Academic English for science and engineering

Unit 1 Choosing a Topic
1 Deciding on a topic
  Text 1  How Do Computer Hacke"Get Iide"a
Computer?
  Text 2  ElectronicThreats of a Computer
2 Formulating a research question
  Text 3  AdvantagesofCIoud Computing
  Text 4  Security Benefits of Cloud Computing
3 Writing a working title
4 Enhancing your academic language
  Reading: Texts 1-4
  Listening: Lectures 1-5
Unit 2 Searching for Information
1 Finding reliable and better sources
2 Scanning and skimming
  Text 5  Can You Compete with A.I. for the Next
Job?
3 Identifying topic sentences for information
  Text6  GameTheory
4 Guessing word meaning
  From context
  Text 7  Darkness on the Edge of the Univee
  Through affixes and roots
  Text 8  HowNanotechnologyWorks
5 Using the organization of the text
  Text 9  GIobalWarming and Its Effects
6 Reading critically
  Text 10  GIobalWarming
7 Taking notes
8 Writing a summary
9 Enhancing your academic language
  Reading:Texts 5-10
  Listening: Lectures 6-9
Unit 3 Listening to Lectures
1 Preparing for listening to a lecture
2 Paying attention to the introduction
  Lecture 10
3 Undetanding the ideas through examples
  Lecture 11
4 Following a lecture through signal words
  Lecture 12
5 Memorizing the points by taking notes
  Lecture 13
Unit 4 Writing a Literature Review
1 Writing a literature review
  Text 11  Risks of Nuclear Power
  Text 12  How Radiation Threate Health
  Text 13  Should Nuclear Radiation Found in Domestic
Milk Come as a Surprise?
  Text 14  Radiation and Health:The Aftehocks of Japan's
Nuclear Disaster
2 Writing a self-contained literature review
3 Writing a literature review as a part of an essay
4 Citation
5 Documentation
6 Avoiding plagiarism
7 Paraphrasing
8 Enhancing your academic language
  Reading: Texts 11-14
  Listening: Lecturest4-16
Unit 5 Writing an Academic Essay
1 Definition
  Text 15  Genetically Modified Foods--Feed the
World?
  Text 16  Influence of Genetically Modified Soya on the
Birth Weight and
  Survival of Rat Pups
  Text 17  Clinical Risk Assessment of GM Foods
2 Two types of research paper
3 Writing an introduction
4 Writing the body of a secondary research essay
  Definition
  Text 18  Physical Effects of Marijuana Use
  Organizatio
5 Writing the body of a primary research essay
  Methods section
  Results section
6 Writing a discussion or/and conclusion
7 Writing an abstract
8 Writing a reference list
9 Academic writing style
  Formality
  Text 19. Research Reports for Business and Technical
Writing
  Hedging
10 Proofreading
  Check globally
  Check grammatically
11 Enhancing your academic language
  Reading:Texts 15-19
  Listening: Lectures 17-20
Unit 6 Making an Oral Presentation
1 Preparing your oral presentation
2 Organizing the content
3 Using proper language
4 Delivering your presentation
5 Using visual aids
6 Dealing with Q and A
7 Raising questio in class and in the lecture
8 Participating in discussio
Appendix 1: Vocabulary
Appendix 2: A Student's Paper