Academic Writing Skills Library

Information and exercises on how you can present and support your arguments in academic writing.

This hand-out explains the characteristics of academic arguments.

Making an appropriate choice in articles—that is, a choice that does not violate English grammar rules and delivers the writer’s intended meaning— which can be complicated sometimes.

This guide provides tips on how to become a better academic writer.

Unsure of when to use capital letters? The simple explanation of our capitalization rule is that we capitalize proper nouns and the first word of a sentence.

This website explains the difference in using 'when', 'whether' and 'if'.

This site shows you alternative words (synonyms), how to combine the word you want to use with other words or in a phrase, and what kinds of sentences a word fits into.

The Ozdic website allows you to enter a word and then shows you how to use it in a phrase and what adjectives, nouns and verbs are related (collocation).

The TU/e Language Center provides English courses at a variety of CEFR levels

Free online course to improve your grammar, punctuation, spelling and writing.