Communication Skills Toolkit
Chapter 1: Making the transition
Swinburne University’s Study Support & Academic Skills website at > corporate > study-support
Queensland University of Technology’s ‘Cite/Write’ at
University of Melbourne’s Academic Skills Unit website at > academic skills
Curtin University’s ‘UniEnglish’ website at
‘Griffith English Language Institute’ at
‘English Language Growth Resource at > index.html
Queensland University of Technology (QUT) `trigger videos’ at > about projects.jsp
The Desk at
Curtin University’s ‘Unilife’ at
The University of South Australia’s ‘Student Life’ at > student-life
Chapter 2: Developing effective study skills
No web references
Chapter 3: Identifying appropriate resources
RMIT’s ‘Subject guides’ at > library > Subject guides
Curtin University’s library site at > home
Yahoo! web directory at
Directory of Open Access Journals (published by the Lund University of Sweden) at
Standards Australia Online at
Federal Government publications website at > publications
State or territory government websites, for example or > departments and agencies
AustLII website to check Australasian legal information at
Edith Cowan University has a list of library resources and subject guides at >
The University of Adelaide has a subject-based resource guide at > Resource Guides
Curtin University has provided subject guides at > home
PMC at > pmc
WebWombat at
Scirus at
BuildingOnline at > blsearch.stml
GeoIndex at .
FinderSeeker at
CompletePlanet at
Google at
Google Scholar: on the University of the Sunshine Coast website, go to
> A–Z List
The University of Western Sydney’s library website offers a resource called Online Tutorials at > Guides > Online Tutorials
Chapter 4: Evaluating your resources
Annals of Improbable Research website at
Chapter 5: Referencing
‘Guide to assignment presentation’ available at > local/docs/soph/SoPH_GAP.pdf
University of Auckland library at > index.php?p=useful_links
Curtin University Library, Western Australia at > home
Faculty of Health Sciences at Curtin University, Guide to assignment presentation at > local/docs/SoPH_GAP.pdf
Murdoch University Library, Western Australia at
University of Queensland at > help/referencing-style-guides
James Cook University Library at > referencing
University of New South Wales Learning Centre at > olib.html
University of Western Australia Library at
University of Melbourne library at > cite
University of Canterbury, New Zealand at > services/ref/style.shtml
Chapter 6: Approaches to writing
Seek at
Blog Search Engine at
Asia Times Online at
The Guardian Weekly at
Curtin University’s Learning Centre at > learning_centre.htm
University of Western Sydney’s ‘Student Learning Unit’ at > student_learning_unit/slu
Queensland University of Technology’s ‘Language and Learning Support’ at > international/language-and-learning-support
Monash University’s ‘Language and Learning Online’ at > lls/llonline
RMIT’s ‘Learning Lab’ at > learninglab
University of Wollongong’s ‘UniLearning’ at
Websites on mind mapping and brainstorming
FreeMind software at > wiki/index.php/Download
Online synonym website at
Illumine Training, Mind Map® examples at > mind-maps-examples.htm
James Cook University, Study Skills Online, Mind mapping at > office/tld/learningskills/mindmap/index.html
Monash University Learning Support, Brainstorming and mind mapping for assignments at > lls/llonline/quickrefs/25-brainstorming.xml
RMIT, Study and Learning Centre, Mind mapping and brainstorming at
Study Guides and Strategies, Concept or mind-mapping at > mapping
Chapter 7: Reflective writing
No web references
Chapter 8: Report writing
Engineers Without Borders challenge at > ewbchallenge
The University of Canberra’s ‘Academic Skills Centre’ at > studyskills
The University of New South Wales has an excellent online resource called Report Writing FAQs at > olib.html
UniLearning Academic Writing is situated within the University of Wollongong’s website at > main.html
Chapter 9: Academic essay writing
Australian National University’s Academic Skills and Learning Centre webpage, Writing an essay in 12 steps at > resources/handouts/writing-essay-12-steps
Edith Cowan University’s Exegesis: Academic tip sheet at > data/assets/pdf_file/0017/20618/exegesis.pdf
University of Sydney’s ‘Learning Centre’, Planning your essay at > m3/m3u1/index.htm
The Learning Centre at the University of New South Wales publishes an online guide to essay and assignment writing at > olib.html
Purdue University ‘Online Writing Lab’, Academic Writing at
Chapter 10: Other tertiary genres
