蔡基刚编著的《通用学术英语综合教程》是“通用学术英语系列教程”中的一种。编写目的是帮助非英语专业的大学生熟悉正式论文的结构，提高他们阅读英语学术论文和文章并从中汲取信息的能力；掌握用英语撰写文献综述和小论文的基本写作技巧；提高汇报研究成果、参加学术讨论的能力。简言之，本教程致力于帮助我国大学生通过通用学术英语技能的学习来更好地进行自己的专业学习。

Unit 1 Health and Cigarette Smoking
Part Ⅰ Reading Research Articles
1.Guessing the main ideas through the title
2.Guessing the main ideas of the sections through the headings
3.Doing reading tasks
Part Ⅱ Writing Research Articles
1.Understanding the characteristics of a research article
2.Deciding on a topic
3.Formulating research questions
4.Writing a working title
Part Ⅲ Academic Survival Skills
1.Using outside sources
2.Paraphrasing
Unit 2 Understanding of Global Warming
Part Ⅰ Reading Research Articles
1.Reading for a purpose
2.Reading an abstract
3.Doing reading tasks
Part Ⅱ Writing Research Articles
1.Searching for reliable sources
2.Listening to the lectures for source information
Part Ⅲ Academic Survival Skills
1.Direct quotation
2.Summarizing
Unit 3 Breast Feeding Practice
Part Ⅰ Reading Research Articles
1.Reading the introduction
2.Reading the conclusion (or/and discussion)
3.Doing reading tasks
Part Ⅱ Writing Research Articles
1.Understanding elements of a successful literature review
2.Understanding two types of research articles
3.Using appropriate tense in literature review
4.Writing an introduction section
Part Ⅲ Academic Survival Skills
1.Synthesizing
2.Reporting verbs
Unit 4 Genetically Modified Foods
Part Ⅰ Reading Research Articles
1.Reading critically
2.Interpreting the titles of tables/figures
3.Doing reading tasks
Part Ⅱ Writing Research Articles
1.Writing a methods section
2.Writing a results section
3.Using tables and figures effectively
4.Using correct tenses in reporting results
Part Ⅲ Academic Survival Skills
1.Academic tone
2.The use of nominalization
3.Passive sentences
4.The use of single, formal verbs
Unit 5 Scientific Fraud
Part Ⅰ Reading Research Articles
1.Identifying the author's attitude
2.Identifying the attitude behind reporting verbs
Part Ⅱ Writing Research Articles
1.Writing the conclusion section
2.Writing an abstract
3.Using the correct tense, voice and language
Part Ⅲ Academic Survival Skills
1.Hedging
2.In-text citations
3.References lists
Unit 6 The Effects of Food Deprivation
Part Ⅰ Reading Research Articles
1.Taking notes
2.Identifying topic sentences
3.Doing reading tasks
Part Ⅱ Preparing for Conference Presentations
1.Writing conference abstracts
2.Oral presentation
3.Poster presentation
Part Ⅲ Academic Survival Skills
Proofreading
Appendix Ⅰ
Appendix Ⅱ
Appendix Ⅲ
Glossary