- Topic Sentences
- Topics and Comments
- Support Sentences
- Using Transitions
- Ordering principles
Pulp Friction
UVic English Language Centre, Canada
A complete module including: Pre-reading, skimming, scanning, reordering, scavenger hunt (unfortunately many dead links), essay writing. A particularly useful exercise:
Review of Cause and Effect Linking Words
An Academic Writing Module: Paragraphs
Victoria University, NZ
Including exercises on:
UVic English Language Centre, Canada
A complete module including: Pre-reading, skimming, scanning, reordering, scavenger hunt (unfortunately many dead links), essay writing. A particularly useful exercise:
Review of Cause and Effect Linking Words
An Academic Writing Module: Paragraphs
Victoria University, NZ
Including exercises on:
- Topic sentences
- Building Paragraphs
- Incorporating Sources
- Types of Paragraphs
- Sample Essay
- Academic Word List 56 short articles followed by gap filling exercises.
- Individual words Click on "word order" to find the exercises
- Describing Trends Matching sentences to graphs
- Listening comprehension & note-taking: Gap-filling exercises
- Efficient reading skills including:
- Scanning to locate specifically required information
- Surveying the text
- Using the title
- Skimming a text using first lines of paragraphs
- Skimming a text using first and last paragraphs
- Skimming a text, using section headings
Reading strategies for academic texts
Advice followed by lots of short articles for practice:
Strategies for reading
Advice followed by lots of short articles for practice:
Strategies for reading
Interactive academic text reconstruction exercises
Based on the Voice of America's Special English programs
Linking Words
A set of interactive exercises
Determiners: Articles
A sequence of exercises aimed at understanding the logic of article use in English.
Quentin's cool English site
Links to information and exercises on Essays, Bibliographies, Citations, Evidence, Paraphrasing, Proof Reading, Quoting, Summarizing, Thesis.
MOTS LIENS (Linking Words)
Institut de langues vivantes at the Université catholique de Louvain.
Many other grammar exercises, too.
Dartmouth Writing Program
No exercises but a lot of practical advice including a sections on:
Based on the Voice of America's Special English programs
Linking Words
A set of interactive exercises
Determiners: Articles
A sequence of exercises aimed at understanding the logic of article use in English.
Quentin's cool English site
Links to information and exercises on Essays, Bibliographies, Citations, Evidence, Paraphrasing, Proof Reading, Quoting, Summarizing, Thesis.
MOTS LIENS (Linking Words)
Institut de langues vivantes at the Université catholique de Louvain.
Many other grammar exercises, too.
Dartmouth Writing Program
No exercises but a lot of practical advice including a sections on:
- The Process Approach to Teaching Writing
- English as a second language
- This includes a section on cultural differences and a list of
Common ESL errors: the top ten list
(scroll down to the middle of the page to find it).
Reading for Thinking
Laraine Flemming
Laraine Flemming
- Paraphrasing Topic Sentences
- Recognising Mixed Patterns
- Recognizing the Appropriate Inference
- Recognizing the Appropriate Inference
- Discovering the Point
- Evaluating Support
- 1: Detecting Bias
- 2: Detecting Bias
- 3: Detecting Bias
- Identifying Purpose and Tone
- 1: Drawing Conclusions
- 2: Drawing Conclusions
- Understanding Figurative Language
- Understanding Longer Readings
- Terms Related to the Internet
