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WHAT YOU NEED TO STUDY FOR THE FINAL EXAMS (JUNE, SEPTEMBER 2014)

 

You will find all relevant information concerning the teaching material and the links provided on E2 page of this blog (https://englishformaths.wordpress.com) :

TEXTS (focus on vocabulary practice and reading comprehension questions)

Text 1: Algebraic expressions (class handout)

Text 2: Properties of Real Numbers (Listening)

Text 3: The concept of number

Text 4: Plotting points and Quadrants (Listening)

Text 5: Determing whether a relation is a function (Listening)

Text 6: Erdos-Bacon Numbers

Text 7: Real Numbers cloze

 

LANGUAGE

– Writing Definitions/Definitions of Terms

– Formal Letter Writing/Formality in Academic Writing

– Describing data in a table, a graph and a chart

– Summary Writing

– Paraphrasing Strategies

– Translation practice

– Revision of basic grammar (focus on tenses/tense consistency)

– Academic Verbs with Prepositions

– Note-taking systems

-Paragraph structure (Coherence & Cohesion)

– Simple, Compound and Complex Sentences / Parallel Structure/Transitions & Connectors/Punctuation

 

 

P.S. Type A students (6 Lore assignments) will sit a short quiz based on vocabulary. Type B students who have not submitted any Lore assignments will sit a 2 hour test. Type B students who have submitted a number of Lore assignments will sit the same 2 hour test, but will have to answer less questions.

 

The Instructor

Maria Koutraki

 

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WHAT YOU NEED TO STUDY FOR THE FINAL EXAMS (JUNE, SEPTEMBER 2014)

 

You will find all relevant information concerning the teaching material and the links provided on E3 page of this blog (https://englishformaths.wordpress.com) :

TEXTS

Text 1: Using Chaos Theory to Revitalize Fisheries in Scientific American

Text 2:  Does Infinity exist? in Plus Magazine

Text 3: Prime Factoring

Text 4: The origin of mathematical Proofs (Plus magazine)

Text 5: The origins of proof

Text 6: The ten dimensions of string theory

 

LANGUAGE

– Writing Definitions/Definitions of Terms

– Features of Academic Writing

– Summary Writing

– Paraphrasing Strategies

– Translation practice

– Revision of basic grammar (focus on tenses)

– Sentence structure (comma splice, fused sentences, sentence fragments, subject-verb agreement)

-Paragraph structure (Coherence & Cohesion)

– Sentence Style (Eliminating wordiness)

– CVs, Cover Letters and Application Forms

 

The Instructor

Maria Koutraki

 

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WHAT YOU NEED TO STUDY FOR THE FINAL EXAMS (JUNE, SEPTEMBER 2014)

You will find all relevant information concerning the teaching material and the links provided on E3 page of this blog:

TEXTS

Text 1: Using Chaos Theory to Revitalize Fisheries in Scientific American

Text 2:  Does Infinity exist? in Plus Magazine

Text 3: Prime Factoring

Text 4: The origin of mathematical Proofs (Plus magazine)

Text 5: The origins of proof

Text 6: The ten dimensions of string theory

 

LANGUAGE

– Writing Definitions/Definitions of Terms

– Features of Academic Writing

– Summary Writing

– Paraphrasing Strategies

– Translation practice

– Revision of basic grammar (focus on tenses)

– Sentence structure (comma splice, fused sentences, sentence fragments, subject-verb agreement)

-Paragraph structure (Coherence & Cohesion)

– Sentence Style (Eliminating wordiness)

– CVs, Cover Letters and Application Forms

 

The Instructor

Maria Koutraki

 

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