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Speaking Tasks for academic English
Speaking Tasks (analysis & evaluation) What are academic speaking tasks? This lesson is aimed to develop discussion skills but more importantly to focus on critical thinking strategies of analysis and evaluation. In small groups the students are given a...
Academic Plagiarism: contract cheating
Academic Plagiarism: the use of custom Essay writing servicesWhat is custom essay writing academic plagiarism? This lesson explores how academic plagiarism has changed over the last few years with students using custom essay writing services. These companies will...
Economic Inequality lesson
Economic Inequality Lesson BookWhat is economic inequality? Economic inequality covers a wide variety of topics. It mainly refers to either income distribution or the distribution of wealth. Besides measurements between countries or states, there are important types...
Ethical Consumerism Lesson
Ethical Consumerism ListeningWhat is ethical consumerism? Borg and Regan (2008) describe ethical consumerism as consciously identifying the links between a product, its origins and the context in which it has been produced. They define the term as awareness of how a...
Seminar Signposting Language
Signposting Language in Academic Seminars What is signposting in academic seminar speaking? Signposting language is words and set phrases used in seminars to guide and the focus the discussion. Often in seminar assessments students are expected to use a range of...
Graphs
Describing Graphs This blog offers two great lessons on describing, analysing and evaluating graphs / charts / tables. The first lesson begins with naming different graph / chart types and describing a range of different lines (peak, plummet, etc..). It finishes with...
Academic Word Formation
Academic Word List [AWL] - Word FormationWhat is Academic Word List word forms? The Academic Word List (AWL), developed by Averil Coxhead in 2000 at Victoria University of Wellington, comprises 570 word families that occur frequently across a wide range of academic...
Academic Pronunciation
Academic PronunciationWhat is academic Pronunciation? This activity uses a list of the top 60 academic words from the Academic Word List (AWL) compiled from research by vocabulary.com. There are two activities of gap fill and dictation with accompanying videos so...
Teamwork
Teamwork at UniversityHow to improve team work at university Teamwork is an important part of university study and usually students will have to work in a team on projects, presentations and/or seminars. These skills are fully transferable to future careers so it is...
Seminar: Designer Babies
Seminar Speaking Skills: Designer BabiesWhat is a designer baby? A designer baby is a baby genetically engineered in vitro for specially selected traits, which can vary from lowered disease-risk to gender selection. Designer babies represent great potential in the...
