Summarising |
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http://lsa.colorado.edu/summarystreet/ |
Paraphrasing |
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Cohesive Devices/Linking or Signalling Words |
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http://www.uefap.com/writing/exercise/parag/paragex12.htm |
http://www.uefap.com/writing/writfram.htm | http://grammar.about.com/od/sentencecombinin1/a/coherexercise.htm | http://grammar.about.com/od/sentencecombinin1/a/coherexercise_2.htm
The original sentences-answers to the previous exercise. | Cohesive devices with tables of information on their structure |
Punctuation |
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http://www.edufind.com/english/punctuation/index.php |
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/1/6/ | the Oxford Comma |
Business Letters & Emails |
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Model Business Letter and Email |
Sample Cover Letter | http://www.4hb.com/letters/index.html
Variety of sample business letters and emails |
Drawing up an outline |
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http://www.lavc.edu/library/outline.htm |
http://www.wikihow.com/Write-an-Outline | http://writing.pppst.com/outlines.html
Select "Making an Outline" | http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/14683857.2011.556428 | Branching (concept mapping, mind mapping or clustering): A non-linear alternative technique to outlining | Paragraph Structure- Topic Sentence |
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Prepositions |
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Word Order |
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Verb Tenses |
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Verbs |
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Modal Verbs |
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Modals of Ability |
Modals of Obligation | Modals of Probability | can, could, be able to | can, could, be able to- esl lounge | Difference between can/be able to | can vs may | Ability, Permission, Requests, Advice_British Council |
Reported Speech |
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Verbs for Reporting in Academic Writing |
Exercise on Reporting Verbs-Oxford University Press | quiz on reported speech | quiz on reported speech 2 | Reporting verbs_ "complete the appropriate verb" exercise | Video_Passive verbs with "that" clauses (It is thought...) | Reporting verbs_positive, negative, neutral | List of Reporting Verbs_Strong, weak, neutral | Syntax of Reporting Verbs | Reporting Verbs Exercise_ Direct_Indirect Speech_select reporting verb | Strong/weak Author & Direct/Indirect Quotations |
Gerunds vs Infinitives |
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Exercise on Gerunds vs Infinitive |
Advanced Exercise-Final Test | Gerund or Infinitive- Reference Verb List | Understanding News Broadcasting/ newspaper articles |
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Business Vocabulary |
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Collocations |
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http://www.better-english.com/strongcollocation/coll15.htm |
Vocabulary on War, Violence & Conflict |
EU Institutions |
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EU Institutions explained by the Presidents (in English/French/German) |
European Structural and Investment Funds | EU Cohesion Policy 2014-2020 | EU Cohesion Policy- ΕΣΠΑ 2014-2020 | The proposed TTIP Agreement | Glossary by Europa | Vocabulary on EU Institutions |
Listening Comprehension-Film Clips |
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The Great Gatsby-Film clip and multiple choice exercise |
Videos & Slide presentations on various issues of International interest |
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International Migration |
Historical Context of the Human Rights Act 1998 | What is Franchising? | The real origin of the Franchising | NGO's Urged to Refrain from taking advantage of poor Kenyans | Paris Attacks: Social Media Response | Turkey's Identity Struggle | Brexit: 'Lose-lose situation for both sides' - BBC News | Citation Styles |
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Diagnostic Grammar & Vocabulary Test |
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Oxford University Press Practice Test |
British Study Centres Free Online English Grammar Test | Diagnostic Grammar Test- World English |
Passive Voice |
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Various exercises on the Passive Voice |
Why use the passive voice in academic writing? | Passive Voice_British Council |
Conditional Sentences |
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conditional sentences-complex test |
wishes & hypotheses | Wishes about the Past vs. Hopes about the future | Verbs in Time Clauses and If Clauses |
Videos 2016-17 |
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Obama on the goal of his foreign policy |
Donald Trump On Foreign Policy | Fider Castro | Fidel Castro_Headlines |
Relative Clauses |
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Defining- Non-Defining (which or that) |
Defining- Non-Defining (which or that)_ Exercises |
Countable vs Uncountable Nouns |
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Grammar and exercise _ British Council |
Plural Nouns | English for Academic Research_ English Grammar (tricky cases eg. verb agreement ) | Various cases | Videos_2018-19 |
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Academic Writing |
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