Semester 1
Course: English I (English for Electrical and Computer Engineers)
Course Code: | ΜΚ7 |
Course Level: | Undergratuate |
Obligatory/Elective: | Obligatory |
Semester: | 1 |
Division: | Main Course |
Group: | Main Course |
ECTS Credits: | 2 |
Hours Per Week: | 2 |
Website: | eclass.uowm.gr/courses/ECE355/ |
Language: | English |
Content: | • Electrical and Computer Engineering • Energy Conversion • Energy Conversion Devices • Electric Power Systems • Renewable Sources • Semiconductors • Integrated Circuits • Telecommunications • Robotics and Artificial Intelligence • Computer History • Computer Generations • Software • Operating Systems • Programming languages |
Learning Outcomes: | The course aims to qualify students with:
- developing reading strategies to reading comprehension of authentic academic discipline-based texts.
- identifying and applying grammatical structures and Electrical and Computer Engineering lexis.
- drawing inferences regarding their mother tongue (Greek) and English language on grammar, lexis, and discourse elements.
- producing simple academic discourse (reports, descriptions, instructions, etc.)
- interpreting and analysing information in diagrams, tables, etc.
The course focuses on teaching ESP/EAP with a view to enabling students to:
- meet their career needs, i.e., working as Electrical and Computer Engineers in a national, international, or interdisciplinary environment • take part in various European Programmes (Erasmus+, etc.)
- attend postgraduate studies
- develop linguistic and intercultural awareness
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Pre-requirements: | English Level B2 in accordance with the Joint European Framework for Modern Languages |
Teaching Methods: |
Method Description |
Semester Workload |
Lectures |
10 |
Self study |
20 |
Exercises (e-class) |
20 |
Total |
50 |
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Validation: | • End-semester exams test (60%) • Mid-semester test (40%) Assessment exercises: • Multiple choice questions • TRUE-FALSE questions • Word Building (Nouns/Adjectives) • Grammatical structures • Synonyms-Antonyms • Vocabulary Expansion (prefixes/suffixes/difficult plural forms/differences between AmE-BrE) • Short academic and technical texts production of reference and paraphrasing |
Suggested Books: | [1] Balari-Petrianidi, I. (2016), English for Electrical and Computer Engineering, New Technologies Publications, Athens
[2] Peppa, I. (2016), English for Electronics Engineering, Disigma Publications, Athens |
Lecturer:
Tavoultzidou Stavroula