English for Social Sciences II

Course: English for Social Sciences II
Course Number: 89
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COURSE OUTLINE 89

  1. GENERAL
SCHOOL SOCIAL POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT SOCIAL POLICY
LEVEL OF STUDIES LEVEL 6
COURSE CODE 89 Semester 6th &  8th
ΤΙΤΛΟΣ ΜΑΘΗΜΑΤΟΣ English for Social Sciences II
TEACHING ACTIVITIES

 

 TEACHING HOURS PER WEEK ECTS CREDITS
3 6
COURSE TYPE Skill Development
PREREQUISITES:

 

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TEACHING & EXAMINATION LANGUAGE: English (and Greek, when necessary)
COURSE OFFERED TO ERASMUS STUDENTS YES
COURSE URL https://eclass.duth.gr/courses/438172/
  1. LEARNING OUTCOMES
LearningOutcomes
Studentsareexpectedto

 

●        acquire skills in the understanding and production of oral written speech in English for academic purposes

●        understand the differences between Greek and English scientific language and be able to comprehend written and oral scientific speech and produce written and oral scientific speech in both languages

●        be able to study articles in english relating to the field of Social Policy and attend conferences and seminars in English

 

AcademicSkills:

 

1.        Search, analysis and synthesis of data and information, using ICT, such as online dictionaries

2.        Writing a short scientific paper / abstract relating to the field of Social Policy

3.        Working as a member of a team in order to produce a short paper/ abstract relating to the field of Social Policy

 

 
General Skills
Search, analysis and synthesis of data and information,

Decision making

Autonomous work

Teamwork

Demonstration of social responsibility and sensitivity to a multicultural society

Critical thinking

Promoting free, creative and inductive reasoning
  1. COURSE CONTENT
1.     Lecture 1Introduction to extended writing and research, Introduction to Social Policy

 

2.     Lecture 2 Using evidence to support ideas, Analyzing community work – its theory and practice

 

3.     Lecture 3 Organizing writing (presenting an argument, describing, comparing and contrasting, discussion, etc.), Administrative Law

 

4.     Lecture 4Sourcing information for your project, Political Economy

 

5.     Lecture 5 Nominalization in written text, International Environmental Policy

 

6.     Lecture 6 Developing your project, Family Work with Elderly People

 

7.     Lecture 7  Developing a focus, The Cultural Nature of Human Development

 

8.     Lecture 8 Introductions, conclusions and definitions, An Introduction to Social Psychology

 

9.     Lecture 9 Incorporating data and illustrations, Public Economics

 

10.  Lecture 10 Hedging in academic texts, Domestic Violence

 

11.  Lecture 11 Writing a summary, Social Work and Health Care in an Aging Society

 

12.  Lecture 12Writing an abstract, Social work with groups

 

13.  Lecture 13 Giving an oral presentation, Comparative Social Policy

 
  1. LEARNING & TEACHING METHODS – EVALUATION
TEACHING METHOD

 

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USE OF INFORMATION & COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY (ICT)

 

 Lectures – teaching using ppt in class

Using ICT and the internet

Uploading teaching material, announcements and communicating with students through e-class.

Communication with students using email
TEACHING ORGANIZATION

 

  

Activity Workload/ Semester
Lectures 39
Interactiveteaching 21
Participation in educationalactivities 20
Independent study and preparation for the exams 50
Preparing a portfolio 20
FinalWrittenExamination
6Χ25=150 150
STUDENT EVALUATION

 

  

Language of evaluation: English (and Greek)

Summative evaluation: final written examination (100%)

 

   5. SUGGESTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

 

Hinkel, E. (2003). Teaching academic ESL writing: Practical techniques in vocabulary and grammar. Routledge.

Hopkins, D., & Cullen, P. (2007). Cambridge Grammar for IELTS with Answers: Self-study Grammar; Reference and Practice. Ernst KlettSprachen.

Mc Cormack J. &Slaght J. (2020). Extended Writing & Research Skills.Garnet Education.