{"id":1095,"date":"2024-01-09T14:07:59","date_gmt":"2024-01-09T14:07:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepixelcurve.com\/edubin\/lp\/?p=1095"},"modified":"2026-10-22T21:46:29","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T19:46:29","slug":"improving-your-academic-english-in-one-semester","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/university\/improving-your-academic-english-in-one-semester\/","title":{"rendered":"Improving Your Academic English in One Semester"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1095\" class=\"elementor elementor-1095\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bfc562f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"bfc562f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed5e29d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ed5e29d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60171d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"60171d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAcademic English is a skill you build a little every day. Start with the reading your lecturers set and note ten new words a week.\n\nOur tutors in Rondebosch see first-years on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons. Bring a draft essay and we will go through it with you, one paragraph at a time.\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">Good writing is clear thinking that has been given enough time.\n\n<cite>Dr Ayesha Patel, Senior Lecturer<\/cite><\/blockquote>\nIf you want more structure, join Academic English Writing and Speaking. It runs alongside your normal timetable. Practise out loud, ask questions in tutorials and read your essay aloud before you hand it in.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89124e4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"89124e4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13f9db8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"13f9db8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e1fdfe2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e1fdfe2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/university\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/tafelberg-university-a-south-african-university-tutor-standing-beside-a-214ef-768x432.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-1072\" alt=\"A South African university tutor standing beside a lecture-hall whiteboard, holding an open notebook and a pen\" srcset=\"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/university\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/tafelberg-university-a-south-african-university-tutor-standing-beside-a-214ef-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/university\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/tafelberg-university-a-south-african-university-tutor-standing-beside-a-214ef-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/university\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/tafelberg-university-a-south-african-university-tutor-standing-beside-a-214ef-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/university\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/tafelberg-university-a-south-african-university-tutor-standing-beside-a-214ef-600x338.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/university\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/tafelberg-university-a-south-african-university-tutor-standing-beside-a-214ef.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94a5365 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"94a5365\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5143ecf elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5143ecf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/university\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/tafelberg-university-close-up-of-a-university-study-desk-with-printed-c-2166f-1024x576.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1073\" alt=\"Close-up of a university study desk with printed course handouts, highlighters, a laptop edge and a coffee cup\" srcset=\"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/university\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/tafelberg-university-close-up-of-a-university-study-desk-with-printed-c-2166f-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/university\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/tafelberg-university-close-up-of-a-university-study-desk-with-printed-c-2166f-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/university\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/tafelberg-university-close-up-of-a-university-study-desk-with-printed-c-2166f-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/university\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/tafelberg-university-close-up-of-a-university-study-desk-with-printed-c-2166f-600x338.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/university\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/tafelberg-university-close-up-of-a-university-study-desk-with-printed-c-2166f.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-550d9f2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"550d9f2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7e21e4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a7e21e4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Build a weekly reading habit<\/h4>\n\n<p>Pick one article from your course each day and read it with a pen in hand. Underline words you do not know, then write a short sentence using each one. After a semester you will notice that lecture notes and set books feel much easier to follow.<\/p>\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why speaking practice matters<\/h4>\n\n<p>Many students write well but go quiet in tutorials. Form a small study group and explain one idea to each other every week. Speaking it aloud shows you quickly what you understand and what still needs work before the exam.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Academic English is a skill you build a little every day. Start with the reading your lecturers set and note ten new words a week. Our tutors in Rondebosch see first-years on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons. Bring a draft essay and we will go through it with you, one paragraph at a time. 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