by AEUK | Nov 5, 2022 | Academia, Plagiarism, Speaking
Academic Integrity What is academic integrity? When considering academic integrity, the discussion tends to revolve around cheating, plagiarism, dishonesty, fraud, and other academic malpractice and how best to prevent these behaviours. A more productive approach...
by AEUK | Jun 20, 2021 | Academia, EAP Teacher, Terms and Conditions
New PDF to Word Terms and Conditions What’s this about? Many of us are still teaching online and Word documents are far more practical to use online than PDFs. Therefore, we’ve changed our terms and conditions to provide permission for our PDF documents...
by AEUK | Apr 25, 2021 | Academia, EAP Teacher, Referencing, Writing
WRITING / Reference Verbs / Reference List / Referencing In-Text Referencing Terms & Conditions of Use When you use information from a text, you have to acknowledge it / state who said it. Why? It’s not your idea, so you must give credit to the writer of the...
by AEUK | Apr 11, 2021 | Academia, Reading, Vocabulary
READING / reading strategies Academic Reading Strategies What are reading strategies? In order to read effectively, different reading techniques are necessary for different purposes and texts. Therefore, it is important for students to have a range skills to be able...
by AEUK | Mar 19, 2021 | Academia, EAP Teacher, Grammar, Lessons, Reading, Writing
GRAMMAR / Verb Patterns Academic Verb Patterns Terms & Conditions of Use What are verb patterns? A verb pattern is when one verb follows another in a single clause. The former verb dictates how the latter verb will be used. There are five main verb patterns in...
by AEUK | Feb 2, 2021 | Academia, Listening, Reading, Speaking, Writing
COVID-19 Pandemic Lessons Understanding COVID-19 Terms & Conditions of Use What is this COVID-19 lesson about? This ‘COVID-19’ lesson book includes 6-10 hours of content: Exploring COVID-19 through Internet research. Scientific research: what is the COVID-19...
by AEUK | Nov 15, 2020 | Academia, Speaking, Writing
Academic Marking Criteria Marking criteria Marking criteria are the standards of judgement for assignments. Marking criteria are often divided into sections with explicit definitions of the quality expected for different levels of judgement. Students It is important...
by AEUK | Sep 30, 2020 | Academia, Writing
WRITING / Academic style Academic Writing Style – key points Academic style is the conventions often associated with academic writing. Although there is much debate over what exactly academic style is, generally there is an agreement among most Academic English...
by AEUK | Aug 13, 2020 | Academia, Critical thinking, Speaking
Reflection on Study and Goal Setting What is a reflective student? This is a seminar lesson to reflect on studying. It asks students to look at and examine the way they study and to identify possible areas that could be improved. It includes reflective questions, a...
by AEUK | Jul 13, 2020 | Academia, Grammar, Reading, Referencing, Vocabulary, Writing
How students can exploit a text to support their learning What are reading strategies? Reading strategies are explicit approaches and techniques to improve comprehension of a written text. These reading strategies include skimming, scanning, surveying, highlighting,...
by AEUK | Mar 28, 2020 | Academia, EAP Teacher, Speaking
The best ‘free’ video-conferencing software for 2022 This post was written by J.Greenwood (2022) With the Covid-19 pandemic currently impacting educational institutions across the globe, many teachers are being tasked with delivering classes online. This...
by AEUK | Mar 8, 2020 | Academia, Critical thinking
Critical Thinking Skills What is critical thinking? Critical thinking is derived from the ancient Greek word Kritikos meaning questioning. Universal scholarly agreement is based on the understanding that it is the higher order cognitive skills...
by AEUK | Jun 16, 2019 | Academia, Listening
Procrastination What is procrasination? Procrastination is the tendency to put things off until the last moment or beyond the last moment. University students are particularly vulnerable to procrastination, possibly because of the amount of work expected of them, the...
by AEUK | Apr 18, 2017 | Academia
Academic English: a definition Academic English is… …often considered relatively formal complex English that conveys ideas in a precise and objective manner. It is generally acknowledged to include the essential skills of literary analysis, the observance...
