Unit 1 Notices and Posters
1.1 Notices
1.2 Posters
Unit 2 Invitations
2.1 Formal Invitations
2.2 Informal Invitations
Unit 3 Notes
3.1 Format and Major Writing Contents
3.2 Language of Notes
3.3 Main Types of Notes
Unit 4 Letters
4.1 Personal Letters
4.2 Social Letters
4.3 Business Letters
Unit 5 Resumes
5.1 Parts of a Resume
5.2 Format of a Resume
5.3 Language Features
5.4 Main Samples of Resumes
Unit 6 Certificates
6.1 Parts of a Certificate
6.2 Main Types of Certificates
Unit 7 Contracts
7.1 Definition and Some Key Provisions in Contracts
7.2 Types of Business Contracts
7.3 Structure of a Business Contract
7.4 Sample Contracts
Unit 8 Advertisements
8.1 Language of Advertisements
8.2 Parts of a Typical Advertisement
8.3 Some Main Types of Advertisements
Unit 9 An Overview of English Academic Writing
9.1 Definition and Features of Academic Writing
9.2 English Academic Style and Language
Unit 10 Academic Articles
10.1 Titles
10.2 Abstract and Key Words
10.3 Introduction
10.4 Methods
10.5 Results
10.6 Discussions and Conclusions
10.7 Acknowledgements
10.8 References
10.9 Proof-reading
10.10 Avoiding Plagiarism
Unit 11 Other Academic Genres
11.1 Summaries
11.2 Book Reviews
11.3 Literature Reviews
11.4 Research Projects
11.5 Thesis
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Keys to Exercises
References