English for Academic Communication

　　 Part 1 International Conference
　　Unit 1 Sources for Conference Information
　　Unit 2 Conference Organizers and Session Modes
　　Unit 3 Papers, Abstracts, Posters and Proposals Submitted to Conferences
　　Unit 4 Financial Assistance for Attending Meetings
　　Unit 5 Rehearsal, Attendance and Culture Considerations
　　Unit 6 Chairing a Meeting
　　Unit 7 Opening and Closing Sessions
　　Unit 8 Effective Presentation
　　Unit 9 Visual Aids
　　Unit 10 Question and Answer Session
　　 Part 2 Letters for Academic Communication
　　Unit 1 Introduction to Letter Writing
　　Unit 2 Introduction to Email Writing
　　Unit 3 Letters Relating to Conferences
　　Unit 4 Letters for Publishing Papers in English Journals
　　Unit 5 Letters for Different Academic Purposes
　　 Part 3 Academic Writing
　　Unit 1 Writing in the Humanities and the Social Sciences
　　Unit 2 Writing in the Natural Sciences and Engineering
　　 Part 4 Selected Readings in Global Culture
　　Unit 1 Confucianism and Daoism: The Nucleus of the Chinese Culture
　　Unit 2 A Confucian Perspective on Learning to Be Human
　　Unit 3 The Tragedy of Oedipus
　　Unit 4 Plato and The Republic
　　Unit 5 The Bible
　　Unit 6 Shakespeare and the Tragedy of Hamlet
　　Unit 7 Walden
　　Unit 8 Waiting for Godot
　　Unit 9 911 and Its Aftermath:Where Is the World Heading?
　　Appendix 1 In-text Citation: MLA Style
　　Appendix 2 In-text Citation: APA Style
　　Appendix 3 Documenting List of Sources: MLA Style
　　Appendix 4 Documenting List of Sources: APA Style
　　Appendix 5 Stems and Affixes