The application offers a wide variety of words and phrases that can be used for academic writing. It opens with a paragraph model and displays the four stages that constitute a well-written paragraph. Tapping each one of these stages offers a list of functions relevant to that stage. Each of these in turn, when tapped provide a list of words and phrases with which they can be expressed. Upon tapping further, examples of their use is provided
Designed for convenience and ease of use, the app does not require any registration or permissions to install. Based on an established, successful and widely-used model of paragraph writing, it has been developed by academics with several years of experience in pedagogical practice.
FeaturesWORDBANK – words and phrases at your fingertips
Fast and lightweight
A size of just 3.19 MB makes it fast without draining resources
No registration
It does not need users to register or log in
Free to use
With no ‘trial’ versions, it will always remain free to download and use
No intrusive ads
It is completely free of any advertisements
TestimonialsReview of Users
Curtis Ziniel Lecturer
The paragraph model with which the app launches is really helpful as it helps you to shape your writing in a certain order
Nicholas Almond Senior Lecturer
This tool will be helpful for not only students but anyone involved in academic writing
Clay Gransden Lecturer
An excellent writing tool for all academic levels. A great way to introduce students to academic writing and especially useful when constructing an academic piece of work
Jennifer Ellaway Student
WordBank is a brilliant tool for structuring academic writing, with a very clear structure and useful language guidance. I would recommend it for students to use as it is simple to use and provides good direction for writing style