it was going to be a ‘dull, dank and dark’ … Read more
If I’ve said it before I’ll say it again: there are few things more useful for international students than volunteering at university. Pre-sessional Academic English courses are finally over and it is time to get on with the real thing! Lots of universities will be having their induction week this week and this is a … Read more
I spend a lot of time looking around the Internet for really good online resources for practising Academic English skills. I sometimes find myself back at a site which I haven’t seen for some time and I get excited about it all over again (I must get out more!). This has just happened again with … Read more
Brrrr! We are in the grip of a cold snap in the UK. It’s freezing! I live in a very old house with lots of draughts and I am staying close to the fire. There is a lot of snow in other parts of the country, but none here in the south west. The children … Read more