The School of Languages and Social Sciences and Aston's Library and Information Services have excellent learning resources and support services for international students. See below for a list of online resources or click here for a list of recommended books, which will help you to develop your English language skills.
English Page – English listening resources This site has a number of links to British and American quality radio programmes
Elllo This site is helpful for listening to informal, spontaneous language
Academic English online
Referencing – The Harvard System
Academic phrase bank
Prepare for success
The Writers’ Handbook, University of Wisconsin
Academic English Online
Expressing yourself using body language
Various video lectures on pronunciation, word stress and intonation:
Interactive Pronunciation Exercises
Using Power Point in Presentation
Discussion Skills
Taking part in seminars (audio material included)
Effective academic reading and note-taking
Reading skills for Academic study - UEfAP
Managing Academic Reading - University of Reading
Effective note-taking
Lectures and tutorials
A range of free online lectures on academic topics
OWL, online academic writing resource, including grammar and punctuation
Guide to grammar and writing
Various video lectures on grammar points
Video Lecture Description Sub-Category Time Click to view video
Preferences; Conditionals; Prepositions; The Passive; Present Perfect; Reported Speech; Phrasal verbs ; Comparatives; Articles; Modal verbs
Upper-intermediate & Advanced Level ESL Quizzes
Changing sentences in 7 different ways – principles (video lesson)
Correctly identifying the parts of a sentence
Understanding complex sentences
Writers Web, OWL (see above)
Grammar Howlers
Homonyms test
Academic word list practice exercises (2)
Appropriate language – formality
University of Kent Vocabulary Test
Collocatiains checker
Idioms A-Z
Better speaking:
Vocabulary learning strategies
Cambridge
Macmillan Online English Dictionary
Theme: Activities and hobbies
Episode 1: Word groups (vocabulary building) Episode 2: Expressing opinions and facts Episode 3: Expressing formal information in academic contexts Episode 4: Comparison of adjectives; Prepositions of time Episode 5: Vocabulary for expresses causes and effects Episode 6: Vocabulary for expressing causes and effect Episode 7: Passive voice Episode 8: Relative pronouns and clauses; connected speech Episode 9: Compound sentences/independent and dependent sentences
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