Academic English skills for international students
I have been watching a lot of student presentations recently – some good, some not so good, and some brilliant! As I was watching one of the excellent ones I realised what the speaker had done which made it such a good presentation: she had taken ownership of her presentation content. Her presentation had a … Read more
It is that time of year when English language students at our university are starting to think about presentations which they have to do as part of their coursework. Most university students have to do presentations at some point. There are lots of things to say about presentations in English, but my one piece of … Read more
I had a student in my office the other day who was asking me about feedback she had been given by her lecturer. The main comment the lecturer had made was ‘not enough critical analysis’. Then my student said ‘Everyone always talks about critical analysis, but nobody has told me what that means!‘ So I … Read more
Back to work after the Christmas holidays – it must be time for thinking about presentations! There are so many things to say about doing a presentation that it is hard to know where to start. I remember this time last year making a few comments about choosing an interesting topic, or a topic with … Read more