2020 September Presentations

Those of you who are interested in making a presentation in the Exam period of September 2020 should check your mail. You will receive an email asking you to fill in your full name and preferable date of presentation. Then you will receive a Webex invitation link on the corresponding dates of your presentation.

 

Maria Koutraki

ANNOUNCEMENT – SEPTEMBER 2020 EXAM PERIOD – ENGLISH TERMINOLOGY FOR MATHS 1 & 2

Students of English Terminology for Maths 1 & 2 who would like to sit September 2020 exams should make a presentation through Webex – with your cameras on – on a science-oriented topic  (you may choose from a wide range  of topics, which should be relevant to your School of Technology & Engineering, possibly combined with topics taken from schools of different sciences)  The presentation should last 10 minutes. Helpful guidelines and links are provided through the blog. Try to be fluent, communicative and confident. Never just read your written work. Show that you are familiar enough with your topic. Please send me an email confirming your participation by the end of August, so that I can set specific presentation dates in September.

The Instructor

Maria Koutraki

Assignment for 2020 English Terminology for Maths 2 students

This semester you will not sit a written test in the exams period of June 2020. Instead, you will have to submit the following assignment through an email by May 31 2020.  There won’t be an extension.

“Select two different topics that would be relevant to your School of Technology & Engineering, possibly combined with topics taken from Schools of different sciences. a) Write two paragraphs according to the theory of Structuring paragraphs, followed by an extensive analysis of all the elements of academic language being used (topic sentence, controlling idea, primary and secondary supports, conclusion, method of development, pattern, cohesion devices, types of sentences, features of academic writing). b) Paraphrase one of your paragraphs and summarize the other one. You should also refer to your sources and bibliography while applying the strategies of summarizing and paraphrasing, thus avoiding plagiarism. Try to produce your own written texts. Copying somebody else’s original work will be considered a fail.”

 

The Instructor

Maria Koutraki

 

 

Briefing from our previous meetings on 07/05 & 14/05 – What you need to study

Revise Features of academic language (formality, complexity, hedging) – relevant link in the blog – and practise with all the exercises provided. Do the same with the cohesion devices and parallelism – respond to the quizzes provided in the blog.Try to practise writing short paragraphs, making the transition from paragraph to essay,  while also incorporating all language elements taught in the first two semesters (types of sentences, coherence and cohesion devices, parallelism, features of academic language etc.) Try also to apply the skills of summarising and paraphrasing while using your sourses. Refer to your sources.

Your instructor

Maria Koutraki

Last webex meeting on Thursday 21/05/2020

For our last webex meeting on Thursday 21/05/2020, 9.00-10.30, we need 3 volunteer students to report on one of the following topics using our platform – share content – mentioned below. If you are interested in participating, please send me an email by Wednesday, 20/05/20.

Topics:

• Unit 2 – Algebraic Expressions, Equations and Functions
• Unit 12 – The Geometry of Three Dimensions
• Unit 8 – Properties of Triangles

Thank you in advance!

Briefing from our 4th meeting on 07/05/2020

Language:

• Features of academic language: Formality /Complexity (see the relevant 2020 English for maths links- Features of Academic Writing, writing, features, Complex, Formality, Hedging)/Hedging (Hedging-in-AcademicWriting) Check both theory, examples, exercises with sample answers in all relevant categories.

The Instructor

Maria Koutraki

Reminder – 5th meeting 14-05-2020

Don’t forget our 5th meeting through Webex  tomorrow, Thursday 14/05/2020, 9.00 – 10.30.

The Instructor

Maria Koutraki

REMINDER – 4th MEETING 07/05/2020

Don’t forget our 4th meeting through Webex  tomorrow, Thursday 07/05/2020, 9.00 – 10.30.

The Instructor

Maria Koutraki

Briefing from our 2nd and 3rd meetings on April 23 and 30, 2020 – What you need to study

• Revision of structuring paragraphs, methods of development, cohesion devices from the blog (Presentation 3 – Structuring paragraphs,
• Coherence in Writing (theory)
• Cohesion-coherence example (Suggested hw: Do the exercise below the example)
• http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/parallelism.htm
• https://webapps.towson.edu/ows/moduleparallel.htm
• http://www.waylink-english.co.uk/?page=61200
• http://www.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/parallelism2_quiz.htm
• http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/8-1paral.html

 

• We analysed the following topic through a number of relevant videos:

TEXT 2: Area problems: Pythagorean theorem handout

Useful links:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythagorean_theorem#Other_forms_of_the_theorem

Relevant videos:

• https://www.khanacademy.org/math/basic-geo/basic-geo-pythagorean-topic/basic-geo-pythagorean-theorem/v/the-pythagorean-theorem
• http://www.mathplayground.com/mv_pythagorean_theorem.html
• https://vimeo.com/56785102
• http://study.com/academy/lesson/the-pythagorean-theorem-converse-and-special-cases.html
• http://www.watchknowlearn.org/Category.aspx?CategoryID=5370
• http://www.moomoomathblog.com/2015/03/10-fun-youtube-videos-covering.html

Suggested Hw: Write a paragraph on Pythagorean Theorem based on your information from all relevant sources provided (text, videos, links), while applying paragraph structuring theory (topic sentence, primary & secondary supports) coupled with sentence types, variation and cohesion devices.

The Instructor

Maria Koutraki

REMINDER – our 3rd meeting on Thursday, April 30, 2020, 9.00-10.30

Don’t forget our 3rd meeting through Webex  on Thursday 30/04/2020, 9.00 – 10.30.

The Instructor

Maria Koutraki