Unit 1 Color Psychology
Part I Academic Talk How colors affect human behavior and emotion
Part II Research News What makes people happy when skies are gray? The color yellow
Part III Research Article The sun is no fun without rain: Physical environments affect how we feel about yellow across 55 countries and regions
Learning Focus Overview of an RA
Academic Writing Skill Understanding academic style
Unit 2 Quantum Physics
Part I Academic Talk Schr鰀inger's cat
Part II Research News China's quantum satellite achieves 搒pooky action?at record distance
Part III Research Article Satellite-based entanglement distribution over 1200 kilometers
Learning Focus Title
Academic Writing Skill Using nominalizations
Unit 3 Sociology桯omeless People
Part I Academic Talk How do people become homeless
Part II Research News Homeless people suffer geriatric conditions decades early, study shows
Part III Research Article Geriatric Conditions in a Population-Based Sample of Older Homeless Adults
Learning Focus Abstract
Academic Writing Skill Writing definitions
Unit 4 Renewable Energy
Part I Academic Talk Solar energy
Part II Research News Thermoelectric Device Generates Light from 揇arkness of Space?
Part III Research Article Generating Light from Darkness
Learning Focus Introduction
Academic Writing Skill Using old-to-new information flow
Unit 5 Cybercrime
Part I Academic Talk Organized cybercrime
Part II Research News Organized cybercrime ?not your average mafia
Part III Research Article Examining the Social Organization Practices of Cybercriminals in the Netherlands Online and Offline
Learning Focus Literature Review
Academic Writing Skill Using reporting verbs
Unit 6 Economics
Part I Academic Talk Economic inequality
Part II Research News Poor people experience greater financial hardship in areas where income inequality is greatest
Part III Research Article Higher economic inequality intensifies the financial hardship of people living in poverty by fraying the community buffer
Learning Focus Methods
Academic Writing Skill Learning linking words/phrases
Unit 7 Space Exploration
Part I Academic Talk Exploring space
Part II Research News Digging into the farside of the Moon: Chang扙-4 probes 40 meters into lunar surface
Part III Research Article The Moon抯 farside shallow subsurface structure unveiled by Chang扙-4 Lunar Penetrating Radar
Learning Focus Methods
Academic Writing Skill Describing equations
Unit 8 Human-Robot Interaction
Part I Academic Talk Learning robot objectives from physical human interaction
Part II Research News Game theory can significantly improve human-robot interaction, say researchers
Part III Research Article Differential game theory for versatile physical humanrobot interaction
Learning Focus Results
Academic Writing Skill Describing visuals
Unit 9 Machine Ethics
Part I Academic Talk Driverless cars
Part II Research News Driverless cars: Who gets protected?
Part III Research Article The social dilemma of autonomous vehicles
Learning Focus Discussion
Academic Writing Skill Using hedging language
Unit 10 Ethology
Part I Academic Talk Animal behavior before natural disasters
Part II Research News The sixth sense of animals: An early warning system for earthquakes
Part III Research Article Potential short-term earthquake forecasting by farm animal monitoring
Learning Focus Discussion
Academic Writing Skill Citing references
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