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AWARE Writing Centre: Videos, Tutorials and Podcasts

Academic Writing and Research Excellence

Videos, Tutorials and Podcasts

This page provides a wide range of videos on a variety of academic writing related topics. The first box (Video Collections) links to university websites which contain multiple videos. The remainder of the page is then organised alphabetically by topic.

Video Collections

Academic Reading

Griffith University
This video looks at academic reading by introducing a reading method to help you approach complex or long academic texts at university.

Academic Vocabulary

Griffith University
This video introduces you to three important aspects of academic vocabulary: general academic vocabulary, discipline-specific words and phrases, and nominalisation.

Analysing Essay Titles/ Understanding Assignments

University of Reading
Answering the question and planning.

Annotated Bibliographies

Articles

Griffith University
This video discusses some of the ways that we use the, a and an. These words, called ‘articles’, are some of the most commonly used words in English.

Being Critical

Brunel University
Three videos on critical thinking, critical reflection, and engaging with sources.

Brainstorming

Texas A & M
Here are a few brainstorming strategies from that you can use to help you out when you’re feeling stuck!

Capitalisation

Citation: How and Why?

Common Assignment Types

Griffith University
This video introduces four of the most common written text types at university: essays, reports, literature reviews and annotated bibliographies.

Comparing and Contrasting

Complex Sentence Structures

Griffith University
These videos, we look at some of the most common complex sentence structures.

Conciseness

Conditionals

Conjunctions and Linkers

Griffith University
These videos introduce you to conjunctions and linkers, and look at four of the most common ways to link sentences.

Countability

Griffith University
This video looks at noun countability and how this impacts on other aspects of grammar in the sentence.

Drawing Relationships Between Ideas

Editing and Proofreading

Essay Writing

University of Reading
Structuring your Essay
University of Reading
Targeted reading and use of evidence for your essay.

Flow

Getting Your Research Published

Hedging and Boosting

Griffith University
This video looks at the language of hedging and boosting, two important aspects of style in academic writing.

Literature Reviews

San Jose State University
Brunel University
A series of videos on the topic of writing literature reviews.

Outlines

Paragraphing

Griffith University
These videos are a two-part series focusing on paragraphing. These videos look at using one idea per paragraph, topic sentences, coherence and cohesion.
Brunel University
Structuring Introductions, body paragraphs, and conclusions.
RMIT University
The importance of paragraphs.

Parallel Constructions

Paraphrasing

Griffith University
This video looks at how to paraphrase sources. It discusses what to paraphrase, techniques for paraphrasing and paraphrasing more than one source.

University of Reading
Effective paraphrasing for postgraduate students.

Parts of Speech

Walden University
A collection of videos on various parts of speech.

Passive Voice

Griffith University
This video is an introduction to active and passive voice. It looks at how to form the passive, and then it considers why we use it in our academic writing.

Plagiarism

University of Reading
Guidance on how to avoid plagiarism.

Prepositions

Griffith University
This video is a short introduction to prepositions and their use in English. It looks at common prepositions, multiple and overlapping meanings, phrasal verbs and tips for improving your understanding and use of prepositions.

Presentations

Griffith University
This video talks about how to improve your speaking skills. It provides some tips for giving presentations, asking questions in class and taking opportunities to speak in everyday life.

University of Manchester
A comprehensive tutorial that teaches you how to present like a professional!

Pronouns

Punctuation and Spelling

Griffith University
This video looks at punctuation and spelling, both of which are important in academic and professional writing.
Walden University
A collection of videos which discuss sentence structure and correct use of punctuation.

Quoting and Referencing

Griffith University
This video looks at the importance of integrating external sources into your writing, in-text direct quotations, in-text indirect quotations and writing a reference list.

California State University
Quoting in APA style.

Semi colons (and Colons)

Sentence Clarity

Sentence Structure

Sentence Variation

Subject-Verb Agreement

Griffith University
This video reviews the basics of subject-verb agreement, and then looks at some common causes of confusion.

Summary Writing

University of Reading
A brief introduction to summary writing.

Reading Academic Texts

University of Reading
A video tutorial providing advice on how to approach the reading of academic texts.

Report Writing

Researching for Assignments

University of Reading
How to start researching for your assignment.
University of Reading
Critical note-taking.
University of Reading
Evaluating your sources.

Research Proposals

Reverse Outlining

Run-on Sentences, Comma Splices and Fragments

Thesis (Dissertation) Writing

Reading University
Starting your research.
University of Reading
Structuring your dissertation.
University of Reading
Doing your literature review.
University of Reading
Writing up your dissertation.
University of Reading
Finishing your dissertation.

Verb tenses in Academic Writing

Griffith University
These videos review verb tenses and consider verb tense usage in academic writing.

(The) Writing Process

Griffith University
This video looks at the essential steps in the writing process. Research has shown that there are five steps to writing a good text: prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, publishing.
Brunel university
A series of videos which look at different aspects of the writing process.