ACADEMIC SKILLS TUTOR - DR BERNARD PARNIEWICZ
HELPING STUDENTS DEVELOP THEIR ACADEMIC POTENTIAL
Introduction Some students seem to overestimate their Academic English skills. They are absolutely confident that their English language skills are excellent. Only when students need to complete authentic academic reading …
In the previous post, I posited that English-speaking universities tend to accept students with too low IELTS/TOEFL scores. Although it would be easy to blame universities for misleading students about …
Level: C1/C2, prospective postgraduate students About the lesson In today’s lesson, we will look at ‘the marshmallow tests’ (studies on delayed gratification) from three different perspectives (four if you include …
In the previous blog post about international students’ English competence, I explained how the quantity and quality of language learning affect students’ academic English knowledge. I posited that students need …
Today we are going to discuss Angela Duckworth’ TED talk. Angela is a psychologist and an expert on ‘grit’ and its effect on performance. Both Angela’s successful TED talk and …
There are many reasons international students struggle and/or fail at English-speaking universities. Invariably, the main reason is for the predicament is students’ low English proficiency. International students in the UK, …
Simon Sinek – an author, motivational speaker, and consultant provides us with a simple model for inspirational leadership. The video has 11 million views so it is a good testament …
The purpose of the lesson is to compare and discuss two sources of information: an informal TED Talk and an academic journal article. Both sources deal with the same issue: …
