Grammar |
- argue, argued, have argued - three important verb tenses in academic communication.
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- Writing successful sentences (1): Focus on structure and accuracy
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- Writing successful sentences (2): Linking your ideas
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- Writing successful sentences (3): Relative clauses
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- the or a or zero? - effective article use
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- Noun Phrases: the building blocks of academic texts
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- The passive - when to and when not to use it
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- may, might, can, could, should ... - An overview of modal verbs
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Open Grammar for webinar descriptions and details.
Vocabulary |
- Improve your Academic Vocabulary (1): Growing your Academic Vocabulary size
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- Improve your Academic Vocabulary (2): Using an online English Dictionary
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- Collocations: Finding the right words as you write
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Open Vocabulary (PDF, 135KB) for webinar descriptions and details.
Building Blocks of Writing
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- Writing critically - focus on language
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- Language for Academic Integrity (1): Avoiding plagiarism
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- Language for Academic Integrity (2): Language for citing and referencing sources
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- Language for Academic Integrity (3): Language for paraphrasing and summarising
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- Language for synthesising sources
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- Language for writing definitions
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- Language for flow and clarity: writing coherent and cohesive texts
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- Successfully editing and proofreading your written work
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Open Building Blocks of Writing (PDF, 177KB) for webinar descriptions and details.
Writing Genres
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- Not Just Essays: Types of university writing - a genre overview
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- Language for Effective Essay Writing
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- Language for Reflective Writing
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- Language for Writing up Experiments
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- University emails - communicating appropriately and effectively
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Open Writing Genres (PDF,133KB) for webinar descriptions and details.
Dissertation Writing
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- Dissertations: Language for The Literature Review (all disciplines)
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- Dissertations: Language for Methods (STEM & Social Sciences)
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- Dissertations: Language for Results (STEM)
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- Dissertations: Language for Results (Social Sciences)
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- Dissertations: Language for Discussion (all disciplines)
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Open Dissertation Writing (PDF,134KB) for webinar descriptions and details.
N.B. You can sign up for these webinars if you are a third-year undergraduate student doing a final Dissertation, a master's student doing a Research Project or Dissertation, or a PhD student.
Eligibility:
This year, these courses are open to all international/EU University of Reading students from campuses in the UK and beyond (e.g. Malaysia and South Africa).