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Happy New Year and welcome to our January Newsletter.
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We’re excited to introduce our new AI-Supported Writing 10-Lesson Workbook, designed to help international students build confident, academic writing skills for university study. Across ten carefully structured lessons, students progress from sentence accuracy to paragraph-level writing, developing control over vocabulary, grammar, cohesion and academic style. AI is used responsibly to support noticing, checking and reflection, helping students evaluate their writing decisions while maintaining academic integrity. See below for more details.
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FREE WORKSHEET: LESSON 1: Sentence Accuracy – Identifying Errors
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The AEUK Team
Newsletter #177
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What is the AI-Supported Academic Writing Workbook?
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This AI-Supported Academic Writing Workbook is designed for international university students and develops sentence- and paragraph-level academic writing skills through the theme of education and learning in the digital age, with lessons progressing from accuracy and clarity to cohesion, hedging and summary writing. Across ten structured lessons, students use AI tools responsibly to check, compare and reflect on their writing, helping them build confident control of academic language without relying on AI to generate content.
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Booklet Contents
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General features of digital learning.
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Sentence accuracy: identifying errors.
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Digital learning tasks and activities.
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Sentence meaning and precision.
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AI-powered personalised learning.
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Academic vocabulary choice.
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Online discussion forums.
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Collocation and natural academic phrasing.
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Student engagement in digital learning.
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Sentence combining and complexity.
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Immersive learning with VR and AR.
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Nominalisation and academic style.
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Mobile-first learning design.
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Hedging and cautious language.
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Challenges and limitations in digital learning.
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Cohesion within a paragraph.
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Automated assessment in higher education.
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Summary writing in academic contexts.
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Digital technology and learning in higher education.
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Final integrated writing task and reflection.
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ANSWER KEY |
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Examples of how AI is used in the classroom
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Task 2: Sentence editing practice
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The paragraph below contains TEN grammar errors. Find and correct them.
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Task 3: AI-supported error identification
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Now use an AI tool such as ChatGPT or M365 Copilot to support your learning. Use these exact steps.
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Task 4: Independent writing
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Write FIVE academic sentences on ‘the general features of digital learning’.
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- Focus on grammar accuracy, not complexity.
- Focus on subject-verb agreement and singular/plural nouns.
- Write clear, complete sentences.
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⚠ Do NOT use an AI tool while writing.
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Step 1: Check your own writing
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Read your sentences and tick (✓) the statements that are true.
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All verbs agree with their subjects.
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Singular and plural nouns are used correctly.
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Step 2: Use an AI tool to support your learning
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Copy and paste your sentences and the following prompt into the AI tool.
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Downloads
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LESSON 1: Sentence Accuracy-Identifying Errors
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Sample Lesson 1 focuses on developing sentence-level grammatical accuracy, particularly subject–verb agreement and singular/plural nouns, using short academic sentences on digital learning as practice. It introduces controlled use of AI to help students check and reflect on their own corrections, laying the foundation for the remaining lessons in the ten-lesson sequence. Level ***** [B1/B2/C1]
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AI-supported Academic Writing 10-Lesson Workbook
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The AI-Supported Writing Workbook helps international students develop clear, accurate academic writing for university study. Lessons progress from sentence-level accuracy to paragraph-level writing, using a neutral academic theme focused on education in the digital age. AI tools are used in a controlled way to support checking, reflection and critical evaluation rather than content generation. LESSON EXAMPLE Level ***** [B1/B2/C1] TEACHER MEMBERSHIP / INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERSHIP
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