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Learn Academic English 7: The Dunning-Kruger effect

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 …

Studying in the UK

Don’t Ignore Low IELTS/TOEFL Scores!  Don’t Enter University with 5.5 IELTS/60 TOEFL!

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 …

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Learn Academic English 6: The Marshmallow Test

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 …

Studying in the UK

Are English-Speaking Universities Accepting Students with Inadequate English?

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 …

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Learn Academic English 5: Grit – the power of passion and perseverance

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 …

Studying in the UK

Eight Reasons Some International Students Have Poor English (Part 1)

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, …

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Learn Academic English 4: How great leader inspire action

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 …

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Learn Academic English 3: Inside the mind of a master procrastinator

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: …

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Dr Bernard Parniewicz

I prepare international students for studying in the UK/USA/Australia. I teach Academic English, writing academic projects, research methods, statistics and academic software skills (Citavi, Zotero, Scrivener, SPSS). If you are interested in individual lessons or my courses, please contact me. Read More…

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  • Learn Academic English 7: The Dunning-Kruger effect
  • Don’t Ignore Low IELTS/TOEFL Scores!  Don’t Enter University with 5.5 IELTS/60 TOEFL!
  • Learn Academic English 6: The Marshmallow Test
  • Are English-Speaking Universities Accepting Students with Inadequate English?
  • Learn Academic English 5: Grit – the power of passion and perseverance

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