Practice Labs

Vocabulary Skills focus: academic words, essay language, word relations, unacademic language Reading Skills focus: skim reading (for gist), scan reading (for specific information), inference reading, critical thinking Listening Skills focus: listening for gist, listening for specific information, inference listening, critical thinking Grammar Skills focus: word formation (morphology), verb functions, phrase and sentence structure (syntax), punctuation Speaking Skills focus: giving descriptions, forming summaries, conducting interviews, delivering presentations Writing Skills focus: typing correspondence, forming paragraphs, drafting short essays, proofing extended esssays