For more support and opportunities to practise English, please refer to the services below:
The university’s Writing Advisory Service (WAS) offers one to one tutorials with our expert English tutors to discuss your writing.
The Departmental Language Programme offers in-department support and lessons for students who would like to develop their academic English and communication skills.
The Dyslexia/SpLD tutorial service is a one‐to‐one specialist tutorial service for students who have a formal identification of a specific learning difference, like dyslexia. Students who use this service may come from any department, and any type of course offered by The University of Sheffield.
Our English Language Support (ELS) courses are provided for foundation, undergraduate and postgraduate students at The University of Sheffield who would like to develop their academic literacy, English language and communication skills. If you scored a 6.5 or less on your latest IELTS, you will benefit from additional English language support.
Other useful links and resources related to vocabulary:
Analysis (2020). In: Oxford Learner’s Dictionaries. Oxford: Oxford University Press. [Viewed 1 December 2020]. Available from: https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/analysis?q=analysis
Collins., (©2020). Collins Dictionary. [Viewed 15 November 2020]. Available from: https://www.collinsdictionary.com/
Dahya, N. & Dryden-Peterson, S., (2017). Tracing pathways to higher education for refugees: the role of virtual support networks and mobile phones for women in refugee camps. Comparative Education [online]. 53(2), 284-301. [Viewed 28 November 2020]. Available from: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03050068.2016.1259877
Edmonds, P., (©2021). Just The Word. [Viewed 15 November 2020]. Available from: http://www.just-the-word.com/
Farrell, A., Owens, C., & McDevitt, J., (2013). New laws but few cases: understanding the challenges to the investigation and prosecution of human trafficking cases. Crime, law, and social change [online]. 61(2), 139–168. [Viewed 9 November 2020]. Available from: https://search-proquest-com.sheffield.idm.oclc.org/docview/1509177518?rfr_id=info%3Axri%2Fsid%3Aprimo
Lin, M., & Viswanathan, S., (2016). Home Bias in Online Investments: An Empirical Study of an Online Crowdfunding Market. Management science [online]. 62(5), 1393–1414. [Viewed 3 December 2020]. Available from: https://doi-org.sheffield.idm.oclc.org/10.1287/mnsc.2015.2206
Nishimura, K., Kohma, M., Sato, K., and Sato, T., (2020). Spectral Observation Theory and Beam Debroadening Algorithm for Atmospheric Radar. IEEE transactions on geoscience and remote sensing [online]. 58(10), 6767–6775. [Viewed 10 November 2020]. Available from: https://ieeexplore-ieee-org.sheffield.idm.oclc.org/document/9047136
Oxford University Press a., (© 2021). Oxford Text Checker [online]. Oxford Learner’s Dictionaries. [Viewed 11 January 2021]. Available from: https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/text-checker/
Oxford University Press b., (© 2021). OPAL (Oxford Phrasal Academic Lexicon) [online]. Oxford Learner’s Dictionaries. [Viewed 11 January 2021]. Available from: https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/wordlists/opal
Oxford University Press c., (© 2021). Oxford 3000 and 5000 [online]. Oxford Learner’s Dictionaries. [Viewed 11 January 2021]. Available from: https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/wordlists/oxford3000-5000
Parasie, S., & Dagiral, E., (2013). Data-driven journalism and the public good: “Computer-assisted-reporters” and “programmer-journalists” in Chicago. New media & society [online]. 15(6), 853–871. [Viewed 10 December 2020]. Available from: https://doi-org.sheffield.idm.oclc.org/10.1177/1461444812463345
Pearson Inc., (©2020). Academic Collocation List. Pearson PTE. [Viewed 22 November 2020]. Available from: https://pearsonpte.com/organizations/researchers/academic-collocation-list/