Unit 1  Health and Cigarette Smoking
  Part Ⅰ  Reading Research Articles
    1. Guessing the main ideas through the title
    2. Guessing the main ideas of the sections through the headings
    3. Doing reading tasks
  Part Ⅱ Writing Research Articles
    1. Understanding the characteristics of a research article
    2. Deciding on a topic
    3. Formulating research questions
    4. Writing a working title
  Part Ⅲ Academic Survival Skills
    1. Using outside sources
    2. Paraphrasing
Unit 2  Understanding of Global Warming
  Part Ⅰ  Reading Research Articles
    1. Reading for a purpose
    2. Reading an abstract
    3. Doing reading tasks
  Part Ⅱ  Writing Research Articles
    1. Searching for reliable sources
    2. Listening to the lectures for source information
  Part Ⅲ Academic Survival Skills
    1. Direct quotation
    2. Summarizing
Unit 3  Breast Feeding Practice
  Part Ⅰ  Reading Research Articles
    1. Reading the introduction
    2. Reading the conclusion (or/and discussion)
    3. Doing reading tasks
  Part Ⅱ  Writing Research Articles
    1. Understanding elements of a successful literature review
    2. Understanding two types of research articles
    3. Using appropriate tense in literature review
    4. Writing an introduction section
  Part Ⅲ Academic Survival Skills
    1. Synthesizing
    2. Reporting verbs
Unit 4  Genetically Modified Foods
  Part Ⅰ  Reading Research Articles
    1. Reading critically
    2. Interpreting the titles of tables/figures
    3. Doing reading tasks
  Part Ⅱ Writing Research Articles
    1. Writing a methods section
    2. Writing a results section
    3. Using tables and figures effectively
    4. Using correct tenses in reporting results
  Part Ⅲ Academic Survival Skills
    1. Academic tone
    2. The use of nominalization
    3. Passive sentences
    4. The use of single, formal verbs
Unit 5  Scientific Fraud
  Part Ⅰ  Reading Research Articles
    1. Identifying the author's attitude
    2. Identifying the attitude behind reporting verbs
  Part Ⅱ Writing Research Articles
    1. Writing the conclusion section
    2. Writing an abstract
    3. Using the correct tense, voice and language
  Part Ⅲ Academic Survival Skills
    1. Hedging
    2. In-text citations
    3. References lists
Unit 6  The Effects of Food Deprivation
  Part Ⅰ  Reading Research Articles
    1. Taking notes
    2. Identifying topic sentences
    3. Doing reading tasks
  Part Ⅱ  Preparing for Conference Presentations
    1. Writing conference abstracts
    2. Oral presentation
    3. Poster presentation
  Part Ⅲ Academic Survival Skills
Proofreading
Appendix I
Appendix Ⅱ
Appendix Ⅲ
Glossary