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Tenses in academic writing

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Key Information:

Date and time: Wed 30 November 2022
15:00 - 16:00
Location: Online: Blackboard Collaborate
Contact: UWE Bristol Library askalibrarian@uwe.ac.uk
Cost: Free
Attendance: Booking required

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Description

This workshop will help you to identify the three most common verb tenses in written academic English and give you the opportunity to practise using the tenses.

This workshop is a part of the Communication Skills for International Students programme. It is designed for international students and students who use English as an additional language.

You can download the session materials from the Study Skills Blackboard course.

This workshop will take place online in Blackboard Collaborate (guidance on using Collaborate is available). The workshop will have interactive elements and we recommend that if possible you use a laptop or PC with Chrome or Firefox as your browser. You may wish to use an additional mobile device or another tab in your browser for the interactive elements. You can access session materials beforehand from the Study Skills Blackboard course.

Workshop objectives

To feel more confident about:

identifying the three main tenses used in academic writing
identifying when these tenses are used
using these tenses.

How to attend

If you are interested in attending this on-campus event, please register via InfoHub

The session materials are available on the Study Skills Blackboard course.

If you have any questions or any accessibility needs, please do contact UWE Bristol Library.

This relates to:

Online Study skills Current students

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