links for EAP teachers
This link was made in response to a student writing:
it is interesting to found that she made two different sounds
The issue here isn’t just the verb but also its form. But I also wanted to get across to the student that it might not always be a good idea to use words like ‘interesting’ in student academic writing (as your marker might not agree with this!). The reusable link is https://ske.li/imp_to_note and it looks like this:
This entry was created in response to a student writing
Investigation in whether IELTS equips students with appropriate academic reading skills
The reusable link is https://ske.li/intestigationwh and it looks like this:
Many thanks to Ho Namgung for his help in creating this entry
This link was created in response to a student writing
issues that teachers come across
‘Come across’ here seemed a bit informal. One potentially useful link is https://ske.li/issues_ariseconc and looks like this:
One could argue that this isn’t exactly the same meaning as the original issue – if you want to keep the idea that a person / entity has a problem/issue, then this link might be preferable https://ske.li/problem_faced. It looks like this:
It’s actually more common to find a ‘reduced relative’ clause in this sort of situation. Examples are shown at this link https://ske.li/issues_faced, which looks like this:
