Another post highlighting and analysing cohesive devices in academic writing, this time a summary of research looking into the facial expressions of animals.
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Cohesion in the news
In this post we look at some cohesive devices used in a recent news report covering the unrest in Hong Kong.
Comparing crash landings!
In this post we take a look at some nice language comparing two crash landings in which all passengers and crew survived! (full news story here). Continue reading
What is my IELTS score?
If you’re wondering what your IELTS score might be, take a look at these descriptions of language performance prepared by IELTS! What do you think your band scores might be in IELTS Speaking and Writing? Continue reading
First Page IELTS #3
A third ‘first page’, again from Harry Potter! This time I’ve highlighted the suitablility of items for IELTS Speaking and/or IELTS Writing Task 1 and 2.
Academic Collocation Flashcards
Reloading the page gives you a randomised collection of common academic collocations. Can you guess the missing collocates? Continue reading
First page IELTS #1
Please note this post, along with future installments, has moved to a dedicated page:
First Page IELTS
First Page IELTS
This is the first in what will hopefully be a series of posts focusing on the first pages of novels. Continue reading
Random academic collocations
underlying (adj), process (n)
- This page contains 2468 collocation pairs.
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- Other collocations following underlying and preceding process are listed below. Click or tap items to see examples.
| underlying | assumption cause principle reason structure |
| assessment begin (a) complex continuous creative democratic describe (a) developmental due dynamic evolutionary learning natural ongoing slow start (a) thinking thought | process |
By the way can anyone guess why I chose this particular image for the post’s profile pic? Answers in the comments below..!
Awareness of ‘towards’
This approach represents their awareness towards the environment.
I think this another example of the clash of the collocation civilisations!
Indonesians are probably thinking ‘kesadaran terhadap..’, and translating terhadap as towards. I’m afraid that’s not English collocation. Here’s what you need: Continue reading
The this, the that
‘The’ is a word largely missing from some languages. Listen to the song and sing along (lyrics below..)!
Especially important for Indonesian students of English!
Another song performed by AAS scholarship awardees: Andi, Velo, Rapta, Roy, Ade, Novi, Septia, Susan, Vita!