L&L resources at Parkville

L&L staff have developed a range of student materials, including specialised course booklets, “QuickRef” sheets, and a selection of the best commercially available materials.  Learning materials for improving academic study and communication skills are available for students (and teachers) to use at the Parkville campus which are located at Language and Learning Services.  You are welcome to borrow materials from our collection by completing a form containing your contact details.  In order to ensure that we develop a useful resource facility for students, we often ask students to provide feedback on the materials that they have used.

Resource box materials:

Communication Skills

• Access to English by Catherine du Peloux Menage and Kristine Brown Book and accompanying videotape
• Technical Presentation Skills by Steve Mandel
• Clinical Skills for Pharmacists: a patient-focused approach by Karen Tietze
• Communication Skills: a handbook for pharmacists by Neil Quintrell
• Communciation Skills in Pharmacy Practice: a practical guide for students and practioners, ed. By William Tindall, Robert Beardsley and Carole Kimberlin

Grammar

• English Grammar in Use by Raymond Murphy

Listening

• Understanding Everyday Australian by Susan Boyer Student and Teacher Books 1 and 2 with accompanying audio tapes

Pronunciation

• In Tempo: An English Pronunciation Course by Halina Zawadzki Book and accompanying audio tapes
• Ship or Sheep? An Intermediate Pronunciation Course by Ann Baker Book and accompanying audio tapes

Research and Thesis Writing

• Academic Writing for Graduate Students: Essential Tasks and Skills by John Swales and Christine Feak
• Thesis and Assignment Writing by Jonathon and Millicent Poole
• Communicating in Science: Writing a Scientific Paper and Speaking at Scientific Meetings by Vernon Booth

Study Skills

• The Study Skills Handbook by Stella Cottrell
• Study Skills for Speakers of English as a Second Language by Marilyn Lewis and Hayo Reinders
• Understanding Australia. A Guide for International Students by Sally A. White

Teacher Reference

• Teaching Academic Writing: A toolkit for higher education by C. Coffin, M. Curry, S. Goodman, A Hewings, T. Lillis and J. Swann
• A Guide to Teaching International Students by J. Ryan

Vocabulary

• Professional English: Medical by Alison Pohl
• An Introduction to Medical Terminology for Health Care: A self teaching package by Andrew R. Hutton

Writing

• Writing Lab Reports by Tony Dudley-Evans