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This week we've updated our academic punctuation worksheet with some new activities and it now includes academic referencing skills. We've also created a video that accompanies a free, simplified worksheet so you can get an idea of what the lesson includes (see below).
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Punctuation is rarely taught in the classroom and we as teachers often expect students to have a clear knowledge on how to punctuate accurately. This, of course, is not always the case and students appreciate a lesson that helps them understand the structural marks of writing.
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Punctuation Dictionary Definitions
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The practice or system of using certain conventional marks or characters in writing or printing in order to separate elements and make the meaning clear, as in ending a sentence or separating clauses (Dictionary.com, 2023).
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The act or practice of inserting standardised marks or signs in written matter to clarify the meaning and separate structural units (Merriam-Webster Dictionary, 2023).
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The most common punctuation marks in English are: capital letters, full stops, question marks, commas, colons, semi-colons, exclamation marks and quotation marks (Cambridge Dictionary, 2023).
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Punctuation Video
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Punctuation Symbols
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Academic Punctuation
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The AEUK Team
Newsletter #144
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Recent Posts 2023
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November 2023. Peer Feedback Forms Peer feedback helps students to engage with the standards of a specific task and the relevant assessment criteria, as well as developing their skills of ...
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Introduction to academic speaking
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October 2023. Introduction to Academic Speaking. This webpage offers three introductory lessons to academic speaking skills: seminars, presentations and debates. Each lesson includes...
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September 2023. Academic Syllabus We've put together two academic English courses (6 weeks & 12 weeks) using materials from this website. The intensive course programme ...
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September 2023. Academic Projects. Most college and university courses assess their students learning through some kind of project. This not only measures the student’s...
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August 2023. Academic E-Portfolios. An academic e-portfolio is a collection of the student’s work that represents the student’s efforts and achievements in particular areas over a specified ...
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August 2023. Academic posters are a visual form of communicating academic research, projects or literature reviews that often combine elements of text and diagrams to convey ideas ...
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July 2023 Medical English Vocabulary Medical English Worksheets / Lessons using the the Medical Academic Word List (MAWL) which contains 623 non-subject specific and medical words …
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June 2023. Dementia reading, writing, listening and speaking lesson. Dementia is a neurodegenerative disorder that progresses over time and primarily impacts cognitive functions ...
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June 2023. TED-Ed medicine lecture worksheets. A selection of short animated mini lectures based around the TED-Ed medicine website. Each listening is about 4-6 minutes long …
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Describing Graphs: Analysis Evaluation
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May 2023. Describing Graphs (Analysis & Evaluation). This lesson shows how analyse and evaluate a graph using a variety of language phrases. It focuses on a set procedure of graphical...
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May 2023. Describing Graphs (The Basics). This lesson shows how to label and describe a graph using a variety of language (increase, grow, fall, plummet, fluctuate, etc..). It focuses on ...
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April 2023. Describing Results. This webpage provides information on how to describe the results from a questionnaire. It provides language for describing quantities, group sizes ...
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April 2023. Medical English Vocabulary. The Medical Academic Word List (MAWL) contains 623 non-subject specific and medical words which were selected because they appear with ...
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March 2023. TED-Ed Medicine Lectures. A selection of short animated mini lectures based around the TED-Ed medicine website. Each listening is about 4-6 minutes long and includes ...
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March 2023. Academic English Mini Lectures. Here are a range of mini lecture listenings and worksheets. Each listening is about 3-4 minutes long and includes video/mp3, PPT slides...
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Feb 2023. Front Groups. What is a front group? A front group is a seemingly independent and not-for-profit organisation, predominantly operating in and around the areas of public health...
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Diversity Equity Inclusion
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Feb 2023. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI). What is diversity, inclusion and equity? Diversity, equity and inclusion, often shortened to DEI, is a collective term for the approaches, initiatives…
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Jan 2023. Five Instant Academic English Lessons. Instant lessons are for the busy EAP teacher to pick up and go. They are designed around a specific topic and include all key skills...
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