Module Focus
English for Special Purposes
Higher Education and Research English
A higher education and research English curriculum for grant proposals, lab meetings, peer review, research ethics, authorship, data management, academic presentations, and institutional collaboration.
- 8 modules
- 32 field terms
- Interactive practice
Printable Curriculum
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Web Practice Lab
Practice the decisions, not only the vocabulary
Use the activities below to rehearse how a professional in this field clarifies risk, pushes back, and turns pressure into a concrete next step.
Scenario Coach
Respond under pressure
Jargon Flashcard
Pushback Builder
Build a four-step response
Dialogue Coach
Model line
Language notes
Progress
Practice checklist
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Student PDF in Web Form
Module map
Research Questions and Study Design
Frame research claims with scope and methodological discipline.
research question, hypothesis, methodology, limitation
Grant Proposals and Specific Aims
Write aims that are ambitious but testable.
specific aims, significance, innovation, feasibility
Lab Meetings and Data Challenges
Question data respectfully but rigorously.
control, replication, protocol drift, analysis assumption
Research Ethics and Human Subjects
Set boundaries around consent, risk, and protocol adherence.
IRB, informed consent, secondary use, human subjects
Authorship, Collaboration, and Credit
Discuss contribution and authorship early.
authorship, contribution, corresponding author, acknowledgment
Peer Review and Revision Responses
Respond to criticism without defensiveness.
peer review, major revision, response letter, scope
Data Management and Reproducibility
Explain data stewardship and reproducible workflows.
metadata, repository, provenance, reproducibility
Academic Presentations and Conferences
Present claims with confidence and caveats.
generalizability, limitation, future work, conference Q&A
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