Overview

Content-based learning is the theoretical guidance of the online course Academic English for Science and Engineering. It is divided into eight modules: course introduction, academic reading, academic writing, academic listening, academic communication, academic vocabulary, grammar in science and technology, and translation in science and technology. Except the introductory modules, each module is divided into 8 sessions.

Syllabus

Module 1 Course Introduction

Course Introduction 1
Course Introduction 2
Learners’ Sharing 1
Learners’ Sharing 2
Learners’ Sharing 3

Module 2 Academic Reading

Session 1 Overview of Academic Papers in Geoscience
Session 2 Overview of Academic Papers in Civil Engineering
Session 3 Overview of Academic Papers in Electrical Engineering
Session 4 Overview of Academic Papers in Metallurgical Engineering
Session 5 Overview of Doing Interdisciplinary Research
Session 6 Intensive Reading of Academic Papers on Chemistry
Session 7 Overview of Academic Papers in Medicine
Session 8 Overview of Structure and Documentation in Academic Papers

Module 3 Academic Writing

Session 1 Introduction to Academic Writing
Session 2 Selecting a Topic
Session 3 Literature Search in Academic Writing
Session 4 Framework of Academic Paper and Introduction
Session 5 Methods, Results and Discussion
Session 6 Writing a Title and an Abstract
Session 7 Citation, Plagiarism, MLA and APA
Session 8 Revising and Editing

Module 4 Academic Listening

Session 1 Introduction to Academic Listening
Session 2 Preparation and Prediction
Session 3 Structure of Academic Lectures
Session 4 Note-taking Skills
Session 5 Introductions in Academic Lectures
Session 6 Key Ideas in Academic Lectures
Session 7 Terminologies in Academic Lectures
Session 8 Digressions in Academic Lectures

Module 5 Academic Communication

Session 1 Introduction to Academic Communication
Session 2 Paper Presentation
Session 3 Project Presentation
Session 4 Seminar
Session 5 Poster Presentation
Session 6 Chairing a Conference
Session 7 Question and Answer Session
Session 8 Visual Aids in Presentations

Module 6 Academic Vocabulary

Session 1 Introduction to Academic Vocabulary
Session 2 Prefixes in Academic Vocabulary
Session 3 Suffixes in Academic Vocabulary
Session 4 Other Types of Words in Academic Vocabulary
Session 5 Paraphrasing
Session 6 COCA
Session 7 MICUSP and RCPCE Corpora
Session 8 AntConc-a Corpus Analysis Toolkit

Module 7 Grammar in Science and Technology

Session 1 Introduction to Grammar in Science and Technology
Session 2 Nominalization
Session 3 Numerals
Session 4 Comparatives of Adjectives and Adverbs
Session 5 Verb Tenses and Voices (1)
Session 6 Verb Tenses and Voices (2)
Session 7 Complex Sentences
Session 8 Grammar Checking Tools

Module 8 Translation in Science and Technology

Session 1 Introduction to Translation in Science and Technology
Session 2 Translation Skills of Terminology
Session 3 Translation Skills of Nominal Phrases
Session 4 Translation Skills of Passive Voice
Session 5 Translation Skills of Attributive Clauses
Session 6 Translation Skills of Adverbial Clauses
Session 7 Computer-assisted Translation in Science and Technology
Session 8 SDL Trados Studio

Final Exam

Taught by

Yu Yang, Guili Li, Linfang Shen, Jue Hu, Fengqin Liu, Wei Peng, Lisheng Zhang, Limei Hou, Sizhao Lu, Yusen Wang, Shujun Ruan, Ke Li, Hui Sun, Zhaoying Ren, Bingliang Xu, Lihua Zhang, Ting Yang, Chunlan Liao, Feng Yan, , and Dandan Chang