English for Academic Study: Reading & Writing

EAS Reading & Writing challenges and stimulates students preparing for English-medium study. Activities are designed for use with the accompanying extensive texts, which are extracted from actual academic sources. The Reading and Writing sections can be studied separately, or used together as part of an integrated program of study.

The unit topics are as follows:

• Academic Achievement
• Early Human Development
• The Environment Today
• Telemedicine
• Statistics without Tears
• Human Activity and Climate Change
• The Global Village
• The New Linguistic Order

Each unit has weblinks offering additional information and activities, related to both reading and writing skills, and the topics covered in the units. A dedicated website, www.englishforacademicstudy.com, offers further instructor resources.

This book can be used in conjunction with the following books in the English for academic study series, also published by Garnet Education: EAS Extended Writing & Research Skills, EAS Listening, EAS Vocabulary, and EAS Speaking & Pronunciation.

Reading Contents

Introduction
Task Introduction
Unit 1: Academic Achievement
Unit 2: Early Human Development
Unit 3a: The Environment Today
Unit 4: Statistics without Tears
Unit 5: Human Activity and Climate Change
Unit 6: The Global Village
Unit 7: The New Linguistic Order

Writing Contents

Introduction
Unit 1: Academic Achievement
Unit 2: Early Human Development
Unit 3b: Telemedicine
Unit 4: Statistics without Tears
Unit 5: Human Activity and Climate Change
Unit 6: The Global Village
Unit 7: The New Linguistic Order
Appendices