This document outlines the learning objectives and lessons for a module on reading and writing academic texts. The module aims to help students differentiate language used in academic texts from different disciplines, determine the structure of specific academic texts, explain ideas contained in texts, use knowledge of structure to get needed information, and summarize a variety of academic texts using various techniques. The first lesson discusses the academic language used in different disciplines, defining academic text and giving examples like essays, research papers, reports, projects, articles, theses, and dissertations.