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(SEM2101) -  Αθηνά Γαργανουράκη

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The ‘English 2 for Materials Science students’ course of the University of Crete is addressed to students with a sound grasp of general English who wish to further their proficiency in English for Academic purposes in their field.

 

Introduction:

This course focuses on the teaching of English for academic purposes, and study and communication skills in written and spoken form with emphasis on teamwork, participation, peer group teaching and confidence building. The course requires the beginnings of project writing and presentation skills to be covered. The first Project Assignment – term paper - given in this course is subject specific and requires a mandatory short presentation in front of fellow students. Team-work is recommended, but all assignments are individual.

Course general components: Reading and analyzing authentic texts. Text organization. Extension of reading and writing skills: skimming, scanning, summarizing. Identification of reputable scientific sources. Hands-on Snowball Search, Preliminary Paper bibliography, Bibliography APA style (magazine papers only). Project format/outlay. Basic presentation skills to be covered. Grammar: Extension of grammatical aspects taught in English I. 

 

Introduction on continuous assessment elements of the course:

Grading Scheme:

Hands-on Field-specific Presentations (20%) (70% awarded for content and sticking to the set deadline and 30% for successful delivery and knowledge of the topic vocabulary)

Field-specific Projects (30%)

Final Exam (50%)

 

The presentations and projects will focus on the same two academic papers.

Choice of papers

He titles and reference details should be submitted online by 18th March, 9.00 a.m.

 

Presentations 

Presentation duration should not exceed 4 minutes. Students will be assessed on the following: presentation delivery (e.g. pace), body language (e.g. eye contact), content, language (e.g. signposting, transitions) and organisation. 

The number of slides is not set as it depends on the content style and clarity of information presented. Fonts used should not be less than 28.

References (and citations) should also be provided throughout and at the end of the presentation. 

The presentation should be submitted online either as a pptx or a pdf by 29 March, 9.00 a.m. Any other format will not be accepted.

 

Recommended Structure for Presentations:

Cover Slide 1

Overview (Outline)

Introduction (Purpose)

Theoretical Background

Methodology (Experimental part)

Key findings (Results) 

Discussion (Implications of this research)

Conclusion

References

……………………………………………………….

Question and Answer (QnA) session (at the end)

 

Projects 

Your written project should include:

1. A cover page with the title of the scholarly article (from the recommended list), your name and registration number. 
2. Contents page
3. Terminology section: a list of subject specific terms and their translation
4. Paraphrased paragraphs (mini summaries)
5. A summary of the article with an appropriate opening sentence, acknowledgement of author(s) and reminder phrases (http://www.eapfoundation.com/reading/summarising/)
6. A brief critical analysis (Comparison of the main article with another one on a very similar topic) 
7. References (APA style)
8. Appendix: 1. A copy of the original article and 2. A list of abbreviations

The project should be submitted online by 8th April, 8.00 a.m.. Pair work is not allowed at this stage.

The instructor,

Dr. Manolis M. Sisamakis

Ημερομηνία δημιουργίας

Πέμπτη 19 Σεπτεμβρίου 2024