Exam Preparation

Studying Abroad

Personal Statements

Other Writing

Sentence & Word Stress

Student Resources page

 

Click on the name of a course below to open a page of support materials for that course.

 

Support Materials for these Courses:

British Culture

Practical Writing for NEMs           (Non English Majors)

Secretarial English

Western Culture

 

 

Ruth’s Schedule

 

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)

 

 

Links to other resources which may be useful to students:

 

 

Exam Preparation

     (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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Studying Abroad Information

          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 website

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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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Other Writing

          Types of Writing – general outline of how to structure different types of writing,

                                      by Michael Krigline

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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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