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