Ask Us: Academic Skills Team

Proof reading is a far more complex task than just checking for spelling and punctuation errors.  It involves checking for meaning and, importantly, knowledge and understanding, making sure that you directly answer the question or problem set in line with your marking criteria.

There are many different ways of achieving this, including:- reading aloud yourself, using built in tools within software to convert text to speech and peer review options.

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