Course:Academic English Support Program/Effective Learning through Lectures/Resources

Videos and Lectures

• UBC on iTunes: http://www.itunes.ubc.ca/
• UBC podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/university-british-columbia/id95882746
• Academic Earth: http://academicearth.org/playlists/
• Cornell University: http://www.cornell.edu/video/
• Ted Talks: http://www.ted.com/talks/
• Harvard University Open Learning: http://www.extension.harvard.edu/resources-policies/resources/academic-skills-building
• Academic Lectures and exercises: http://tigger.uic.edu/~onufrock/lecture_main.html#Home

Recommended Resources

Listening exercises:

• http://www.elllo.org/
• http://archives.cbc.ca/
• http://www.eslvideo.com/
• http://esl.culips.com/

Listening Comprehension and Note-taking:

• http://learningcommons.ubc.ca/note-taking/
• http://www.uefap.com/listen/listfram.htm
• http://www.csbsju.edu/Academic-Advising/Study-Skills-Guide/Effective-Listening.htm
• http://lss.info.yorku.ca/resources/note-taking-at-university/
• http://www.sas.calpoly.edu/asc/ssl/listening.html
• http://www.sas.calpoly.edu/asc/ssl/lecturenotes.html
• http://www.sas.calpoly.edu/asc/ssl/notetakingsystems.html
• http://www.sas.calpoly.edu/asc/ssl/notetakingtips.html
• http://www1.chapman.edu/arc/goodnotes.html
• http://www.northshore.edu/support_center/pdf/listen_notes.pdf

Listening in class:

• http://www.bbk.ac.uk/mybirkbeck/get-ahead-stay-ahead/academic_skills/note-taking-skills
• http://www.csbsju.edu/Academic-Advising/Study-Skills-Guide/Classroom.htm
• http://www.dartmouth.edu/~acskills/success/notes.html

Editing lecture notes:

• http://www.bbk.ac.uk/mybirkbeck/get-ahead-stay-ahead/academic_skills/note-taking-skills/effective-note-taking#after-class )

Note-taking from readings and lectures:

• http://education.exeter.ac.uk/dll/studyskills/note_taking.PDF
• http://www.csbsju.edu/Academic-Advising/Study-Skills-Guide/Lecture-Note-Taking.htm

Descriptive and informative abstracts:

• http://writingcenter.unc.edu/handouts/abstracts/
• http://writing2.richmond.edu/training/project/biology/abslit.html

Academic word list and exercises:

• http://www.englishvocabularyexercises.com/
• http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/~alzsh3/acvocab/

Vocabulary building exercises using the Academic word list:

• http://www.uefap.com/vocab/vocfram.htm

Transitional Phrases:

• http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/574/02/

Phrasal verbs:

• OWL at Purdue University: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/630/1/
• BBC Learning English: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/faceup/
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/148_phrasalverbs/

Collaborative writing:

• http://sync.in/