Academic English is the type of English you need for:

• Reading and comprehension of your study resources, including
  • Listening & note-taking skills
  • Reading skills for academic texts
• Writing about your subject, including
  • Grammar and vocabulary
  • Referencing and plagiarism
  • Essay writing

There is a lot of material that can be found on the web to assist you with academic English.

Below is a set of links which will act as a starting point. If you can’t find what you need here, ask for help in the support or course forums.

Reading and comprehension

Listening & note-taking skills

• Listening and Note-Taking Strategies (UNSW Sydney)
• Listening and notetaking skills (Birmingham City University)
• Strategies for listening & notetaking (University of New England) Includes exercises to try out.
• The Cornell Note-taking System (Cornell University)
• T-Notes Method for Note Taking (Kutztown University)
• Outline Method for Note Taking (PDF) (Missouri State University)
• Thought mapping (University of Leicester)

Reading skills for academic texts

• Get The Most From Your Textbook (Athabasca University)
• Academic Reading Skills (University of Nottingham)
• Improving your reading skills (University of Leicester)

Writing

Grammar and vocabulary

• Grammar for academic writing (Lynch, T. & Anderson, K. 2013)
• Thinking about grammar (University of Reading)
• Grammar, Spelling and Punctuation (Doc) (University of Kent)
• Academic Word List most frequent words (Coxhead, A)

Referencing and plagiarism

• An Introduction to Referencing and Avoiding Plagiarism at the University (PDF) (University of Manchester)
• Top 10 Free Plagiarism Detection Tools For eLearning Professionals (2017 Update)

Essay writing

• Critical thinking (PDF) (Plymouth University)
• Analysing essay titles (University of Hull)
• Considering Structure and Organization (Dartmouth College)
• Five Steps to Writing an Essay (PDF) (University of Pittsburgh)
• Essay Structure (Harvard University)
• Using Evidence Effectively (University of Guelph)
• Using Evidence in Essays (University of Sydney)
• Creating the first draft of your research paper (PDF) (Concordia University)
• How to write and review a first draft of a paper (PDF) (St Lawrence University)