Academic English: Skills for Success, Third Edition

This book features five theme-based units on cross-disciplinary academic English skills, focusing on the needs of first-year undergraduate students. Each unit covers academic writing, reading, and speaking skills. The units progressively take students through the steps needed to complete three common academic assignments: the essay, report, and tutorial discussion. These steps include searching for quality sources, note-taking, establishing a critical stance, formulating evidence-based arguments, synthesizing information from multiple sources, and structuring academic texts. Each unit also provides opportunities for students to analyse texts, apply their critical thinking skills, practise what they have learnt in productive tasks, and reflect upon their progress.

This book is aimed at first-time university students. Many of the readings are related to China and a broader Asian context. As such, it appeals to first-year university students in Hong Kong, Mainland China, and Taiwan.

Miranda Legg is a senior lecturer in the Centre for Applied English Studies at the University of Hong Kong. Kevin Pat is a lecturer in the Centre for Applied English Studies at the University of Hong Kong. Steve Roberts was an instructional designer in the Centre for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning at the University of Hong Kong. Rebecca Welland was a lecturer in the Centre for Applied English Studies at the University of Hong Kong. Letty Chan has taught undergraduate English for Academic Purposes and English for Specific Purposes courses at the University of Hong Kong and is currently a doctoral candidate in applied linguistics at the University of Nottingham. Louisa Chan is a lecturer in the Centre for Applied English Studies at the University of Hong Kong. Wai Lan Tsang is an honorary assistant professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Hong Kong. Parco Wong is a senior lecturer in the Centre for Applied English Studies at the University of Hong Kong. Alice Yau is a lecturer in the Centre for Applied English Studies at the University of Hong Kong. Natalie Fong is a senior lecturer in the Centre for Applied English Studies at the University of Hong Kong.