Semester 4


Course: English II (Academic Skills)



Course Code: MK14
Course Level: Undergratuate
Obligatory/Elective: Obligatory
Semester: 4
Division: Main Course
Group: Main Course
ECTS Credits: 2
Hours Per Week: 2
Website: eclass.uowm.gr/courses/ECE382/
Language: English, Greek
Content:

• Curriculum Vitae (English CV, Resume, Europass)
• Cover Letter
• Statement of purpose (Personal Statement)
• Correspondence (Application Letters. Etc.)
• Power Point Presentations in English
• Compound Words & Academic Collocations
• Research paper component parts
• Writing the Abstract of a research paper
• Referencing/ Bibliography styles (APA, MLA, Chicago, IEEE etc)
• Citing/Referencing bibliographic sources

Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of the course students will be able to:
• compose a Curriculum Vitae/Resume
• write the Cover Letter of a CV/ Resume
• write Application Letters, Job or Postgraduate Studies
related
• write a Personal Statement for a scholarship
• make a Power Point presentation in English
• make a Pecha Kucha presentation in English
• create a Poster for a conference
• know the process of writing a research paper
• write the abstract of a research paper
• use the different citation styles (APA, MLA, Chicago,
IEEE etc)
• apply the different ways of recording bibliography and
reference sources
The main concern of the course is to enhance students’ language
skills required to meet:
• their needs as Electrical and Computer Engineering
students at undergraduate level
• their needs regarding postgraduate studies, European
Programmes (Erasmus+, etc.)
• their career pursuits as electrical and computer
engineers, as well as academic researchers

Pre-requirements:

English Level B2  in accordance with the Joint European Framework for Modern Languages

Teaching Methods:
Method Description Semester Workload
Lectures 26
Self-study 12
eclass exercises 12
Total 50
Validation:
  • end -semester formal examination (60%)
  • mid-semester examination (20%)
  • project  (20%)
Suggested Books:

1. Integrating Technical & Academic Writing into your English
Course - Theory and Practice - Κωδ. Βιβλίου Εύδοξο:
86199178 Έκδοση: 1η/2019, Συγγραφείς: E. Panourgia
2. University Writing Course Student's Book with answers,
Κωδ. Βιβλίου στον Εύδοξο: 10686, Έκδοση: 1η έκδ./2007,
Morley John ,Doyle Peter,Pople Ian
3. Ακαδημαϊκή Γραφή, Κωδ. Βιβλίου στον Εύδοξο: 68391268,
Έκδοση: 3η/2017, Ευδωρίδου Έλσα -Καρακασίδης Θόδω-
ρος

Lecturer: Tavoultzidou Stavroula