Note: Some of the material on this page is taken directly from the EAP book.
Other material is related to EAP topics, and is here so that you can extend your
knowledge.
Presentation Planner - helps you
to write presentations by asking you for all the necessary sections of a
presentation. It then produces printable note-cards, a script and a slide show. It also
reads your presentation to you to help with your pronunciation.
Reference Machine - a
program to help you write references. You fill in the boxes with the author's name etc.
and the computer formats the reference for you. You can use one of the
following styles:
Example academic
essay with the quotations, summaries and paraphrases highlighted. It also contains
in-text citations and references. The topic is how to design navigation for Internet
pages.
Essay introductions - a text on the
health of students, and a text
re-construction exercise.
Essay paragraphs - a text on multiple
dimensions of the tutor-student relationship, with paragraphs in
order of importance. Includes a text re-construction exercise.
Essay conclusions - a text on the
health of students, and a text
re-construction exercise.
Example academic essay with the quotations, summaries and paraphrases
highlighted. It also contains in-text citations and references. The topic
is how to design navigation for Internet pages.
Introductory Paragraph Techniques -
identify four basic techniques for composing the opening statement of your
introductory paragraph: the general statement, the rhetorical question,
the impact statement, and the anecdote
Suggesting solutions - choosing
whether a sentence that suggests a solution is formal or informal.
Academic Vocabulary - lists of academic words.
You can click the links for definitions, example sentences and pronunciations.
The Common Error Detector -
copy and paste your essay into the box and the Error Detector finds some common problems
in academic essay writing and gives you tips how to solve them.
Organisation Tool - helps you to re-organise lists;
e.g. lists of topics to put in essays.
Scanner - a program that highlights the words in a
text that are easy for a reader to find. Use it to improve the organisation and
reader-friendliness of your writing.
Advanced Dictionary Skills - this site
will teach you how to find the meaning of words faster, and teach you how to improve your
vocabulary and pronunciation.
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