Academic English - Free Interactive Lessons

Enhance your English skills for academic success with comprehensive lessons tailored for students and professionals. These lessons cover key areas like vocabulary, writing, reading, listening, and speaking, providing the tools needed to excel in academic settings, from essays and presentations to critical thinking and analysis.

Reading

Academic Reading Exercise (B2+)

Test and improve your comprehension of B2+ level academic texts with this comprehensive exercise.

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Academic Text Structures – Interactive Exercises

Learn to recognize common organizational patterns in academic writing, such as cause-effect and problem-solution.

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Reading

Critical Reading Strategies - Interactive Lessons

Develop skills to analyze texts critically, evaluate arguments, and identify author bias in scholarly articles.

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Identifying Main Ideas and Supporting Details – Interactive Lesson

Master the fundamental skill of distinguishing central arguments from the evidence used to support them.

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Reading for Inference – Interactive Lesson

Practice understanding implicit information and drawing logical conclusions from academic passages.

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Reading

Skimming and Scanning – Interactive Lesson

Sharpen your ability to quickly locate specific information and grasp the overall gist of dense academic material.

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Reading

Textual Reference Exercises

Improve your understanding of how pronouns and other referencing words create cohesion in academic texts.

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Reading

Fact or Opinion

Learn to differentiate between verifiable facts and authorial opinions to critically evaluate sources.

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Writing

Academic Hedging: Its Importance and Different Types

Understand the importance of cautious language and learn different ways to hedge claims in your writing.

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Writing

Interactive Lessons: Advanced Academic Hedging

Explore nuanced techniques for expressing certainty and uncertainty with precision in academic arguments.

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Academic Paragraph Cohesion Practice (reorder ex)

Practice ordering sentences logically to build coherent and well-structured academic paragraphs.

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Writing

Academic Paraphrasing: Interactive Worksheet

Develop effective strategies for restating ideas in your own words while maintaining academic integrity.

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Writing

Brainstorming Quiz

Test your ability to generate and refine ideas for academic essays and research papers.

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Writing

Brainstorming Quiz 2: Matriculation Focus

Apply brainstorming techniques to specific matriculation-level essay prompts and scenarios.

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Writing

Cohesive Devices (Practice)

Practice using transition words and phrases to create smooth and logical connections between your ideas.

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Writing

Hedging Exercise (1)

Practice identifying and using appropriate hedging language in academic sentences to convey caution.

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Writing

Hedging Practice 2 – Fill in the blanks.

Reinforce your understanding of hedging by completing sentences with suitable cautious verbs and adverbs.

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Writing

Paragraph Guide

A comprehensive guide to constructing well-developed and unified paragraphs for academic essays.

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Writing

Parallel Structure in Thesis Statements or Topic Sentences

Learn to use parallel grammatical structures to create clear, balanced, and powerful topic sentences.

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Writing

Reporting Verbs in Academic English

Learn to use a variety of reporting verbs to accurately represent the stance of other authors in your work.

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Writing

Stances in Academic Writing and Essays

Explore how to effectively express your own academic stance while engaging with the views of others.

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Writing

Structure of a Body Paragraph

Master the classic structure of a body paragraph, from the topic sentence to the concluding statement.

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Writing

Supporting Details

Learn how to select and integrate effective evidence and examples to strengthen your academic arguments.

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Writing

Thesis Statement: How to Write a Good One

Learn the key components of a strong, arguable thesis statement and practice writing your own.

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Writing

Thesis Statement Writing Quiz

Test your ability to identify and create strong, effective thesis statements for academic papers.

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Writing

Topic Sentences in Academic Paragraphs

Master the art of writing clear topic sentences that effectively guide the reader through your paragraphs.

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Grammar & Vocabulary

Academic Vocabulary in Use for TOEFL iBT and IELTS Academic Test

Expand your knowledge of essential vocabulary frequently used in the TOEFL iBT and IELTS Academic tests.

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Grammar & Vocabulary

Grammar Practice: Tenses for Factual Information in Academic Texts

Review and practice the correct verb tenses for presenting factual information in academic texts.

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Grammar & Vocabulary

Verbs of Cause and Effect

Build your vocabulary with essential verbs used to describe cause-and-effect relationships in academic texts.

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