Teaching & Learning English
This article presents a self-study strategy for students preparaing for the IELTS Writing test by reading about the common topics and studying the language typically used to discuss those subjects. Whilst I intend to do more research into this and publish the results to help my students, the recent advances in AI tools means this … Read more
I have been doing a lot of research into assessing student-led seminars recently. Here is a QR code that can take you to an article I wrote about this research. My latest seminar sessions have been as productive as the earlier ones and working with students who are readily able to articulate their ideas in … Read more
This post introduces a pedagogical approach I have been pioneering that might usefully contribute to discussions of transforming learning spaces to increase student ownership within the English for Academic Purposes (EAP) classroom.
This page is set up to help students explore the use of the BAWE corpus as a tool for informing vocabulary choices in academic writing. The examples below come from either common errors in student writing or questions my students have asked about specific lexicogrammar features of English. If you search for words or phrases … Read more
This is additional reading material for the Animation degree programme at QUST/Bradford It is uncontroversial to say that reading is probably the best way to extend your vocabulary and the more you read, the greater your vocabulary will be This week’s reading text features various quotes and expressions so does not contain so much AWL … Read more
The exercises below are intended to help students learn the words from the first four sublists of the AWL Choose the correct form of the word to complete the passage The gaps are all words from the AWL sublists 1-5; the words in blue bold are also from the AWL These exercises focus on the correct … Read more
Here is the eleventh set of 30 words from the AWL sublists. They are the first 30 words from AWL sublist 6. We are on 6/10 so well over half way now 🙂 You should try to learn these words in preparation for a test in class next week. In addition to learning the meaning … Read more
This is additional reading material for the Animation degree programme at QUST/Bradford It is uncontroversial to say that reading is probably the best way to extend your vocabulary and the more you read, the greater your vocabulary will be This week the main text below is more like a general English textbook than an academic … Read more
The exercises below are intended to help students learn the words from the first four sublists of the AWL Choose the correct form of the word to complete the passage The gaps are all words from the AWL sublists 1-4; the words in blue bold are also from the AWL These exercises focus on the correct … Read more
Here is the tenth set of 30 words from the AWL sublists. They are the second 30 words from AWL sublist 5. You should try to learn these words in preparation for a test in class next week. In addition to learning the meaning of each word, pay attention to the different forms it takes … Read more
This is additional reading material for the Animation degree programme at QUST/Bradford It is uncontroversial to say that reading is probably the best way to extend your vocabulary and the more you read, the greater your vocabulary will be This week the main text below is an abstract from an academic report so you can … Read more
Here is the ninth set of 30 words from the AWL sublists. They are the first 30 words from AWL sublist 5. Congratulations, you are halfway through the AWL 🙂 You should try to learn these words in preparation for a test in class next week. In addition to learning the meaning of each word, … Read more