How to learn English during holidays

Are you a current RMIT English Worldwide or Foundation Studies student who wants to study over the break?

Are you a current RMIT English Worldwide or Foundation Studies student who wants to study over the break? That's great. However, you might not be sure what to do or where to start and be curious about how to plan your time around the festive events.

Here are links to resources to help you study and tips to motivate you.

Happy studying!

Reading study tips for your holidays

Graded reading is a great way to improve your:

Reading skills
Vocabulary
Critical thinking skills

British Council has online graded reading with practice activities for:

Elementary (RMIT English Worldwide Levels 2 and 3)
Intermediate (RMIT English Worldwide Level 4)
Upper-intermediate students (RMIT English Worldwide Level 5 and 6, plus FS)

Extra reading tips for current students:

Canvas has more reading for intermediate and advanced. Click on your level.

Listening tips to help study during holidays

How can I practise my listening skills?

British Council also has online graded listening:

You can listen to a story at the right level for you (see levels above).
Each listening has practice activities. Click here to listen to a story and here for listening practice activities to start.

TED Ed have online lessons for students:

Choose a topic you are interested in and complete the activities
Suitable for REW levels 6 and 7, and FS students
Click here to find a topic

Extra listening tips for current students:

Canvas has more listening for intermediate and advanced students. Click on your level.

Check the listening tips guide to help you - click here.

Writing study tips during your holidays

Cambridge Write and Improve is an online writing site for students at all levels to practise writing in different styles.

You can practise writing essays, articles, emails and more
You can also get online feedback for your writing
Click here to start

Extra writing tips for current students:

Canvas has lots of writing practice activities for intermediate and advanced students. Click on your level to start.

Pronunciation learning tips for holidays

It's important to know the sounds you hear in English.

You can watch videos made by the BBC for English language students. Click here to start

Extra pronunciation tips for current students:

Click here to hear and learn more about each sound.

Grammar study tips to use during holidays

We have new grammar guides that explain the most common topics.

Extra grammar tips for current students:

Find your topic and get started here.

There are also lots of grammar practice activities for intermediate and advanced students. Click on your level to start.

Study Tips and Plans during holidays

To help you achieve success, try making a:

Study Plan Checklist

Decide what you would like to study today. Look back over your class notes and make a list of things you understand, and what you need extra practice with.
Also, look at any assignments you have coming up. Do you need to work on these? Making a study plan should be the first thing you do. You can use the university assignment planner to help you. Click here to see more.
Don’t study all day! Call a friend or family member and say hi. It’s also important you keep talking with people and don’t feel lonely.
Make time every day to relax and take breaks.

Extra grammar tips for current students:

Click here for more online study tips.

Example Study Plan for your holiday time

Time	Activity	Notes
8:30am	Wake up, have breakfast, and get ready for the day
9:30am	Look at my class notes
10am	Reading skills	Use Study Success graded readers
11am	Break
11:30am	Writing practice	Use write and correct
12:30pm	Lunch
1pm	Listening and vocabulary	Listen to last week's lecture and practice new words
2:30pm	Break
3pm	Exercise	Try new online yoga video
5pm	Call family

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