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