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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