Academic English Resources for Oxford Students

Welcome to your curated collection of online resources that will support your academic English skills. Use these tools regularly to strengthen your writing, speaking, reading, and listening abilities in a university context.

 

1. Writing & Style

• Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)
  https://owl.purdue.edu
  A comprehensive guide to academic writing, from structuring essays to citing sources.

• Manchester Academic Phrasebank
  https://www.phrasebank.manchester.ac.uk
  Explore useful phrases for building arguments, presenting evidence, and drawing conclusions.

• Hemingway App
  https://hemingwayapp.com
  Check clarity, sentence structure, and style in your essays.

 

2. Vocabulary & Grammar

• Academic Word List (AWL) Highlighter
  https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/alzsh3/acvocab/awlhighlighter.htm
  Paste your text and discover which academic words you are using—and which you are missing.

• Grammarly (Free Version)
  https://grammarly.com
  Useful for spotting grammar and vocabulary mistakes in your drafts.

3. Reading & Research

• Google Scholar
  https://scholar.google.com
  Access millions of academic articles and build your own research library.

• Oxford Academic Journals
  https://academic.oup.com/journals
  Explore high-quality research papers across disciplines.

• Connected Papers
  https://www.connectedpapers.com
  Visualize research connections and discover related literature.

 

4. Listening & Speaking

• BBC Radio 4 – In Our Time
  https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qykl
  Engaging discussions on history, science, philosophy, and culture.

• TED Talks
  https://www.ted.com/talks
  Improve your listening and presentation skills by analyzing expert talks.

• EAP Listening Online (University of Southampton)
  https://www.elanguages.ac.uk/eap
  Practice listening to lectures and note-taking in academic contexts.

5. Practice & Self-Assessment

• British Council LearnEnglish Academic
  https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org
  Exercises and resources designed for university-level English.

• Cambridge Academic English Online Tests
  https://www.cambridgeenglish.org/learning-english
  Evaluate your grammar, vocabulary, and reading comprehension.

 

 

Final Advice

• Read one academic article every day.

• Keep a personal “Academic Vocabulary Journal.”

• Record yourself presenting research ideas in English.

• Join academic discussion groups to practice critical thinking aloud.

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📌 Consistent practice, combined with these resources, will steadily strengthen your academic English and prepare you for excellence at Oxford.