本教程共分为四个大部分，10个主要章节：Part I Communicating in academic situations (章)；Part II Understanding lectures and interacting in the classroom（第2-4章）；Part III Participating in seminars and discussions（第5-7章）；Part IV Making academic presentations（第8-10章）。每一个章节均由热身练习（Warm-up Activities）听力理解（Listening Comprehension）、口语练习（Speaking Academically）、思维训练（Thinking Critically）和补充阅读（Supplementary Reading）等五个部分组成。
目录
Part I Introduction
Unit 1 English for Academic Purposes: an Introduction
Unit 2 Communicating in Academic Contexts
Part II Listening in EAP Contexts
Unit 3 EAP Listening Skills -- Understanding the Organization of Lectures
Unit 4 EAP Listening Skills -- Predicting and Identifying Main Ideas
Unit 5 EAP Listening Skills -- Summarizing and Note-taking
Unit 6 EAP Listening Skills -- Guessing and Making Inferences
Part III Speaking in EAP Contexts
Unit 7 Academic Seminars
Unit 8 Proper Engagement in Academic Settings
Unit 9 Preparing for an Effective Presentation
Unit 10 Delivering an Effective Presentation
Part IV Coda
Unit 11 Avoiding Plagiarism
Appendix I The Academic Word List (AWL)
Appendix II The Academic Keyword List (AKL)
