English Terminology
Theory: 3 hours/week | ECTS Units: 2
Learning outcomes
The students develop the type of skills in English that enable them to:
- comprehend with relative ease scientific texts in English, paraphrasing their basic meaning, after having practised specific reading comprehension strategies.
- identify the structure of a research paper and analyze the information found in the abstracts, on the basis of particular linguistic markers.
- express the basic text information in the form of notes.
- describe biological structures, processes, graphs and tables.
- make arguments in oral, expressing their views about the ideas found in the texts, comparing and synthesizing information from other texts on the same topic.
- communicate in written discourse, being aware of the particular characteristics of various genres (e.g. lab report, summary, formal email).
- compile a list of references (for either an assignment or an oral presentation).
- use oral discourse comprehension strategies.
- get familiar with and make use of special vocabulary and terminology related to their discipline in English.
- search for sources and evaluate their validity.
- use information from the literature as well as from various websites to make an oral presentation of a scientific topic.
Syllabus
The course comprises the following thematic units:
- Biology: basic terms and phenomena, laboratory equipment
- Living organisms – cell structure / forms of notes and note-making techniques, physical descriptions
- Meiosis and Mitosis / descriptions of biological processes / comparison and contrast expressions / paragraph structure
- Toxicity and antibiotics / paraphrasing techniques and summary writing
- Stem cells / text cohesion and coherence, linking words and phrases
- Physiology: endocrine and digestive system, gut microbiome / graph descriptions
- Genetically modified products, gene editing / cause-effect expressions
- Nanotechnology and biotechnological applications
- Rules of compiling a list of references (for papers, books, book chapters, online sources) in APA style
- Searching for and evaluating sources – Oral presentations
- Writing a formal email
Student performance evaluation
There are two options of assessment:
1) Final written exams* in English (100%)
2) Oral presentation (30%) and final written exams in English (70%)
*The final written examination includes closed and open-ended questions on reading comprehension, gap filling vocabulary exercises as well as exercises aiming at short written production.
Suggested bibliography
- Katsampoxaki – Hodgetts, K. (2017). English for Chemistry EAP. Disigma Publications.
- Katsampoxaki-Hodgetts, K. 2018. Academic English for Biology. Disigma Publications
- Lee, R., Matheson, R. & Chrimes, J. (2019). Αγγλικά των Επιστημών Γεωπονίας, Αγροτικής Οικονομίας, Βιοϊατρικής και Περιβάλλοντος. Broken Hill Publishers Ltd.
- Mahili, I. (2008). Oral presentations: theory and practice. Anikoula.
- Morley, J., Doyle, P. & Pople, I. (2007). University Writing Course. Express Publishing.
- Ριζομυλιώτη, Β. & Μαλιβίτση, Ζ. 2021. The Chemistry Between Us. Αλτιντζής Ε.Ε.
- Turley, S.M. 2020. Medical Language – Αγγλική Ορολογία για τις Επιστήμες Υγείας. Κωνσταντάρας Ιατρικές Εκδόσεις.
Teaching Material / E-class
Lecturer
Eleftheria Nteliou
(Course Coordinator)