Unit 1 Academic Reading

Pre-class tasks............................................ 2

In-class tasks.............................................. 3

1.1 General glimpse of academic reading.............................3

1.2 Basic structure of academic papers................................. 7

1.3 Skills for academic paper reading....................................9

1.4 Abstract reading................................................................11

1.5 Text reading......................................................................15

After-class tasks....................................... 20

Unit 2  Academic Reading

Pre-class tasks.......................................... 26

In-class tasks.............................................27

2.1 General glimpse of academic writing............................ 27

2.2 Selecting a topic..............................................................28

2.3 Writing a title....................................................................31

2.4 Writing an abstract..........................................................32

2.5 Writing an introduction...................................................36

2.6 Writing methods and results...........................................41

2.7 Writing discussions.........................................................48

2.8 Revising and editing.........................................................51

2.9 Getting to be published..................................................52

After-class tasks....................................... 54

Unit 3  Academic Listening

Pre-class tasks..........................................60

In-class tasks.............................................61

3.1 General glimpse of academic listening...........................61

3.2 Skills for academic listening...........................................62

3.3 Activities for academic listening.................................... 75

After-class tasks........................................77

Pre-class tasks.......................................... 82

Unit 4  Academic Communication

In-class tasks............................................ 83

4.1 General glimpse of academic communication.............83

4.2 Types of presentations in academic communication.....84

4.3 Chairing a conference.....................................................94

4.4 Question and answer......................................................99

4.5 Visual aids for academic presentation......................... 103

After-class tasks......................................106

Unit 5   Academic Vocabulary

Pre-class tasks......................................... 110

In-class reading........................................112

5.1 General glimpse of academic vocabulary.....................112

5.2 Lexical features in a morphological sense.................... 114

5.3 Lexical features in a pragmatic sense...........................120

5.4 Dictionary skill for academic vocabulary learning.......124

5.5 The application of lexical knowledge............................ 127

After-class tasks......................................140

Unit 6  Grammar inAcademic English

Pre-class tasks.........................................148

In-class tasks...........................................149

6.1 General glimpse of grammar in academic English......149

6.2 Nominalization................................................................152

6.3 Verb tenses and voices...................................................156

6.4 Complex sentences........................................................163

6.5 Comparative degree and superlative degree.............. 166

6.6 Grammar checking tools...............................................173

After-class tasks...................................... 176

Unit 7 Translation of English for Science

and Technology

(EST)

Pre-class tasks.........................................180

In-class tasks............................................181

7.1 General glimpse of translation of EST............................181

7.2 Translation of the passive voice in EST.........................197

7.3 Translation of attributive clauses in EST.......................201

7.4 Translation of adverbial clauses in EST........................207

7.5 Think-pair-share activity.................................................211

After-class tasks...................................... 212