Title English Language 2
Lesson Code 321-0130
Semester 2
ECTS 2
Hours (Theory) 3
Hours (Lab) 0
Faculty Landrou Eftihia

Syllabus

What is ICT, writing covering emails and motivation letters, ICT in the workplace, ICT systems, types of essays, writing an introduction to an essay, participating in a group discussion, ICT in education, describing data in diagrams, history of ICT, the Internet, writing an academic paragraph.

Learning Outcomes

Students who successfully complete the course will be familiar with complex grammatical and syntactical structures in English, will have practised in understanding written and spoken academic texts and will have developed their speaking and writing skills.
More specifically, upon successful completion of the course, the students:

  • will be able to understand written or spoken academic texts on information and communications technology (ICT).
  • will know specialized ICT vocabulary which is commonly found in related academic texts.
  • will be familiar with complex grammatical and syntactical structures which are commonly found in spoken and written academic texts.
  • will be able to produce technical and academic texts.
  • will be able to take notes during academic lectures and to summarize part of a lecture.
  • will be able to participate in group discussions or seminars.

 

Prerequisite Courses

English 1 (unless the student has been exempt from the course)

Basic Textbooks

  • Patrick Fitzgerald, Marie McCullagh, Carol Tabor, English for ICT Studies in Higher Education Studies, Garnet: 2011.
  • Χρηστίδου Σοφία, Αγγλοελληνικό Λεξικό Τηλεπικοινωνιακών Όρων, Εκδόσεις Τζιόλα: 2015.
  • Λεξικό Τεχνολογίας και Επιστημών, 3η εκδ., Εκδόσεις ΣΤΑΦΥΛΙΔΗΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΣ: 2009.

Teaching and Learning Methods

Individual assignments, quizzes and final written exams

Student Performance Evaluation

 Exams and weekly assignments

Activity Semester workload
Lectures 30 hours
Assignments, quizzes 4 hours
Personal study
13 hours
Final exam 3 hours
   
Course total 50 hours (2 ECTS)

Language of Instruction and Examinations

English

Delivery Mode

Face-to-face