English for Chemistry Foundation 1
Kallia Katsampoxaki
This course is designed to tailor to the needs of Chemistry undergraduate students. It is synchronous and partly asynchronous, which means that you can take your own time to complete the tasks and learn by doing. This is an excellent way to learn at your own pace since it allows you to repeat the tasks and quizzes many times before you can claim mastery of target vocabulary and scientific conventions.
There are final exams (100%) but there are numerous tasks that you may opt to complete in class so as to get a 20% bonus.
Another 20% bonus is given to students who manage to meet all the requirements for scientific presentations and send a video (screen casting) presenting the most interesting discipline-specific article they read this year {yeah, it needs to be a very recent article in a scientific journal) [See the presentation criteria here] and 3) send a summary of the same article adhering to the summary criteria ( found here).
We will meet on a weekly basis for three hours and we will be using e-class to upload work or ask questions using the e-class blog (ιστολόγιο).
My email is katsampoxaki@uoc.gr so feel free to contact me via email if you wish. Before you send me an email, please watch the following video.
This course is designed to tailor to the needs of Chemistry undergraduate students. It is synchronous and partly asynchronous, which means that you can take your own time to complete the tasks and learn by doing. This is an excellent way to learn at your own pace since it allows you to repeat the tasks and quizzes many times before you can claim mastery of target vocabulary and scientific conventions.
There are final exams (100%) but there are numerous tasks that you may opt to complete in class so as to get a 20% bonus.
Another 20% bonus is given to students who manage to meet all the requirements for scientific presentations and send a video (screen casting) presenting the most interesting discipline-specific article they read this year {yeah, it needs to be a very recent article in a scientific journal) [See the presentation criteria here] and 3) send a summary of the same article adhering to the summary criteria ( found here).
We will meet on a weekly basis for three ho
This course is designed to tailor to the needs of Chemistry undergraduate students. It is synchronous and partly asynchronous, which means that you can take your own time to complete the tasks and learn by doing. This is an excellent way to learn at your own pace since it allows you to repeat the tasks and quizzes many times before you can claim mastery of target vocabulary and scientific conventions.
There are final exams (100%) but there are numerous tasks that you may opt to complete in class so as to get a 20% bonus.
Another 20% bonus is given to students who manage to meet all the requirements for scientific presentations and send a video (screen casting) presenting the most interesting discipline-specific article they read this year {yeah, it needs to be a very recent article in a scientific journal) [See the presentation criteria here] and 3) send a summary of the same article adhering to the summary criteria ( found here).
We will meet on a weekly basis for three ho
Course Description
Course Syllabus (weekly programme)
- Induction week
- Properties and state of matter
- Energy types
- Chemical elements
- Periodic table and atomic structure
- Nitrogen cycle
- Chemical reactions
- Laboratory safety issues
- Chemical bonding
- Intermolecular forces
- From Electricity to Electrochemistry
- Mock Exam
- Presentations
Assessment Methods
What's your type?
A. Final exams 100% or
B. Final exams 80% + 20% samples of student weekly work
C. Final exams 60% + + 20% samples of student weekly work + Presentation 20%
Instructional Methods
Students are expected to participate in class and complete tasks that are conducive to noticing new structures. Students are also expected to give feedback to each other and peer-review others work.
Learning in this class is facilitated though workshops and seminars. Not lectures. Students will be reading texts, complete comprehension questions, complete vocabulary tasks and listen to online webinars about General chemistry topics.
Weekly photos of samples of work will be uploaded in Exercises ONLY IF the students wish to get the 20% bonus.
ECTS ή non-credit?
This module is compulsory and has 3ECTS [This is a relatively new change and you will be able to verify it when the new study guide (Οδηγός Σπουδών 2022-2023) is updated on the departmental website.
Αυτο το μάθημα είναι υποχρεωτικό έχει 3 ECTS και ο τελικός βαθμός προσμετράται στο σύνολο μαθημάτων που έχετε πάρει συνολικά. Αυτή η αλλαγή είναι σχετικά πρόσφατη (2021) και θα μπορείτε να την επιβεβαιώσετε όταν ανανεωθεί ο οδηγός σπουδών (2022-2023) στην ιστοσελίδα του τμήματος.
- Induction week
- Properties and state of matter
- Energy types
- Chemical elements
- Periodic table and atomic structure
- Nitrogen cycle
- Chemical reactions
- Laboratory safety issues
- Chemical bonding
- Intermolecular forces
- From Electricity to Electrochemistry
- Mock Exam
- Presentations
What's your type?
A. Final exams 100% or
B. Final exams 80% + 20% samples of student weekly work
C. Final exams 60% + + 20% samples of student weekly work + Presentation 20%
Students are expected to participate in class and complete tasks that are conducive to noticing new structures. Students are also expected to give feedback to each other and peer-review others work.
Learning in this class is facilitated though workshops and seminars. Not lectures. Students will be reading texts, complete comprehension questions, complete vocabulary tasks and listen to online webinars about General chemistry topics.
Weekly photos of samples of work will be uploaded in Exercises ONLY IF the students wish to get the 20% bonus.
This module is compulsory and has 3ECTS [This is a relatively new change and you will be able to verify it when the new study guide (Οδηγός Σπουδών 2022-2023) is updated on the departmental website.
Αυτο το μάθημα είναι υποχρεωτικό έχει 3 ECTS και ο τελικός βαθμός προσμετράται στο σύνολο μαθημάτων που έχετε πάρει συνολικά. Αυτή η αλλαγή είναι σχετικά πρόσφατη (2021) και θα μπορείτε να την επιβεβαιώσετε όταν ανανεωθεί ο οδηγός σπουδών (2022-2023) στην ιστοσελίδα του τμήματος.
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