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English for Oceanography Ι








(1) General



School:Of the Environment
Academic Unit:Department of Marine Sciences
Level of studies:Undergraduate
Course Code:191MY25YSemester:B
Course Title:English for Oceanography Ι
Independent Teaching ActivitiesWeekly Teaching HoursCredits
Total credits4
Course Type:
Mandatory / special background
Prerequisite Courses:
NONE
Language of Instruction and Examinations:
English; Greek, when required
Is the course offered to Erasmus students:
YES, WHEN REQUIRED
Course Website (Url):https://www.mar.aegean.gr/index.php?lang=en&pg=3.1.1&lesson=1035

(2) Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes


Through a variety of teaching materials, in-class activities and pair/group works, this course seeks to help students: 

  • Develop reading and writing skills in general and specialIzed English; 

  • Learn how to understand and handle shortlong and difficult passages on Marine Sciences written in English; 

  • Carry out research on Marine Sciences in English in printed and electronic form (in the Library and on the Internet respectively); 

  • Find and use general and specialist monolingual, bilingual and multilingual specialized dictionaries in printed and electronic form; 

  • Construct and maintain a personal bilingual Terminological Data Bank (TDB) and, thus, learn how to handle difficult terminology; 

  • Enhance their research and IT skills; 

  • Give briefings on the research they carry out (short oral presentations) in English on given (by the instructor) or pre-selected (by the student[s]) texts; 

  • Summarize in English and in Modern Greek short and long specialized texts with relative ease; and 

  • Enhance their abilities to render relatively long relatively difficult specialized English passages into Modern Greek, since they need to transfer the information and knowledge they acquire to their respective subject classes (other Courses) which are conducted in Modern Greek.

General Competences


  • 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 I (ESP) 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).

(3) Syllabus


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

  1. Learn how to understand (printed or electronic) short and long specialized scientific texts written in English; 

  2. Get familiarized with writing summaries of difficult English specialized texts in English and Greek

  3. Learn to share the knowledge they have gained with the rest of their fellow students orally in English

  4. Are taught how to conduct research in their specialization in English in printed and electronic form; and 

  5. Learn how to use the knowledge they have acquired in their lives and in their professional career (Knowledge Management), by constructing and using the electronic bilingual (English: Greek) Terminological Data Bank (TDB).


(4) Teaching and Learning Methods - Evaluation


Delivery:

Face-to-face (lectures, individual and group in-class activities). 

Use of Information and Communication Technology:

Use: of Computer Lab, the Internet, monolingual, bilingual and multilingual specialized electronic dictionaries, audiovisual media. 

Teaching Methods:
ActivitySemester workload
Lectures39
Independent study of the course theory65
Study and analysis of bibliography13
Other3
Essay writing30
Course total150
Student Performance Evaluation:

Students are given the opportunity to pass this English Course: 

  1. either by participating in the in-class activities, pair/group works, oral presentations and the final assignment 

  2. or by taking the final examinations 

  3. or both (if students have not got enough points to pass the class or if they wish to improve their final grade). 




(5) Attached Bibliography


  • Nikolarea, E., “‘Inter-scientificity’ in interdisciplinary fields, such as Geography: A case study of ESP at a Greek University.” ESP Across Cultures 3 (2006): 66-77. [University of Foggia, Italy]. 

  • Nikolarea, E., “The journey of an ESP/EAP teacher.” Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Language Learning for Specific and Academic Purposes. Thessaloniki, Greece: University of Macedonia – CD-Rom (2006). 

  • Nikolarea, E. ,“Uses of the Internet in teaching English in a glocalised world.” The 3rd International Conference on Education and Information Systems: Technologies and Applications. EISTA ’05. Proceedings. Eds. F. Malpica, F. Welsch and A. Tremande. Vol. II. Florida, USA: EISTA, 2005. 329-34. 

  • Nikolarea, E., “EAP in a glocalised world.” TESOL Greece Newletter 86 (April-June 2005): 6-7. 

  • Nikolarea, E., “Translation Methods and Methodologies in ELT for Social Sciences Students.” Choice and Difference in Translation - The Specifics of Transfer. Eds. M. Sidiropoulou and A. Papaconstantinou. Athens, Greece: The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 2004. 221-38. 

  • Nikolarea, E., “ELT for Social Sciences students at non-English Universities.” Conference Proceedings ICL (Integrating Content and Language) Meeting the challenge of multilingual higher education. Ed. Robert Wilkinson. Maastricht, the Netherlands, 2004. 251-63. 

  • Nikolarea, E., “English vis-à-vis Modern Greek: New Methodological Approaches to EFL/ESP/EAP Teaching at Greek Universities.” The 2nd Symposium of TESOL Greece New Directions in ESP and EAP; it can be viewed at http://www.tesolgreece.com/nikolarea.pdf (2004). 

  • Nikolarea, E., “Research Methodologies and ELT at Greek Universities.” The Role of Research in Teacher Education. Eds. Briony Beaven and Simon Borg. 2003 Nottingham Conference Proceedings. Whistable, UK: Oyster Press for IATEFL, 2003. 71-75.