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English VI - Business Terminology [ΠΛΗΡ-ΔΕΤ-ΣΤΑΤ]

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Περιγραφή Μαθήματος

The aim of this module is to provide students with advanced skills in English that will assist them to function effectively in a variety of academic and professional settings. More specifically, the curriculum is designed to: a) enhance students’ competence in English through analysis of academic texts in selected areas of information technology and management science, accompanied by exercises in terminology, vocabulary, numerical expressions, and language use, b) improve students’ ability to decode and reproduce academic texts from English to Greek and Greek to English, through in-class translation practice of excerpts from academic texts, and c) familiarize students with the structure and selected key elements of scientific writing, through presentation of guidelines and examples followed by practical applications.

Ημερομηνία δημιουργίας

Τρίτη, 16 Φεβρουαρίου 2010

Σελίδα μαθήματος

Περίγραμμα

Course Content

WEEK	Academic Readings	Language Applications
1	The Evolution of Computers	Introduction
2	Computer Usage in the 21^st Century	Translation Exercises
3	Computer Ethics: The Social Dimension	Scientific Writing: Structure and Organization
4	Electronic Mail & Spam	Translation Exercises
5	e-Commerce & The Dot–Com Bubble	Scientific Writing: Abstracts
6	Operations Research	Translation Exercises
7	Computer Security: Hacking, Cracking, Phishing	Scientific Writing: Use of Internet Sources
8	Human Resource Management	Translation Exercises
9	Artificial Intelligence	Scientific Writing: Citing Material
10	IT and Globalization	Translation Exercises
11	Computer Games: An Application for All Ages	Scientific Writing: References or Bibliography
12	Revision	Revision

Books

1. Stefan, J. (2018), English for Students of Informatics and Management Science, Course Notes, available from instructor during office hours.

2. Stefan, J. (2018), Translation Notes and Exercises, Course notes, available on e-class.

3. Stefan, J. (2018), Selected Elements of Scientific Writing, Course notes, available on e-class.

Office Hours

Instructor: Dr Anastasia Rothoni
Email: anroth@aueb.gr
Office Hours:
Office: Derigny 12, 2nd floor
Office Telephone Number: 210 8203 419

Evaluation Methods / Exams

Final Exam, consisting of three parts:

Part A (60 points): Exercises on text comprehension, vocabulary and terminology, use of English, and working with numbers (from course material #1)

Part B (20 points): Translation exercise(s) from selected academic text excerpts taught in class (from course material #2)

Part C (20 points): Exercises on scientific writing skills (from course material #3)