Resources Pages for the Academic Skills

Videos:

Watch a recording of our online How to Use Academic Vocabulary workshop

Playlist:

Click to view the videos, or click the icon in the upper right to select from the list of videos.

Presentation:

Download the  How to Use Academic Vocabulary Workshop Presentation [PowerPoint file]

Or, see it here below...

Mini-Module:

See our Mini-Module on academic vocabulary

Activities:

Improve your feeling for the differences between formal academic vocabulary and normal spoken English with this interactive activity.

Match functions and phrases to build your academic vocabulary

Download Files:

• Read our Vocabulary HowTo Guide  [PDF]: This has lots of useful information about Improving your Academic Vocabulary.
• Three essential types of academic vocabulary [PDF]. Includes lists of words and how to use them.
• Are you tired of writing "About" and "Regarding"?  Here are some alternative phrases for "about" and "regarding" with examples of how to use them [PDF].
• Vocabulary for Writing Essays [PDF]. A table of words to use and their functions from the University of Sydney.

Useful links to external sites:

• Lextutor: To see how to use a word, enter it in their concordancer [Opens in new window]
• University of Adelaide:  For lots of ways to use reporting verbs [Opens in new window]
• Synonyms finder:  From Crosswordsolver.com [Opens in new window]

Useful link for hedging:

• Manchester Academic Phrasebank: This is a great site with lots of examples you can adapt and use yourself [Opens in new window]

The Academic Word List:

• The Academic Word List (AWL) is a list of the core vocabulary used for writing at university in the UK. [Opens in new window]

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