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This workshop covers strategies for planning and writing a well-structured essay. Effective introductions, paragraph construction and writing styles are addressed.    Please RSVP to book your place.     
Can’t attend a session? Check out our online resource with a short video Learning essentials: Essay writing.     If you have any questions, just Ask us.  

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This workshop will help you understand when it is appropriate to paraphrase, summarise and quote, and provide an opportunity to practice writing ideas from academic texts in your own words. Please RSVP to book your place.  Can’t attend a session? Check out our online resource, Academic Skills Video Series. If you have any questions, just Ask us. 

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Did you grow up in New Zealand and use English in your home, and do you enjoy meeting and talking with others?  If so, you would be welcome to join this information session to learn more about the opportunity to volunteer with “Let’s Talk to Locals”!    ‘Let’s Talk to locals’ provides a wonderful chance to meet students from other places and make a difference in the lives of those who use English as an additional language (EAL).  Volunteers are asked to commit one hour each week to talking (face-to-face or via Zoom) with others about a range of provided topics.  Volunteers can apply for Co-Curricular Recognition for their involvement and are needed for Summer School and/or Semester 1.    If you are interested in learning more about what’s involved in being a volunteer, book into the session!  Please contact us at ele@auckland.ac.nz if you have any questions

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This workshop offers advice about the use of tenses in general, and then it focuses on the use of tenses in academic writing. Examples of common tense choices are provided, as well as citation styles. The workshop includes some practice and suggestions. Workshop full, or can't attend any of these sessions?
Check out our online resource: Grammar Smart
Or our recording: Verb tenses To be sure of having a place at the workshop, please RSVP! Please contact us at ele@auckland.ac.nz if you have any questions.

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Do you sometimes find it challenging communicating with New Zealand locals?  Do you sometimes find it difficult to understand lectures and participate in tutorials? Let’s Talk to Locals provides you the chance to meet and talk with local New Zealanders and speak English in an engaging safe space and, at the same time, develop your English.  You will also have the chance to build connections with the university and wider Auckland-community.   To be sure of having a place at the workshop, please RSVP (register for the workshop)!  Please contact us at ele@auckland.ac.nz if you have any questions.

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Acknowledging the ideas of others is a key feature of academic writing. This workshop will help you understand the basic principles of why, when and how to reference. Please RSVP to book your place.   Can’t attend a session? Check out our online resource with a short video Learning essentials: Referencing. If you have any questions, just Ask us. 

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Did you grow up in New Zealand and use English in your home, and do you enjoy meeting and talking with others?  If so, you would be welcome to join this information session to learn more about the opportunity to volunteer with “Let’s Talk to Locals”!    ‘Let’s Talk to locals’ provides a wonderful chance to meet students from other places and make a difference in the lives of those who use English as an additional language (EAL).  Volunteers are asked to commit one hour each week to talking (face-to-face or via Zoom) with others about a range of provided topics.  Volunteers can apply for Co-Curricular Recognition for their involvement and are needed for Summer School and/or Semester 1.    If you are interested in learning more about what’s involved in being a volunteer, book into the session!  Please contact us at ele@auckland.ac.nz if you have any questions

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This workshop covers effective search strategies for finding scholarly information. By the end of the workshop you will know: what you need to search for where you should search for it how to get the best results Please RSVP to book your place.   Can’t attend a session? Check out our online resource with a short video Learning essentials: Finding information. If you have any questions, just Ask us

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This workshop offers advice about the use of modal verbs (e.g., might, could, can) in general, and then it focuses on the use of modals in academic writing. The workshop includes some practice and suggestions about the use of modals. To be sure of having a place at the workshop, please RSVP. Please contact us at ele@auckland.ac.nz if you have any questions.

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Develop your listening, comprehension and speaking fluency by engaging in conversations with Aucklanders. Come prepared to talk about topics that interest you. A brief language-focused session with a language adviser concludes the workshop.

To be sure of having a place at the workshop, please RSVP (register)!  Please contact us at ele@auckland.ac.nz if you have any questions.

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Did you grow up in New Zealand and use English in your home, and do you enjoy meeting and talking with others?  If so, you would be welcome to join this information session to learn more about the opportunity to volunteer with “Let’s Talk to Locals”!    ‘Let’s Talk to locals’ provides a wonderful chance to meet students from other places and make a difference in the lives of those who use English as an additional language (EAL).  Volunteers are asked to commit one hour each week to talking (face-to-face or via Zoom) with others about a range of provided topics.  Volunteers can apply for Co-Curricular Recognition for their involvement and are needed for Summer School and/or Semester 1.    If you are interested in learning more about what’s involved in being a volunteer, book into the session!  Please contact us at ele@auckland.ac.nz if you have any questions