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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