With regular practice, you can keep improving your communication skills while you study at UNSW. Choose your favourite resources and activities below and make a plan to practise every day.

Speaking

  • UNSW Oral Presentations information
    Includes tips for planning, structuring, preparing and delivering a presentation.

  • Let's CommUNIcate 
    Free weekly English conversation workshops for international students lead by trained students. 

  • Video Courses
    From ABC Education Learn English. Check out the ‘Life Chat’ and ‘Everyday English’ series.​

  • Collins Dictionary
    Includes video pronunciation for many words.

  • Microsoft Speaker Coach
    You can rehearse for your PowerPoint presentations using the Speaker Coach function. It will give you tips on pace, pitch, language and more. 

Writing

Reading

  • Effective reading and note-taking
    Includes strategies for effective reading, note-taking and selecting information for your assignments.​

  • Blitz
    UNSW students’ guide to what’s on around campus, plus pop-culture and current affairs. Read, listen or watch online, or pick up a print copy of the magazine on campus.​

  • Tharunka
    UNSW’s independent student magazine. Read articles online, or pick up a print copy from campus. You can also contribute your own writing to Tharunka.​

  • UNSW News
    Read about the latest UNSW research and events, as well as opinion pieces from UNSW academics.​

  • The Conversation
    Research-based news written by academics, including contributions from UNSW. ​

  • The Sydney Morning Herald
    Local Sydney newspaper.​

Listening

Vocabulary and grammar

Academic skills resources

See the UNSW academic skills page for many more resources, including the Moodle resources library.​

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