English for Geology I

Posted in First-Semester

School

Natural Sciences

Academic Unit

Geology Department

Level of Studies

Undergraduate

Course Code

GEOL_007

Εξάμηνο σπουδών

1^ο

Course Title

English for Geology I

Independent Teaching Activities

Lectures, seminars and laboratory work

Weekly Teaching Hours

3Lect

Credits

Course Type

Scientific Area and Skills Development

Prerequisite Courses

There are no prerequisites for the course

Language of Instruction & Examinations

English

Is the Course offered to Erasmus Students

Υes

Course Web-Page (URL)

https://eclass.upatras.gr/courses/GEO349

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course the student will be able to:

Students Improve English reading skills ,making feasible the reading of various text types related to their discipline, including textbook extracts, popularized articles and scientific articles.
students develop a number of language and cognitive skills (most of which are transferable) necessary for participating in the academic discourse community,
students develop further their language skills using the technology available in addition to classroom training. In other words they are prepared for autonomous learning.

General Competences

By the end of this course the student will, furthermore, have developed the following skills (general abilities):

At the end of the course students should be able to comprehend advanced level related texts and determine the meaning of academic vocabulary in context.
Students expand /enrich Geology English Terminology
Improve all four language skills - reading ,listening ,speaking ,writing to a satisfactory level.

Syllabus

Geomorphology, Minerals , Rocks, The Rock cycle-weathering , Erosion, Fossils, Geology and the environment

Delivery

Face to face (Lectures in class)

Use of Information & Communication Technology

Use of Information and Communication Technologies (e.g. powerpoint) in teaching. The study material of the course for each chapter isuploaded on the internet, in the form of a series of ppt files, where from the students can freely download them using a password which is provided to them at the beginning of the course.

Teaching Methods

Activity	Semester workload
Lectures (3conduct hours per week x 13 weeks)	3X13 = 39
plenty of in-class activities	36
Total number of hours for the Course	75 hours

Student Performance Evaluation

Final exam (90%)
Attendance and participation (10%)

Attached Bibliography

A Dictionary of Earth Sciences (3rd ed.) (2008), OUP.
A Dictionary of Geology and Earth Sciences (4th ed), (2013) OUP.
The Penguin Dictionary of Geology by Philip Kearey.