July-Sept, 2017Quarterly newsletter
This is the newsletter for Q3 (quarter 3) of 2017. This is actually the first quarterly newsletter. Expect more in future!
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Quarterly Newsletter
July-Sept, 2017
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Hi
I hope your academic English learning/teaching is going well. Below is the latest information from EAPFoundation.com, brought to you in a new quarterly newsletter.
Hope it's useful! Would love to hear back with some of your views on the website and ways to improve.
Sheldon Smith
Developer, EAPFoundation.com
contact@eapfoundation.com
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Dictionary
A recent addition to the site is a dictionary, combining the definitions and synonym sets from
Princeton University's WordNet database
with links to AWL and GSL databases to expand the information and make it more useful for
EAP study.
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Subject lists
The WordNet database has also been used to produce subject-specific vocabulary lists for
some common academic disciplines, such as Physics, Psychology and Law.
There is a separate page on how to study subject-specific vocabulary.
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jQuery update
Technical stuff (yawn). I recently updated the jQuery version on the website to get Smoothscroll working in Chrome.
Trouble was, there are a lot of other
plugins which needed updating too (or they wouldn't work). I think I got them all, but if you notice any glitches, please
let me know!
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EAP Foundation books
The first in a series of EAP text books, EAP Foundation: Academic Presentations,
will soon be published by Evident Press. The book, produced in association with the EAPFoundation.com website,
is a complete course in giving presentations in an academic context, including areas such as
preparing a presentation, presentation structure, language, body language, delivery and visual
aids. There are guidelines for how to stage the introduction, advice for PowerPoint slides, and a wealth of other ideas.
More information in the next quarterly newsletter!
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EAPFOUNDATION .COM © 2013-present by Sheldon C H Smith. contact@eapfoundation.com
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