This series of six two-hour classes looks at areas of grammar and academic style important for non-native speakers of English who are expected to produce written assignments such as essays and dissertations. Areas covered include the division of time (verb tense/aspect work), cautious language (hedging), text cohesion (discourse markers), the use of the passive, the use of personal pronouns, nominalization and other style tips. This is pitched at upper-intermediate to advanced students, IELTS 6.0 to 7.5/8.0.

A workshop exercise which involves a very basic quantitative analysis of social and linguistic variation. It requires students to analyse an extract of data, identify variants, quantify them and analyse patterns of variation in a larger dataset. Note: This resource contains occasional swear words.

A workshop exercise which can be used to explore the interaction between linguistic variables and social factors such as social class and style.

A powerpoint which explores how Sociolinguists have traditionally studied Social Class and Style. It considers how Sociolinguistic work differs from Dialectology and examines the concept of the Speech Community.