English for Academic Purposes: Electrical Engineering

LCE 113 is a three-hour per week course, particularly designed to support Electrical Engineering Computer engineering and Informatics students’ studies. Its general objective is to enable students to communicate competently at a B1-B2 level of the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) for Languages on issues related to students’ social and student life (university, curriculum, field of study), as well as on issues related to their future professional careers (occupations, short CV, etc.). Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) and culture awareness development are done through communicative situations deriving from authentic-like communication situations students may experience in their lives, during their studies and professional careers. Language competence is acquired through the use of text types, scenarios, and roles which promote the production and understanding of spoken and written language related to the topics covered.The course is based on post communicative era method, a student-centered, blended learning approach, and aims to familiarize students with authentic reading material related (a) to general topics such as university student life, learning styles and language learning, (b) to academic topics such as how to study effectively, take notes and use the appropriate reference style and (c) to specific topics related to the field of Electrical Engineering Computer engineering and Informatics. This material is used to develop students’ skills in text comprehension and analysis, note taking and processing as well as acquaint students with writing styles, such as process, description and argumentation. It also develops students’ listening and speaking skills. Learners are expected in this way to develop their speaking and listening abilities by taking an active part in tasks such as dialogues, conversations, and oral presentations based on real life situations related to their academic and professional environments. The course is based on current learning theories, such as constructivism and social constructivism, and it aims at developing students’ language skills, as well as transferrable 21st century skills, such as communication, digital literacy, collaboration, creativity, innovation, critical thinking, intercultural awareness, autonomy and lifelong learning.