Unit 1 Academic Reading Pre-class tasks In-class tasks 1.1 General glimpse of academic reading 1.2 Basic structure of academic papers 1.3 Skills for academic paper reading 1.4 Abstract reading 1.5 Text reading After-class tasks Unit 2 Academic Reading Pre-class tasks In-class tasks 2.1 General glimpse of academic writing 2.2 Selecting a topic 2.3 Writing a title 2.4 Writing an abstract 2.5 Writing an introduction 2.6 Writing methods and results 2.7 Writing discussions 2.8 Revising and editing 2.9 Getting to be published After-class tasks Unit 3 Academic Listening Pre-class tasks In-class tasks 3.1 General glimpse of academic listening 3.2 Skills for academic listening 3.3 Activities for academic listening After-class tasks Pre-class tasks Unit 4 Academic Communication In-class tasks 4.1 General glimpse of academic communication 4.2 Types of presentations in academic communication 4.3 Chairing a conference 4.4 Question and answer 4.5 Visual aids for academic presentation After-class tasks Unit 5 Academic Vocabulary Pre-class tasks In-class reading 5.1 General glimpse of academic vocabulary 5.2 Lexical features in a morphological sense 5.3 Lexical features in a pragmatic sense 5.4 Dictionary skill for academic vocabulary learning 5.5 The application of lexical knowledge After-class tasks Unit 6 Grammar inAcademic English Pre-class tasks In-class tasks 6.1 General glimpse of grammar in academic English 6.2 Nominalization 6.3 Verb tenses and voices 6.4 Complex sentences 6.5 Comparative degree and superlative degree 6.6 Grammar checking tools After-class tasks Unit 7 Translation of English for Science and Technology (EST) Pre-class tasks In-class tasks 7.1 General glimpse of translation of EST 7.2 Translation of the passive voice in EST 7.3 Translation of attributive clauses in EST 7.4 Translation of adverbial clauses in EST 7.5 Think-pair-share activity After-class tasks References
