Library and Academic Services: EAL (English As An Additional Language): Academic English

Academic English

Reading, writing, speaking, and listening comes with different expectations in the classroom. Constructing learning means expanding English skills to take notes, listen to lectures, and write papers.

Below is a sample of books covering these aspects of academic English. To find more or narrow your search, the keywords in our 'Getting Started Section' can help find the CD or book to support whatever goal is needed to go back to school or for life-long learning.

Our Database section provides more places to find research articles depending on an assignment's subject.

Featured Titles

Inside Listening and Speaking Intro Student Book by Angela Blackwell
Location: PE 1128 .I57 2016 (Exchange District Campus)
Develop listening and speaking skills and acquire the Academic Word List.Inside Listening and Speaking is a five-level academic listening and speaking course that develops students' skills and teaches key academic vocabulary from the Academic Word List.
Reading, Writing, and Study Skills by Liz Soars; John Soars
Location: PE 1128 .R43 2011 (Exchange District Campus)
"Features guided writing models and reading strategies such as predicting, skimming, and scanning"--Back cover.
Ten steps to building college reading skills by John Langan
Location: LB 2395.3 .L356 2016 (Exchange District Campus)
Ten Steps to Building College Reading Skills covers ten basic reading skills essential for sound reading comprehension. This new edition in the Ten Steps series is suitable for the basic developmental reading course offered at most colleges AND for high school English/Language Arts classes focused on building college readiness.-Description from Publisher Website
Making Connections Low Intermediate Student's Book by Jessica Williams
Location: LB 2395.3 .W56 2011
The series helps students gain insight into how academic text is organized and how to read effectively. Making Connections Low Intermediate is a reading skills book that introduces students to some basic skills and strategies for academic reading. Students then practice these skills in high-interest thematic units, each of which has multiple readings. The readings are written in an accessible academic discourse style, providing ideal practice for low-intermediate-level students who will eventually need to access authentic academic text.

Featured Titles: eBooks

English for Academic Correspondence by Adrian Wallwork
Location: eBook
Publication Date: 2016
Written specifically for researchers of all disciplines whose first language is not English, this guide presents easy-to-follow rules and tips, along with authentic examples taken from real emails, referees' reports and cover letters, will show you how to: write effective emails (subject lines, structure, requests, level of formality) review other people's manuscripts reply effectively and constructively to referees' reports correspond with editors write letters regarding summer schools, internships, and PhD and postdoc programs write reference letters This new edition contains over 40% new material, including stimulating factoids and discussion points both for self-study and in-class use, as well as suggestions for drafting proposals for research projects and writing research statements.
English for Academic Purposes by Andrew Graham
Location: eBook
Publication Date: 2018
Useful as a course book or as a self-study guide, this text is essential reading for all international students studying for a British qualification at university. It provides a clear guide to the areas that need to be considered in order to research and produce a well presented and cohesive piece of academic writing. The steps outlined, and the language used, are accessible, and graded to a level that steadily introduces new writing concepts to students studying for a degree in a second or additional language. In particular it covers planning, conducting research, critical thinking, structuring an essay, use of sources and referencing, and feedback and revision.-Description

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