English 1


COURSE OUTLINE

  1. GENERAL
SCHOOL AGRICULTURAL AND FORESTRY SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT FORESTRY AND MANAGEMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND OF NATURAL RESOURCES
LEVEL OF STUDIES UNDERGRADUATE
COURSE CODE ΔΣΑ1ΥΚΕ SEMESTER 1
COURSE TITLE ENGLISH 1
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
in case the ECTS Credits are distributed in distinct parts of the course e.g. lectures, labs etc. If the ECTS Credits are awarded to a course as a whole, then please note down the teaching hours per week and the corresponding ECTS Credits.
TEACHING HOURS PER WEEK ECTS CREDITS
Lectures 4 4
     
     
Add lines if necessary. The teaching organization and methods used are described in the point 4.    
COURSE TYPE

Background, General Knowledge, Scientific Area, Skill Development

General Background
PREREQUISITES:

 

None
TEACHING & EXAMINATION LANGUAGE: Greek and English
COURSE OFFERED TO ERASMUS STUDENTS: Yes
URL COURSE: https://eclass.duth.gr/courses/OPE02208/
  1. LEARNING OUTCOMES
Learning Outcomes
Please describe the learning outcomes of the course: Knowledge, skills and abilities acquired after the successful completion of the course.
Upon successful completion of the course students will be able:

v to adequately produce oral and written language in English so that they can effectively receive and use a wide range of information, knowledge and ideas (either oral or/and written),

v to structure, organize and document the language they produce in English so that they can express their own ideas, emotions and personal views according to appropriate communicative circumstances

v to develop communicative strategies so that they can select and use appropriate vocabulary contingent on the communicative situation they participate

v to get to know a wide range of different text types in academic and ESP English so that they can appreciate their grammatical structure and vocabulary specific to each academic text type

v to develop cognitive and social capabilities that allow students to select necessary information, classify them, process them, cross-check their validity and effectively transmit them in productive and receptive tasks

v to develop study skills and abilities that will ensure access to life-long learning and development that takes the form of ‘learning how to learn’, team collaboration, knowledge negotiation, decision-making, flexibility, prediction and self-presentation.

General Skills
Taking into account the general skills that the graduate must have acquired (as they are listed in the Diploma Supplement and are listed below), which of them is intended (for the course)?
Search, analysis and synthesis of data and information, using the necessary technologies

Adaptation to new situations

Decision making

Autonomous work

Teamwork

Working in an international environment

Working in an interdisciplinary environment

Production of new research ideas

Project design and management

Equity and Inclusion

Respect for the natural environment

Sustainability

Demonstration of social, professional and moral responsibility and sensitivity to gender issues

Critical thinking

Promoting free, creative and inductive thinking

Teaching language involves the development of the following skills:

u Extension of students’ communicative strategies repertoire in English as a Foreign Language beyond how they can already communicative in their first language,

u  Skillful use of a foreign language on the students’ part to search for, discover and understand information related to their educational needs and interests as well as their communicative preferences,

u The development of the ability on the students’ part to recognize the value of different thinking modes, ways of expression of human experiences and the use of appropriate linguistic means for communication purposes among people of foreign socio-cultural formations,

u The development of a level of ‘language awareness’,

u The ability on the students’ part to function as a mediator between monolingual individuals and groups,

u The ability on the students’ part to assume a wide range of roles in relevant communicative situations

using English as a Foreign Language.

Use and knowledge on the students’ part of socio-cultural issues, institutions, values and codes of linguistic behaviour while using English as a Foreign Language.

 

  1. COURSE CONTENT
Week 1: Introduction to the English Tenses (Theory & Practice)

Terminology: Unit 1 Let it Burn

Week 2: Passive Voice (Theory & Practice)

Terminology: Unit 2 Soiling Your Hands

Week 3: Conditionals (Theory & Practice)

Terminology: Unit 3 Shaking Like a Leaf

Week 4: Reported Speech (Theory & Practice)

Terminology: Unit 4 Comparing Apples & Oranges

Week 5: Unreal Past & Wishes (Theory & Practice)

Terminology: Unit 5 Culture & Agriculture

Week 6: Inversion – Terminology: Unit 6 The Cream of the Crop

Week 7: Use of Gerund and Infinitive – Terminology: Unit 7 Up a Tree

Week 8: Modal Verb Patterns – Terminology: Unit 8 To Cut a Long Story Short

Week 9: Nouns and Adjectives in English

Terminology: Unit 9 Woodworking

Week 10: Relative Sentences – Terminology: Unit 10 Seeing the Trees for the Forest

Week 11: Pronouns and Determiners – Terminology: Unit 11 A Wide Range of Ranges

Week 12: Articles – Terminology: Unit 12 Nice Weather, isn’t it?

