Unit 1 Academic Study and Academic English
Warm-up
Objectives
Readings
A.How to Finish Your Ph.D.
B.Englishfor Academic Purposes
C.Academic English
Listening
BBC-English for Academic Purposes
Viewing
Movie Clips-A Beautiful Mind
Leisure Cafe
Unit 2 Academic Conference
Warm-up
Objectives
Readings
A.Organizing an International Academic Conference
B.Socializing
C.Requests and Replies
Listening
VOA-Greetings and Accents
Viewing
Movie Clips—Einstein and Eddington
Leisure Cafe
Unit 3 Academic Listening
Warm-up
Objectives
Readings
A.Introduction to Academic Listening
B.Skills for Summarizing and Taking Notes
C.Keys to Effective Listening
Listening
BBC-Academic Lectures
Viewing
Movie Clips-When Nietzsche Wept
Leisure Cafe
Unit 4 Academic Reading
Warm-up
Objectives
Readings
A.Reading Skills for Academic Study
B.How to Read a Scientific Paper
C.Critical Reading
Listening
BBC-Academic Reading
Viewing
Movie Clips-Dead Poets Society
Leisure Cafe
Unit 5 Academic Writing and Publishing
Warm-up
Objectives
Readings
A.Writing a Research Paper and Publishing as Non—native Speakers of English
B.The Most Common Habits from More Than 200 English Papers Written by Graduate Chinese Engineering Students
C.Sentence Level Organization and Style
Listening
BBC&VOA-Academic Writing
Viewing
Movie Clips-Creation
Leisure Cafe
Unit 6 Academic Translating and Interpreting
warm-up
objcctivcs
Readings
A. Translation and Interpretation in Academic Setting
B.The Use of Passive Voice in Zranslation
C.Translatiag Science into Chinese:An Interactive Perspective
Listening
Guruonline & BBC-Interpreting & Translation and the Rules of English
Viewing
Movie Clips-Good Will Hunting
Leisure Cafe
Unit 7 Academic Speeches
Warm-up
Objcctives
Rcadings
A.Speaking in Academic Contexts
B.Writing out your Speech in English
C.Chairs,Questioners,and Answerers
Listening
BBC-Seminars and Tutorials
Viewing
TV Series Clip-The Big Bang Theory:The Cooper-Hofstadter
Polorizotion
Leisure Cafe
Unit 8 Visual Rhetoric and Academic Presentations
Warm-up
Objetives
Readings
A.Visual Rhetoric
B.Creating an Effective Scientific Presentation
C.Presentations and the Ancient Greeks:How Their Insights Can Improve Your Speaking Today
Listening
Visual Aids
Viewing
TED Clip-Language and Thought
Leisure Cafe