University of New South Wales’ Writing a Critical Review at > olib.html > writing-critical-review
University of New South Wales, The Learning Centre, The annotated bibliography at > olib.html > annotated-bibliography
Monash University’s ‘Language and Learning’ website at > lls/llonline/index.xml
The University of Melbourne’s ‘General Writing Skills’ at > academicskills/resource_assets/skill/writing-resources
Queensland University of Technology’s ‘QUT citewrite’ website at > write
Drew University, New Jersey, Online Resources for Writers, Synthesis writing at > ~sjamieso/Synthesis.htm#key%20features
The Purdue Online Writing Lab, Annotated bibliographies at > owl/resource/614/01/
Chapter 11: Two principles of good academic writing
Weaselwords at
Chapter 12: Grammar, punctuation and spelling
Cambridge advanced learner’s dictionary at
Alan Cooper’s webpage of homophones at > alan/homonym.html
: English as 2nd language. Articles: The/a/an at > od/beginningenglish/ig/Basic-English/Articles.htm
Frankfurt International School, Articles at > grammar/rules/article.htm
Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University, How to use articles at > owl/resource/540/01
Online language labs and grammar exercises
An online version of William Strunk’s The elements of style at
Capital Community College in Hartford, Connecticut, US, publishes a very detailed website called the Guide to grammar & writing at > grammar
Diana Hacker’s website A writer’s reference, 6th edition at
Paul Brians’s Common errors in English published on the Washington State University website at > ~brians/errors/index.html
Paul Brians’s list of common misspellings at > ~brians/errors/misspelled.html
Learn English at English.be/index.html
Purdue University’s Online Writing Lab (OWL) at > owl
The Australian National University’s Academic skills and learning centre website includes a comprehensive page on sentence structure and punctuation at > resources/handouts/guide-punctuation-academic-writing
The Internet TESL Journal’s Self-study grammar quizzes at > grammar.html
University of New South Wales, The Learning Centre, Online academic skills resources at > olib.html
The Literacy education online (LEO) site of St Cloud State University, Minnesota, at
The UniLearning academic writing website is situated within the University of Wollongong’s website at
Online dictionaries and thesauruses
Cambridge advanced learner’s dictionary at
Longman dictionary of contemporary English at
Merriam-Webster’s dictionary and thesaurus at
OneLook® dictionary search searches more than 100 dictionaries and thesauruses in one search at
Oxford advanced learner’s dictionary at
, an online version of Roget’s Thesaurus at
Chapter 13: Interpersonal skills
Global Development Research Center, Building bridges between citizens and local governments to work more effectively together through managing conflict and differences at > decision/BuildingBridges.pdf
Queensland Government’s Disability Services, A way with words: Guidelines for the portrayal of people with a disability at > resources/disability/community-involvement/communication/documents/way-with-words.pdf
Chapter 14: Intercultural communication
Charles Sturt University is situated in Wiradjuri country in New South Wales and runs an Indigenous Australian student services group. See > division/studserv/indigenous-services/home
Australian Indigenous Health Infonet website 2013, maintained by staff at Edith Cowan University at
Curtin University library's Indigenous Cultural Competency (ICC) LibGuide,2013 at > indigenous-cultural-competency
Flinders University, Inclusive Language Guide at > equal-opportunity/tools_resources/publications/inclusive_language.cfm
State Government of Victoria, Department of Human Services, 2009. Aboriginal cultural competence framework at >
Chapter 15: Teamwork
Deakin University’s ‘Working in Groups’ at > current-students/study-support/study-skills/handouts/groups.php
Chapter 16: Presentations
James Cook University’s oral presentations at > tldinfo/learningskills/oral
Brainy Betty at > terms.htm
The Academic Skills Program at the University of Canberra has easy-to-follow advice at > studyskills/learning/oral
The Australian Catholic University has a very comprehensive website on how to create a successful oral presentation at > research/orals/index.htm
University of South Australia, Teaching and Learning Unit, has some helpful hints about oral presentations at > ltu/students/study/oral/default.asp
Chapter 17: Where to from here?
Curtin University’s ‘Student Wellbeing and Advisory Service’ at > student_wellbeing_service.htm
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