一直以来，学术素养都被认为是学术英语中最关键的基本主题。因此学生们身上有没有学术素养，也常常被导师和研究者们纳入重点考察对象。近年来，它更是进入前台，成为众多研究项目的研究重点。这一点从由英国学术英语讲师协会在2003年南安普敦组织（BALEAP）的“发展学术素养”大会中可见端倪。本书即是此次会议的精选论文集，所涉及的领域包括学术素养、评估语言、学科中的学术素养以及技术在发展学术素养中的应用。

【目录】
George Blue: Developing Academic Literacy: Introduction - Christopher Brumfit: Literacy or Literacies? Academic Identities in a Language-Sharing World - Siân Preece: The Positioning of Learners and Educators in Discourses associated with Academic Literacy - Joan Turner: Supporting Academic Literacy: Issues of Proofreading and Language Proficiency - John Straker: The Use of Academic Vocabulary in the Coursework of International Students: Some Pedagogic Considerations - Fiona Cotton: Critical Thinking and Evaluative Language Usein Academic Writing: A Comparative Cross-Cultural Study - Bill Guariento/Esther Daborn: Putting I in its Place: Using Academic Texts to Help Students Learn How to Give Opinions - Diana Ridley: The PhD Literature Review: A Journey of Discovery - Julia Jeannet/Clare Wright: The Benefits of the Staged Approach to the Term Paper for Foundation Level Students - Bill Barton/Pip Neville-Barton: Literacy and Mathematics Learning - Steve Marshall/Simon Williams: Combining Process, Product and Genre on a Graduate EAP Writing Course Outside of the Disciplines - Julie Hartill/David Lefevre: Developing Web-based Corpora for EAP - Karen Nicholls: The Essay Literacy Gap, an Online Resource and a Usability Test - Lynn Errey: Getting Inside the Black Box: How do EAP Learners Begin to Think about Autonomy? - Alasdair Archibald: Patterns of Revision in First Language and Second Language Writing - Hilary Nesi: The Virtual Vocabulary Notebook: The Electronic Dictionary as Vocabulary Learning Tool.

【作者介绍】
George Blue was a Senior Lecturer and Head of Education in Modern Languages at the University of Southampton. He was the Universitys first Lecturer in English for Overseas Students and served as Head of the English Language Section for many years, helping to establish Southampton as a major centre for English for Academic Purposes (EAP). He was a former Chair of the British Association of Lecturers in English for Academic Purposes (BALEAP) and of the Institute for English Language Teacher Development in Higher Education (IELTDHE).