English for Oceanography ΙΙ

Through a variety of teaching materials, in-class activities, pair/group works and seminars, this course seeks to help students develop their academic and professional skills required for Marine Sciences students as described below. 

1. Academic Skills in English (EAP) and in Modern Greek, when necessary. 

• Advanced Search in the Library and the Internet for bibliographical references; assessment of the materials found; 

• Advanced Search for electronic dictionaries and engines of machine translation, so that problems with difficult terminology will be overcome; 

• Advanced Writing and Presentation Skills: 

• • Oral presentations; 

  • Essay Writing; 

  • Paraphrasing, rephrasing and issues of plagiarism; 

  • Proof-reading and editing of essays (of past examinations); 

  • Letter Writing; 

  • CV writing; 

  • Technical reports.

2. Different styles of writing and presentation in English (i.e. British and American English), so that students can develop intercultural competence in Englishes and World English. 

3. Possible comparison of academic and professional skills in English and Modern Greek so that students enhance (and maximise) their interlinguistic, “inter-scientific” awareness and intercultural competence. 

• Search, analysis and synthesis of data and information (i.e. scientific terms) - through (printed or electronic) specialized scientific texts, using conventional media (e.g. Library) and the necessary technologies (e.g. Internet, electronic monolingual, bilingual and multilingual general and specialized dictionaries); 

• Development of research skills in both English and Greek; 

• Writing autonomous work (as summaries of English texts in both English and Greek) in the classroom; and 

• Writing group work (as summaries of English texts in both English and Greek) in the classroom. 

The ultimate goal of English II (EAP) is to enable students to move between (at least) two different linguistic, cultural and scientific systems with ease and comfort – i.e. English to Greek and vice versa, when required (e.g. in Erasmus +, Erasmus Placement and International Conferences). 

Through a variety of teaching materials, in-class activities and group work, the students further develop their: 

1. Academic Skills in English (EAP) and in Modern Greek, when necessary by carrying out: 

1. Advanced search in the Library and on the Internet for bibliographical references; assessment of the materials found; 

2. Advanced Search for electronic dictionaries and engines of machine translation, so that problems with difficult terminology will be overcome; 

2. Advanced Writing and Presentation Skills by: 

1. Making oral presentations; 

2. Writing essays, where they learn how to paraphrase, rephrase and avoid plagiarism; 

3. Constructing a CV and a Cover Letter; 

3. Interlinguistic, interscientific and intercultural skills by: 

1. Comparing different styles of writing and presentation in Englishes around the globe (i.e. British and American English); and 

2. Comparing academic and professional skills in English and Modern Greek so that students enhance (and maximize) their interlinguistic, “inter-scientific” awareness and intercultural competence. 

The instructor’s electronic notes.