You’ve probably noticed that I haven’t been posting very frequently recently. That is a sign of a busy time! Now that most of the end of year marking is done I hope there’ll be some more posts. My students will be bored with me telling them to read all the time, well today for a … Read more
I hope you’ve all been enjoying the good weather. The long evenings in the UK are just wonderful, even longer if you’re further north! Academic listening skills should be one of the easier skills for students to improve because of the number of resources that are available. So, yes, here’s another good site for you … Read more
One of the biggest problems that overseas students face at university is in lectures. Why do the lecturers speak so quickly?! Why do they jump about all over the place, why don’t they carefully follow the points on the slide? Well, lecturers are humans (I think!) and they get distracted, they suddenly think about things … Read more