Spring Semester 2023 English 2 Presentation Marks

2336 3,5

2756 4

Your Instructor

Maria Koutraki

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English Terminology for English 2 – What you need to Study for June & September 2023 Exams

TEXTS

• TEXT 1: Transformations & Tessellations
• TEXT 2: Area problems: Pythagorean theorem handout
• TEXT 3: Unit 7 (from Academic English for Mathematics) ‘Geometry connections’
• TEXT 4: Unit 8 ‘Properties of Triangles’
• TEXT 5: Unit 11: Polygons and Quadrilaterals
• TEXT 6: Unit 12: The Geometry of Three Dimensions

LANGUAGE

• Sentences (simple, compound, complex, complex-compound)
• Parallel structures/Parallelism (see relevant E2 grammar links), Coherence, cohesion devices
• Presentation 3 – Structuring paragraphs:- a) General-to-Specific Expository Paragraph (Introduction -Topic Sentence – Controlling Idea – Primary & Secondary Supporting Sentences in a paragraph-Theory/Practice), b) methods of development, c) Achieving Coherence-ParksCoherence in Writing (theory) (time/place order & order of importance patterns, cohesion devices, tense consistency, sentence combining etc.), d) From Paragraph to Essay. 
•  Features of academic language: Formality /Complexity (see the relevant 2023 English for maths links- Features of Academic Writing)/Hedging, Accuracy, Objectivity, Precision, Explicitness, Responsibility.
• ABSTRACTS.holt guide– Abstract Writing (theory & practice) (see relevant link)
• Emphatic structures
• Describing data in a Table, a Graph and a Chart
• Revision of general grammar and syntax
• Revision of summarizing, paraphrasing and translation strategies
• Revision of functions (description of objects, commentary on certain issues etc.)

The Instructor

Maria Koutraki

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English Terminology for Maths 1 – What you need to Study for June 2023 (Εμβόλιμη)

TEXTS

• Text 1:Types of numbers/Working with numbers /Unit 1 (from Academic English for Mathematics) ‘Real Numbers’
• Text 2: Unit 2: ‘Algebraic Expressions, Equations and Functions’ 
• Text 3: Does Infinity exist? 
• Text 4: Properties of a circle/Unit 10: ‘ The Geometry of a Circle’
• Text 5: The origin of mathematical Proofs
• Text 6: Unit 5:’Introduction to Probability’

LANGUAGE

• Summarizing & Paraphrasing strategies
• English Tenses
• Argumentative language (writing a commentary)
• Comparative language
• Note taking systems
• Descriptive Language (Describing objects, etc.)
• Reporting on graphs & charts
• Features of Academic Language (Formality, Complexity, Hedging, Accuracy, Explicitness, Objectivity, Precision)
• Sentence Structure & Style (Identifying Independent and Dependent Clauses/Eliminating Wordiness/Avoiding Run-ons, Comma Splices, and Fused Sentences & Punctuation patterns)
• Types of sentences
• Emphatic Structures

The Instructor

Maria Koutraki

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