The series is designed for the English for Academic Purposes (EAP) writing courses that prepare students from non-English speaking backgrounds for mainstream college and university level studies. The series acts as a bridge into the heavy writing demands of post-secondary education.
Grounded in the core academic disciplines found on Canadian college and university campuses, the series takes an inquiry- and content-based approach to developing academic writing skills. The inquiry-based approach puts the needs of students front and centre in each unit, with their questions
driving the acquisition of both language and content knowledge. By using academic content as a vehicle to contextualize learning, writing skills are embedded in a rich framework that provides an opportunity for the recycling and spiralling of core concepts. To promote content-rich writing outcomes,
authentic academic readings are used throughout the series as a springboard for the promotion of effective academic writing. These readings are accompanied by learning strategies, anti-plagiarism tips, critical thinking development, grammar points, and specific writing skills that are distributed
according to the demands of the unit content and writing assignments. Skills and learning strategies embedded in the disciplinary context of a unit build on one another to contribute to the creation of the writing assignment.
A complete teacher's resource will be available online.
Unit 1 Communications: Media Literacy
EXPLORING IDEAS: Summary
ACADEMIC READING: Choosing the Right Synonym
PROCESS FUNDAMENTALS: Recognizing an Author's Purpose for Writing and Thesis
WRITING FUNDAMENTALS: Paraphrasing
UNIT OUTCOME: Summary
Unit 2 Sociology:
Technological Innovation in Society
EXPLORING IDEAS: Expository Essay
ACADEMIC READING: Understanding Your Dictionary
PROCESS FUNDAMENTALS: Writing a Thesis Statement That Answers a Question
WRITING FUNDAMENTALS: Developing Body Paragraphs with the Question Technique
UNIT
OUTCOME: Expository Essay
Unit 3 Tourism and Hospitality Management: Travel
EXPLORING IDEAS: Compare-and-Contrast Essay
ACADEMIC READING: Learning to Use New Words Using a Dictionary
PROCESS FUNDAMENTALS: Writing Topic Sentences
WRITING FUNDAMENTALS: Achieving Essay
Unity
UNIT OUTCOME: Compare-and Contrast-Essay
Unit 4 Biology: Immunity
EXPLORING IDEAS: Cause-and-Effect Essay
ACADEMIC READING: Using Vocabulary Learning Strategies
PROCESS FUNDAMENTALS: Writing a Cause-and-Effect Thesis Statement
WRITING FUNDAMENTALS:
Revising
UNIT OUTCOME: Cause-and-Effect Essay
Unit 5 Environmental Science: Climatology
EXPLORING IDEAS: Problem-Solution Essay
ACADEMIC READING: Understanding Collocation
PROCESS FUNDAMENTALS: Writing a Problem-Solution Thesis Statement
WRITING FUNDAMENTALS: Achieving
Coherence
UNIT OUTCOME: Problem-Solution Essay
Unit 6 Business: Corporate Social Responsibility
EXPLORING IDEAS: Persuasive Essay
ACADEMIC READING: Correcting Grammar Using your Dictionary
PROCESS FUNDAMENTALS: Writing a Debatable Thesis Statement
WRITING FUNDAMENTALS:
Acknowledging Opposing Views
UNIT OUTCOME: Persuasive Essay
Academic Inquiry 3: Writing for Post-secondary Success Online Resource
Heike Neumann has over 15 years' experience teaching EAP. She has taught at Concordia University, McGill University, and Université du Québec à Montréal. Her academic background includes a PhD in Second Language Education from McGill University and an MA in Applied Linguistics from Concordia
University. She has published several papers on EAP topics.
Sarah Leu has been teaching English and English for Academic Purposes for more than 20 years. She has taught at McGill University, Concordia University, The New School of New York, and New York University. Her accreditations
include a PhD in TESOL from New York University and an MA in TESOL from St. Michael's College.
Scott Roy Douglas is the Series Editor for Academic Inquiry. He has been actively involved in the field of English language teaching for over 20 years. He has taught at the University of
Calgary, Kansai Gaidai University, and the University of British Columbia's Okanagan campus, among others. He earned his MEd and PhD in TESL from the University of Calgary.
Academic Inquiry: Academic Inquiry 1, Sentences and Paragraphs - Marcia Kim and Jennifer MacDonald
Series Editor Scott Roy Douglas
Academic Inquiry: Academic Inquiry 2 - John Scott Jamieson and James Papple
Series Editor Scott Roy Douglas
Academic Inquiry: Academic Inquiry 4, Essays and Research - Scott Roy Douglas
Academic Inquiry - Scott Douglas