本书为非英语专业研究生英语视听说教程，由三部分组成，分别为：Understanding Academic Lectures; Giving Academic Presentations; Particirrating in Academic Conferences。全书共九个单元，每个单元均包括学术交流技能单项训练、学术交流技能综合训练和学术交流任务三部分内容。本书从“交流”的视角出发，以学术交流为语用语境，语言训练与学术交流技能训练并重，按照学术交流技能划分单元，每个单元均有明确的技能训练目标。本教程适用于“以任课教师为引导，以学生为中心”的任务型课堂教学，强调信息的获得和交际能力的培养。

SECTION ONE Understanding Academic Lectures
UNIT 1 Getting the Big Picture
Part One
Part Two
Part Three
UNIT 2 Summarizing Details and Formatting Lecture Notes
Part One
Part Two
Part Three
UNIT 3 Getting the Complete Picture
Part One
Part Two
Part Three
SECTION TWO Giving academic Presentations
UNIT 4 Beginning a Presentation
Part One
Part Two
Part Three
UNIT 5 Developing a Presentation
Part One
Part Two
Part Three
UNIT 6 Exploiting Visuals and Presenting Data
Part One
Part Two
Part Three
UNIT 4 Delivering a Presentation
Part One
Part Two
Part Three
SECTION THREE Participating in Academic Conferences
UNIT 8 Conference Basics and Chairing Skills
Part One
Part Two
Part Three
UNIT 9 Preparing for the Q & A Session
Part One
Part Two
Part Three