SCHOOL	OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES
ACADEMIC UNIT	AGRICULTURE
LEVEL OF STUDIES	UNDERGRADUATE
COURSE CODE	GEB0207	SEMESTER		2
COURSE TITLE	ENGLISH 2
INDEPENDENT TEACHING ACTIVITIES			WEEKLY TEACHING HOURS		CREDITS
Lectures			2
Lab / Op. Exercises			0
Exercises			0
TOTAL HOURS			2		0
COURSE TYPE	Scientific Field
PREREQUISITE COURSES
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION and EXAMINATIONS	English/Greek
IS THE COURSE OFFERED TO ERASMUS STUDENTS	YES (in English)
COURSE WEBSITE (URL)

2. LEARNING OUTCOMES

Learning Outcomes
This module aims to provide students with specialized lexical, grammatical and discourse elements in the target language in order to help them comprehend texts in the field of Agricultural Economics and Animal and Crop Production. Students focus on improving reading strategies and knowledge in the relevant discipline, and practice their skills through exercises. On successful completion of this module the learner will be able to: 1. Communicate in simple English, both orally and in writing 2. Identify lexical, grammatical and discourse items in simple ESP written and listening texts 3. Apply knowledge of the function of specific and specialized grammatical and lexical items in ESP texts in a variety of exercises. 4. Demonstrate comprehension of ESP texts by activating previously acquired knowledge in the field of Agricultural Economics, Animal and Crop Production and the language system (e.g. making inferences about the meaning of new words from the context in which they occur and word order, distinguishing what is important for one’s own purposes of reading and skip what is not etc.)
General Competences
• Decision-making • Production of free, creative and inductive thinking • Search, analysis and synthesis of data and information, using the necessary technologies

3. SYLLABUS

Agriculture-related texts

1. Feed and nutrients
2. Housing animals
3. Breeding
4. Slaughter and processing
5. Cultivation and planting equipment
6. Harvest equipment
7. Beef industry
8. Swine industry
9. Poultry industry
10. Dairy industry
11. Sheep industry
12. Equine industry
13. Apiculture
14. Classification and Composition of soil
15. Salts and acidity
16 What Is Economics?
17. Utility
18. Demand and Supply
19. Markets

Grammar

1. Revision of tenses
2. Nouns
3. Gerunds
4. Infinitives
5. Word construction

4. TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS - EVALUATION

DELIVERY

Face-to-face (Lectures)

USE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY

Use of ICT with learning process support through the e-class platform in Teaching and Communication with Students.

TEACHING METHODS

Activity	Semester Workload
Lectures Presentation & analysis of ESP texts and grammar structures	30
Exercises- Application of knowledge of lexical & grammatical topics	10
Individual study	10







Course total (25 hours of workload per credit uni	50

STUDENT PERFORMANCE EVALUATION

End of Semester Formal Examination that includes:
• Short answer questions
• Full answer questions
• Multiple choice questions
• Translation
Language of Assessment: English

5. SUGGESTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

-Suggested bibliography :

1. O’ Sullivan, N. & Libbin J. D. (2011) “Career Paths: Agriculture”, Express Publishing
2. Καζαμία-Χρήστου, Β. & Ζιάκα, I. (2006) “ English for Agricultural Sciences” Θεσσαλονίκη:
University Studio Press
3.Καζαμία-Χρήστου, Β. & Ζιάκα, I. (2006) «Γλωσσάρι Βασικών Γεωπονικών όρων» Θεσσαλονίκη: University Studio Press
4. Stefan, J. (2002) “ English for Students of Economics: General Economics” Αθήνα: Τυπωθήτω George Dardanos
5. Stefan, J. (2003) “ English for Students of Economics: Microeconomics” Αθήνα: Τυπωθήτω George Dardanos
6. Stefan, J. (2003) “ English for Students of Economics: Macroeconomics” Αθήνα: Τυπωθήτω George Dardanos
7. A. S. Hornby 1989, Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary, Oxford University Press
8. Longman 2003, Dictionary of Contemporary English, Pearson Education Ltd
9. Upton, J. & Soden, D. (1996) An Introduction to Keeping Sheep. Farming Press Books, Miller
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http://www.nycamh.com/
http://www.brittanica.com/
http://www.encyclopedia.com/

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