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Student
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Practical Writing for NEMs (Non English Majors) |
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Culture Questions: Answers to students questions
about culture, British, Western, or even American
Living Abroad: The on-going experiences of a former Jiangnan student who is now studying in Canada
(Most recent entry: May
11,
2010)
Preparing to Study Abroad: A Jiangnan
student writes about what he has done and is doing to apply to study overseas.
(Most recent entry: February 02,
2010)
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Links to other resources which may be useful to
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(I spent a short amount of time on these
sites, and they looked like they might be useful)
IELTS Exam
Preparation a lot of information and some free practice test material
Exam
English IELTS, TOEFL, TOIEC and other exams. Prep
material, including some free practice test material
infoielts Free online
IELTS test under development some of it is there. Requires your name
and email
Writing
Essays for the TEM-4 advice from a foreign teacher
CET 4 Preparation Tips HKU SPACE Global College, Suzhou
CET 4 & CET 6, English Help, Advice and Tips
general English learning suggestions -
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How to Apply to Study in Australia The site includes
other information about Australia too
Australia Higher Education Sector Temporary Visa
Government of Australia website Canadian
Universities List of Universities and Colleges in Canada. Includes links to websites of
the schools Canadian Universities List of Universities in Canada.
Links to a comprehensive write-up about each school
Includes: profile, fees, programs, degrees, housing, research,
etc Canadian
Universities and Colleges Higher Education and Employment in Canada
US Student Visa Information information on a University
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Top of
Links - Personal
Statements (Graduate
Admissions Essays)
This first section is all by the
same author. A good foundation.
What Is an Admissions Essay or Personal Statement?
Writing the Graduate Admissions Essay: What to Include and
Not Include
Questions to Ask Yourself Before Writing Your Graduate
Admissions Essay
How to Organize Your Graduate Admissions Essay
Graduate Admissions Essay Dos and Don'ts
Trouble Starting Your Admissions Essay?
Advice on writing Personal
Statements from particular universities:
The Personal Statement Berkeley University. Information
is very nicely organized and presented
Writing Your Personal Statement McMaster University
Personal Statement Durham University. The Common
Questions page is worth visiting.
Personal Statement/Letter of Intent University of
Waterloo. In pdf format.
Writing the Personal Statement from Purdue
University
Advice from non-university
sources:
Graduate School Essays from The Writing Center
How to Write a Personal Statement from The Eduers.com.
What to include in each paragraph.
Writing Your Personal Statement from The Student Room,
a UK website -
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Types
of Writing general outline of how to structure different types of
writing, by
Michael Krigline -
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Links - Pronunciation:
Sentence and Word Stress in English
Pronunciation, Practicing Stress and Intonation
Improving pronunciation
by focussing on sentence stress.
Intonation an Stress, Key to Understanding and Being
Understood
Word Stress Patterns in English
Rules of Word Stress in English
A Proven Accent Reduction Technique Use Syllable Stress -
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