Academic discussions are a key part of university life. This podcast will help you understand how to participate in academic discussions by considerin...

This podcast explains what EAP (English for Academic Purposes) is, giving a definition of EAP, describing its development, locating EAP in a family tr...

Each subject has words which are either used specifically in that subject area (and not in general English), or common words which are used with speci...

General vocabulary, also called high-frequency vocabulary, is vocabulary that occurs frequently in all kinds of texts and everyday language. It is lik...

The two most common forms of writing at university are reports and essays. This podcast describes academic reports, giving information on what a repor...

Academic writing is generally impersonal and objective in tone. This podcast considers what objective writing is, how objective academic writing is, t...

The Academic Formulas List (AFL) is a list of the most common formulaic sequences in academic English, i.e. recurring word sequences three to five wor...

Hedging, also called caution or cautious language, is an important component of academic style. This podcast explains what hedging is, then looks at d...

This podcast describes the New Academic Word List (NAWL), giving information on what the NAWL is, as well as the 10 most frequent words in the NAWL.

This podcast describes the New General Service List (NGSL), giving information on what the NGSL is, as well as the first 10 words in the NGSL.