A few weeks ago Patrick informed about a new academic English website which has come online from Queen Mary, University of London. The site is open to everyone.
One of the pages that drew Patrick's attention was the one which focuses on seminar speaking skills. He explains why:
"Participating in seminars is one area of university study that international students find particularly challenging for a number of reasons and this page highlights useful language that students can use to perform a range of important functions, such as disagreeing politely and giving an opinion. The good thing about the Queen Mary site is that it doesn’t just list the phrases for you. Instead there are interactive exercises in which you have to listen and identify the function of the phrases so there is a good chance that you’ll remember the phrases and you can use them in your own seminars."
So if you are planning to study a degree abroad where English is the language of communication, or simply you want to practise your English in a more formal and structured environment and practise your reading, writing, speaking skills along with your grammar, Academic English Online from Queen Mary looks like a good place to do so.
