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Listening Note-Taking
Listening Note-Taking Methods 1What are listening note-taking methods? The Curve of Forgetting graph (originally called The Ebbinghuas Curve) proposes we forget new information rapidly. If you take a lecture for example, many students think that because they...
Academic Summary
Academic Summary SkillsWhat is a summary?A summary is a synthesis of the main points of an article written in your own words. It is a combination of selecting the relevant information and condensing it so that it is no more than a third of the length of the original...
Improve your paraphrasing skills
Improve your paraphrasing skills Paraphrasing is using your own words to express someone else's message or ideas. In a paraphrase, the ideas and meaning of the original source must be maintained; the main ideas need to be expressed, but the wording has to be your...
How to improve your English listening skills
English Listening Skills Listening is the most difficult skill to improve quickly, so it needs lots of practice. Using listening test sites provides a purpose for listening and aids motivation. Listening tests improve your listening skills as they help you check your...
Academic Grammar
Academic Grammar What are the most common tenses in academic English? According to corpus research, in academic writing, the four tenses used the most often are present simple, past simple, present perfect simple and future simple (will) (Biber et al., 1999; Caplan,...
Description, analysis and evaluation
Description, analysis & evaluation A basic definition of all three terms: Description: To give a clear and detailed picture of something. Analysis: To make a methodical and detailed examination. Evaluation: To make judgements about the value of information....
Listening note-taking methods 2
Listening Note-Taking Methods 2What are listening note-taking methods? The Curve of Forgetting (originally called The Ebbinghuas Curve) proposes we forget new information rapidly. If you take a lecture for example, many students think that because they understand the...
File sharing
Shared DrivesThe File Sharing page explains how Teacher and Institutional Members can access downloadable videos and MP3 listening files for use in their teaching through shared OneDrive and Dropbox folders. These file-sharing applications provide an alternative way...
Academic Synthesis
Academic Synthesis What is synthesis? Synthesis is a key feature of analytical academic writing. It is the skill of being able to combine a number of sources in a clause, paragraph or text to either support an argument or refute it. We also synthesise sources to be...
Exemplification
Academic Exemplification What is exemplification? Exemplification means to provide readers with examples that illustrate a larger point. Exemplification writing uses specific, vivid examples for the purpose of adding more information to explain, persuade, define or...