Week 13: Επανάληψη – Terminology: Unit 13 Never Miss the Water

  1. LEARNING & TEACHING METHODSEVALUATION
TEACHING METHOD
Face to face, Distance learning, etc.
In classroom
USE OF INFORMATION & COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY (ICT)
Use of ICT in Teaching, in Laboratory Education, in Communication with students
§  Power point, videos

§  instructor’s website

 

TEACHING ORGANIZATION

The way and methods of teaching are described in detail.

Lectures, Seminars, Laboratory Exercise, Field Exercise, Bibliographic research & analysis, Tutoring, Internship (Placement), Clinical Exercise, Art Workshop, Interactive learning, Study visits, Study / creation, project, creation, project. Etc.

 

The student study hours for each learning activity are listed as well as the non-guided study hours so that the total workload at the semester level corresponds to the ECTS standards.

Activity Workload/semester
Lectures 52
Course total

(25-hour workload per credit unit)

208
   
   
   
   
   
   
Student Evaluation

Description of the evaluation process

 

Assessment Language, Assessment Methods, Formative or Concluding, Multiple Choice Test, Short Answer Questions, Essay Development Questions, Problem Solving, Written Assignment, Essay / Report, Oral Exam, Public Presentation, Laboratory Report, Clinical examination of a patient, Artistic interpretation, Other/Others

 

Explicitly defined assessment criteria and if and where are accessible to students are mentioned.

 

 

 

  1. SUGGESTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Anagnostou, P. (2010). Useful Notes and Exercises of the Most Commonly Used Chapters of the English Grammar. Grigoris.

Mann, M. & Knowles-Taylor, S. (2007). Destination C1 & C2 Grammar and Vocabulary. Macmillan

Perdiki, F. & Malevitsi, Z. (2016). The Earth in a Nutshell.

Vince, M. & Sunderland, P. (2003). Advanced Language Practice. Macmillan.

Vince, M. (1994). Advanced Language Practice. Heinemann.

 

 

 

 

 

ANNEX OF THE COURSE OUTLINE

 

Alternative ways of examining a course in emergency situations

 

Teacher (full name): Dr Eirene Katsarou
Contact details: ekatsaro@fmenr.duth.gr
Supervisors: (1) Eirene Katsarou
Evaluation methods: (2) Written examination (distance learning via Eclass platform)
Implementation Instructions: (3) Exams for the course will be carried out by a written assignment via the Eclass platform. Each student will have to answer an 80-item multiple choice test within 1 hour. Each question is equal to 1.25 (Total :100)

 

 

  • To be completed with YES or NO
  • Note down the evaluation methods used by the teacher, e.g.
  • written assignment or/and exercises
  • written or oral examination with distance learning methods, provided that the integrity and reliability of the examination are ensured.
  • In the Implementation Instructions section, the teacher notes down clear instructions to the students:

α) in case of written assignment and / or exercises: the deadline (e.g. the last week of the semester), the means of submitting them to the teacher, the grading system, the participation of the assignment in the final grade and every other detail that should be mentioned.

β) in case of oral examination with distance learning methods: the instructions for conducting the examination (e.g. in groups of X people), the way of pronouncing topics, the applications to be used, the necessary technical means for the implementation of the examination (microphone, camera, word processor, internet connection, communication platform), the way the hyperlink is sent, the duration of the exam, the grading system, the participation of the exam in the final grade, the ways in which the inviolability and reliability of the exam is ensured and every other detail that should be mentioned.

γ) in case of written examination with distance learning methods: the instructions for assigning the topics, the way of submitting the answers, the duration of the exam, the grading system, the participation of the exam in the final grade, the ways in which the integrity and reliability of the exam is ensured and every other detail that should be mentioned.

There should be an attached list with the Student Registration Numbers only of the beneficiaries to participate in the examination.