links for EAP teachers
This link was created in response to a student writing:
e-resources promote democratization in the education sector by accessing it to all
The verb access is not right in this context, because it is not a “dative” verb (i.e. like give). The reusable link is https://ske.li/access_to and it looks like this:
Created by Elena Mazzeri
This entry was created in response to a student writing:
an accurate analysis of …
The issue here is that adjectives describing analysis normally focus on how thorough it was rather than its accuracy. The reusable link is https://ske.li/detailed_analysis and looks like this:
It may also be helpful to focus on verbs which collocate with analysis in these contexts. The re-usable link is https://ske.li/make_analysis and it looks like this:
This entry was created in response to a student writing:
One of these methods, called post-activation potentiation (PAP) results in acute improvements in muscle power and performance in subsequent explosive activities
“Acute” does not seem to be the right adjective here. It may help to provide a concordance of possible adjectives that fit the meaning of the instance above, as in the reusable link https://ske.li/adj_improvements, which looks a bit like this:
Students might also benefit from investigating which adjectives commonly modify “improvement” through the link https://ske.li/adj_improvement_freq, which looks like this:
Created by Elena Mazzeri