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Unit 1 Basic Knowledge for Prataculture

  Lesson 1  Plants and Their Lives

    Part A  Text

      The Parts of a Plant and Their Functions

    Part B  Reading Material

      The Life Cycle of a Plant

    Part C  Glossary and Word Building

  Lesson 2  Types of Plants and Variety of Life

    Part A  Text

      Types of Plants

    Part B  Reading Material

      The Variety of Life

    Part C  Glossary and Word Building

  Lesson 3  Ecology--Living Organisms and Their Environment

    Part A  Text

      The Ecosystem

    Part B  Reading Material

      Energy Flow and Material Cycle

    Part C  Glossary and Word Building

  Lesson 4  Biodiversity

    Part A  Text

      The Diversity of Life

    Part B  Reading Material

      Agrobiodiversity--The Value of Diversity and Wildness

    Part C  Glossary and Word Building

Unit 2 Scientific Research and Technical Instruction

  Lesson 5  Scientific Research

    Part A  Scientific Method

    Part B  Research Proposal

    Part C  Following Instruction

      Safety in the Laboratory

      How to Record Observations

    Part D  Reading Material

      Grassland and Grassland Agriculture

  Lesson 6  Conducting Experiments and Using Equipment

    Part A  How to Conduct an Experiment

      Acid Rain Experiments

    Part B  Follow Instructions

      Instruction Manual for Facility or Equipment

    Part C  Reading Material

      Grasslands

Unit 3 Reading Books

  Lesson 7  Reading Books (1) --Organization of a Book

    Part A  Book Contents

      Book Contents

    Part B  Annexes in Books

      Indexes in a Book

    Part C  Reading Material

      Forages

  Lesson 8  Reading Books (2) --Introductory Parts of a Book

    Part A  Preface

      Preface (Foreword, Editor' s Foreword)

    Part B  Introduction

      The Introduction of a Book

    Part C  Reading Material

  Lesson 9  Reading Books (3) --The Main Text

    Part A  Main Text of a Book

    Part B  Reading Material

      Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L. )

Unit 4 Academic Papers

  Lesson 10  Reading Articles in Journal (1)

    Part A  Sections in a Article

      Sectioning in Academic Papers

    Part B  Writing

      Resume (Curriculum Vitae, CV)

    Part C  Reading Material

      Silage

  Lesson 11  Reading Articles in Journal (2)

    Part A  Introduction

    Part B  Writing

      Covering/Application Letter

      General Considerations When Writing a Covering/Application Letter

    Part C  Reading Material

  Lesson 12  Reading Articles in Journal (3)

    Part A  Materials and Methods

    Part B  Reading Material

    Part C  Glossary and Word Building

  Lesson 13  Reading Articles in Journal (4)

    Part A  Results and Analysis

    Part B  Reading Exercise

      Reading Skill

    Part C  Reading Material

  Lesson 14  Reading Articles in Journal (5)

    Part A  Discussion

      Discussion

    Part B  Conclusion and Acknowledgment

      Conclusion

      Acknowledgment

    Part C  Comprehensive Exercise for Sectioning Journal Articles

    Part D  Reading Material

  Lesson 15  Making References

    Part A  Reference

      What Are References?

    Part B  Making References

      General Rules for Making Quotations

    Part C  Reading Material

      Lawn Establishment and Maintenance

Unit 5 Scientific Writing

  Lesson 16  Writing Academic Paper

    Part A  Instructions for Writing Academic Paper

    Part B  Notice to Authors

      Notice to Authors

    Part C  Grammar Refreshing

      Choice of Tense in Academic Papers

    Part D  Reading Material

      Eutrophication

  Lesson 17  Scientific Writing---Abstract (Summary, Synopsis)

    Part A  Information in the Abstract

    Part B  Abstract Writing

      Abstract for a Long Thesis

  Lesson 18  Preparing Presentations

    Part A  Poster Presentation

      Preparing Poster Presentations

    Part B  Oral Presentation

      Guideline for an Oral Presentation

    Part C  Reading Materials

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