USEFULWEBSITES
Belowarelinkstosomeotheronlineresources,tools,tipsandactivitiestohelpyoubetterunderstand
anddevelopyourgeneralandacademicEnglishlanguageandlearningskills
Makeaplan….
Whattodo……
Free:
1. OnlineDictionary
• Collins:http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english
• CollinsCobuild:http://dictionary.reverso.net/english-cobuild/
• Oxford:http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/
• Cambridge:http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/
• Merriam-Webster:http://www.merriam-webster.com/
• TheFreeDictionary:http://www.thefreedictionary.com/
• Word-Net:http://www.wordnet-online.com/
• MetaGlossary:http://www.metaglossary.com/
• UrbanDictionary:http://www.urbandictionary.com/
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Macquarie:https://www.macquariedictionary.com.au/
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ForiPhone,iPad,Android,Windows:http://www.dictionary.com/apps
Collins:http://www.collinsdictionary.com/english-thesaurus
Macmillan:http://www.macmillandictionary.com/about_thesaurus.html
Thesaurus.com:http://www.thesaurus.com/
OnlineThesaurus:http://www.onlinethesaurus.com.au/
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3. AcademicIntegrity
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2. Criticalthinking
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Artha~TheOpenThesaurus:
http://artha.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Home
JamesCookUniversity’sStatementonIntegrity
JCU’sInductiontoCoreAcademicSkills:http://libguides.jcu.edu.au/icas
YorkUniversity’sSPARK(StudentPapersandAcademicResearchKit)contains
detailedinformationanddownloadableresourcesforstudents:
http://www.yorku.ca/spark/academic_integrity/
CurtinUniversityhasastudentguidelinedescribingtheimportanceof
AcademicIntegrityandwaystoavoidplagiarismaswellasachecklisttohelp
youaddressanypossibleplagiarismissuesinyourwork:
https://academicintegrity.curtin.edu.au/
AnInteractiveModeldetailingtheElementsofThoughtandthequestionsthat
youcanusetoactivelyguideyourthinkingaboutanissueorproblem:
http://www.criticalthinking.org/ctmodel/logic-model1.htm.
3. Developingyour
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VictoriaUniversity’sstudentresourceshighlightthejourneyyouare
undertakingatuniversityandtheimplicationsforyourprofessionallife:
http://tls.vu.edu.au/altc/studentresources.cfm
WritingforVisualArts:http://www.columbiasc.edu/wid/academicareas/writing-for-visual-arts
Legalwritingonlineresource:
http://sydney.edu.au/law/learning_teaching/legal_writing/index.shtml
UniversityofSouthernCalifornia(USC)hasdevelopedawriting/researchguide
forSocialSciencestudents:
http://libguides.usc.edu/writingguide/academicwriting
AguideforwritinginAnthropology
WritingaresearchpaperinArchaeology:
https://www.bu.edu/archaeology/files/2009/08/archaeology-department-paperwriting-guide.pdf
JournalismandJournalisticWriting:
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/735/01/
TypesofPoliticalSciencewriting:
https://politicalscience.columbian.gwu.edu/types-political-science-writing
Writingaboutliterature:https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/618/01/
Thegoodwritingguideforeducationstudents
WritingScienceinPlainEnglish
WritingpapersintheBiologicalSciences
WritingforEngineeringandScience
WritingforPsychology
WritingforMathematics
WritingforComputerScience
[Mostsuitedtopostgraduatestudents].TheLondonSchoolofHygieneand
TropicalMedicineacademicwritinghandbook:
http://www.lshtm.ac.uk/edu/qualityassurance/academicwritinghandbook.pdf
CriticalThinkingandWritingforNursingStudents
AGuidetoQuantitativeWritingintheHealthSciences
WritingyourNursingPortfolio
AcademicEnglishSkillsonlinefromWarwrickUniversity:
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/al/globalpad/openhouse/academicenglishs
kills/
ActivitiesforEnglishLanguageLearners:http://a4esl.org/
BBCLearningEnglish:http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish
BBCLearningEnglish(Listening):https://audioboom.com/channel/bbclearning-english
ABCRadioAustralia:http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/learn-english
MassiveOpenOnlineEnglishCourse–StudyQueensland:
http://www.studyqueensland.qld.edu.au/Study/MOOEC/MOOEC-Lessons
AustraliaPlusLearnEnglish:http://www.australiaplus.com/international/learnenglish/
7. LanguageBlogs
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OxfordDictionariesLanguageMatters:http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/
ABAEnglish:http://www.abaenglish.com/blog/
BBCLearningEnglish:http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/learningenglish
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MonashUniversity’sLanguageandLearningOnlineisacollectionofgeneralanddiscipline-specific
resourcesforstudentsandincludesgenericlanguageandstudyskills‘onlinetutorials,interactive
exercisesandannotatedexamplesofwriting’:Retrievedfrom
http://www.monash.edu.au/lls/llonline/index.xml
TheUniversityofManchesterhasanextensivebankofpracticalonlineresources:fromassignments
torevising.Retrievedfrom
http://www.library.manchester.ac.uk/services-and-support/students/support-for-yourstudies/my-learning-essentials/workshops-and-online-resources/
TheUniversityofSouthAustraliahasarangeofonlineanddownloadableresourcesthatwillsupport
yourlearning.Toaccessthismaterial,goto:
http://w3.unisa.edu.au/study-skills/Learning_skills.html
PurdueUniversity’sOnlineWritingLab(PurdueOWL)housesresourcestohelpyoudevelopasa
writer.Resourcesrangefromgenerictoresearchandsubject-specificwriting.Goto:
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/
Bailey,S.(2011).Academicwriting:AhandbookforInternationalstudents.(3rded.).Retrieved
fromhttp://www.kau.edu.sa/Files/0013287/Subjects/academic-writing-handbook-internationalstudents-3rd-ed%20%282%29.pdf
References
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FoundationforCriticalThinking.(2013).Thecriticalthinkingcommunity.Retrievedfrom
[email protected]
Kurland,D.J.(2010).Howlanguagereallyworks:Thefundamentalsofcriticalreadingandeffective
writing.Retrievedfromhttp://www.criticalreading.com/index.html
MonashUniversity.(2016).Languageandlearningonline.Retrievedfrom
http://www.monash.edu.au/lls/llonline/index.xml