ACADEMIC ENGLISH COURSE

Textbook: Academic Connections

Duration: 74 hours
Schedule: 2hours/day, 5 days/week

Week Weekday Units Content

* Introduction
Unit 1: Psychology: First Impressions
1 * Preview
and Attraction
* Building Academic Reading skills
Unit 1: Psychology: First Impressions * Building Academic Reading skills (continued)
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and Attraction * Building Academic Listening skills
1 Unit 1: Psychology: First Impressions * Building Academic Listening skills (continued)
3
and Attraction * Building Academic Writing skills
Unit 1: Psychology: First Impressions
4 * Building Academic Writing skills (continued)
and Attraction
Unit 1: Psychology: First Impressions Homework/Lab assignment correction
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and Attraction Unit review
* Preview
6 Unit 2: Ecology: The Web of Life
* Building Academic Listening skills

7 Unit 2: Ecology: The Web of Life * Building Academic Listening skills (continued)

* Building Academic Reading skills

2 8 Unit 2: Ecology: The Web of Life
* Building Academic Speaking skills

* Building Academic Reading skills (continued)

9 Unit 2: Ecology: The Web of Life
* Building Academic Speaking skills (continued)
Homework/Lab assignment correction
10 Unit 2: Ecology: The Web of Life
Unit review
* Preview
11 Unit 3: Health: Stress and Health
* Building Academic Reading skills

12 Unit 3: Health: Stress and Health * Building Academic Reading skills (continued)

13 Unit 3: Health: Stress and Health * Building Academic Listening Skills

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* Building Academic Listening skills (continued)
14 Unit 3: Health: Stress and Health
* Building Academic Writing skills

* Building Academic Writing skills (continued)

15 Unit 3: Health: Stress and Health
* Midterm test Preparation

16 MID-TERM TEST

* Preview
17 Unit 4: Literature: Folktales
* Building Academic Listening skills
18 Unit 4: Literature: Folktales * Building Academic Listening skills (continued)
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* Building Academic Reading skills
19 Unit 4: Literature: Folktales
* Building Academic Speaking skills

* Building Academic Reading skills (continued)

20 Unit 4: Literature: Folktales
* Building Academic Speaking skills (continued)
Homework/Lab assignment correction
21 Unit 4: Literature: Folktales
Unit review
* Preview
22 Unit 5: Chemistry: Green Chemistry
* Building Academic Reading skills
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 5 23 Unit 5: Chemistry: Green Chemistry * Building Academic Reading skills (continued)

24 Unit 5: Chemistry: Green Chemistry * Building Academic Listening skills

* Building Academic Listening skills (continued)

25 Unit 5: Chemistry: Green Chemistry
* Building Academic Writing skills

26 Unit 5: Chemistry: Green Chemistry * Building Academic Writing skills (continued)

* Preview
27 Unit 7: Marketing: Niche Marketing
* Building Academic Reading skills

6 28 Unit 7: Marketing: Niche Marketing * Building Academic Reading skills (continued)

29 Unit 7: Marketing: Niche Marketing * Building Academic Listening skills

* Building Academic Listening skills (continued)

30 Unit 7: Marketing: Niche Marketing
* Building Academic Writing skills
31 Unit 7: Marketing: Niche Marketing * Building Academic Writing skills (continued)

Unit 8: Communication: Nonverbal * Preview

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Communication * Building Academic Listening skills

Unit 8: Communication: Nonverbal

7 33 * Building Academic Listening skills (continued)
Communication

Unit 8: Communication: Nonverbal * Building Academic Reading skills

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Communication Final Test preparation

35 FINAL TEST

Unit 8: Communication: Nonverbal * Building Academic Reading skills (continued)

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Communication * Building Academic Speaking skills
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Unit 8: Communication: Nonverbal
37 * Building Academic Speaking skills (continued)
Communication
Notes:
* Midterm Test will cover the contents of Units 1, 2 & 3

* Final Test will cover the contents of Units 4, 5 & 7

* Unit 6 is optional. If students are advanced and you think you can go faster than what is suggested
on the class schedule, cover Unit 6.