Unit 1: Fundamental Concepts in English Academic Writing

1.1 Reading and Writing for Academic Purposes: An Introduction

1.2 Audience, Genre, and Other Key Concepts in Academic Writing 

1.3 Analyzing and Interacting with Sources

1.4 Academic Honesty, Plagiarism, and Inappropriate Textual Borrowing

1.5 Citing Sources and Documentation Styles

Unit 2: Summarizing and Responding to Texts

2.1 Summarizing for Academic Purposes: Pre-Reading and Getting the Gist

2.2 Summarizing: Reading, Taking Notes, and Identifying Main and Supporting Points

2.3 Organizing and Writing Your Summary

2.4 Paraphrasing, Explaining, and Citing

2.5 Reporting Verbs and Signaling Phrases

2.6 Responding to Texts and Critiquing

Unit 3: Synthesizing for Academic Purposes

3.1 Synthesizing for Academic Purposes: Making Connections between Texts

3.2 Developing an Effective Note Taking System

3.3 Summarizing, Paraphrasing, and Quoting for Note Taking

3.4 Organizing and Keeping Track of Sources for Synthesis Writing

3.5 Synthesizing: Developing a Stance and Integrating Sources into Writing

Unit 4: Conducting and Writing Up Secondary Research

4.1 Brainstorming and Developing a Research Question

4.2 Searching for Credible Sources

4.3 Organizing, Analyzing, and Outlining for Research Writing

4.4 Describing and Discussing Research Studies

4.5 Tone and Hedging for Research Writing

Unit 5: Revising, Revising, Revising

5.1 Addressing Professor Comments, Revising, and Editing

5.2 Things to Check Before You Hit the “Submit” Button