Seminar - English for Geology -Instructor: Anastasia Chrisanthopoulou

Language: 
English
Degree: 
Undergraduate
Department: 
Department of Geology

 

GENERAL

SCHOOL

NATURAL SCIENCES

ACADEMIC UNIT

GEOLOGY

LEVEL OF COURSE

UNDERGRADUATE

COURSE CODE

GEO_308

SEMESTER

THIRD

COURSE TITLE

SEMINAR- ENGLISH FOR GEOLOGY

INDEPENDENTTEACHINGACTIVITIES
 

WEEKLY TEACHING HOURS

CREDITS

Lectures, seminars and laboratory work

3L

3

COURSE TYPE

 

Scientific Area and Skills Development

PREREQUISITE COURSES:

 

Good knowledge of English is recommended towards students’ successful completion of the course (B1/B2 level). Attendance and participation is compulsory . Participants should have a good passing grade(over 7/10) in English for Geology 1 and 2 courses .

LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION and EXAMINATIONS:

 

English

 

IS THE COURSE OFFERED TO ERASMUS STUDENTS

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COURSE WEBSITE (URL)

https://eclass.upatras.gr/courses/GEO349/

 
 
 
 
 
 

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Learning outcomes

By the end of this course the student:

will have practised and improved all four English language skills

will have acquired the skills to approach texts in Geology(text comprehension, linguistic practice, vocabulary building, written speech production)

Comprehend pertinent lectures, presentations, carried out in English

 

General Competences

Develop further all skills and micro-skills by making a power-point presentation based on a topic of their choice. This will in addition equip them with the presentation skills and confidence required to make presentations in English in their postgraduate studies and in Erasmus courses abroad

Deal effectively with interviews

Write an impressive C.V

 
 

SYLLABUS

ACADEMIC ENGLISH - ENGLISH FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES

INTERVIEW SKILLS

PRESENTATION SKILLS AND TECHNIQUES

HOW TO WRITE AN IMPRESSIVE C.V

TEACHING AND LEARNING METHODS - EVALUATION

DELIVERY
 

Face to face (Lectures in class)

 

USE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
 

Use of Information and Communication Technologies (e.g. powerpoint) in teaching. The study material of the course for each chapter isuploaded on the internet, in the form of a series of ppt files, where from the students can freely download them using a password which is provided to them at the beginning of the course.

 

TEACHING METHODS

 

Activity

Semester workload

Seminar (3 conduct hours per week x 13 weeks)

3×13=39

Provide extensive exercise work to reinforce material comprehension, listening skills ,oral communication skills, writing skills.

Provide a variety of exercise work to reinforce the unit terminology

 

36

Total number of hours for the Course

75 hours

 

STUDENT PERFORMANCE EVALUATION

 

Assessment is based on final exam + class participation and

Powerpoint presentation

ATTACHED BIBLIOGRAPHY

A Dictionary of Earth Sciences (3rd ed.) (2008), OUP.

A Dictionary of Geology and Earth Sciences (4th ed), (2013) OUP.

The Penguin Dictionary of Geology by Philip Kearey.