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 Communication and Culture Studies: Subcultures and Identities
EXPLORING IDEAS: Opinion Paragraph
ACADEMIC READING: Choosing Words to Learn
PROCESS FUNDAMENTALS: Evaluating Information from Websites
WRITING FUNDAMENTALS: Developing Topics and Supporting Ideas
UNIT
OUTCOME: Opinion Paragraph
Unit 2 Environmental Sciences: Environmental Sustainability
EXPLORING IDEAS: Cause-and-Effect Paragraph
ACADEMIC READING: Learning Words with Related Meanings
PROCESS FUNDAMENTALS: Integrating Information from How-To Guides
WRITING FUNDAMENTALS:
Staying on Topic
UNIT OUTCOME: Cause-and-Effect Paragraph
Unit 3 Business Studies: Marketing and Consumers
EXPLORING IDEAS: Compare-and-Contrast Paragraph
ACADEMIC READING: Understanding Word Forms and Suffixes
PROCESS FUNDAMENTALS: Integrating Information from Charts and
Diagrams
WRITING FUNDAMENTALS: Organizing Logical Connections between Ideas
UNIT OUTCOME: Compare-and-Contrast Paragraph
Unit 4 International Education: Globalization and Cultural Adjustment
EXPLORING IDEAS: Summary and Response Paragraphs
ACADEMIC READING: Understanding
Words Forms and Prefixes
PROCESS FUNDAMENTALS: Integrating Information from Reports
WRITING FUNDAMENTALS: Paragraphing
UNIT OUTCOME: Summary and Response Paragraphs
Unit 5 Design: Understanding Processes
EXPLORING IDEAS: Process Writing
ACADEMIC READING: Verying
Vocabulary Using Synonyms
PROCESS FUNDAMENTALS: Integrating Information from Magazine Articles
WRITING FUNDAMENTALS: Maintaining Coherence
UNIT OUTCOME: Process Essay
Unit 6 Health Sciences: Wellness
EXPLORING IDEAS: Problem-Solution Writing
ACADEMIC READING: Using
Collocations
PROCESS FUNDAMENTALS: Integrating Information from Online Campus Resources
WRITING FUNDAMENTALS: Revising and Editing
UNIT OUTCOME: Problem-Solution Essay
Academic Inquiry 2: Paragraphs and Short Essays Online Resource
John Scott Jamieson has been teaching since 1995. He has been an instructor for EAP courses at the University of Guelph, the University of Toronto, and for ESL courses at Kasetsart University in Thailand. He has earned an MEd in Second Language Education from OISE/University of Toronto and is
certified with TESL Canada.
James Papple has been teaching EAP since 2000. His academic background includes an MA in Applied Linguistics from Brock University and he is accredited with TESL Ontario. He is employed at Brock University as an Academic Coordinator.
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.
