English I (English for Electrical and Computer Engineers)

• 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

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

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

• 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

[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