ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE SKILLS: ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Scientific texts will be given to develop your English understanding via geological content cases to develop your practical counseling skills and give you a critical point of view numerous vocabulary exercises to expand your English glossary (word formation, antonyms, synonyms, filling the gaps) strategies for effective learning ( interactive exercises, presentations, visual vocabulary sections etc) listening (audio) exercises grammar exercises in practical and geological context.

START-UP : TESTING GENERAL ENGLISH AS WARMING-UP ACTIVITY AND ENGLISH CONVERSATION IN ORDER TO GET INTO TECHNICAL TESTS, POWER POINTS, ENRICHMENT OF TECHNICAL TERMS AND EXPRESSIONS, TRANSLATION, TALKING POINTS THROUGH READING COMPREHENSION OF SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS . USE OF MICROLANGUAGE : EARTH SCIENCES > THE STRUCTURE OF THE EARTH. PLATE TECTONICS. LEAD-IN : CONTENT AND LANGUAGE > THE HISTORY OF PLATE TECTONICS. INNTEGRATE CONTENT AND LANGUAGE THROUGH SKILLS > UNDERSTANDING PLATE MOTIONS / PLATE TECTONICS AND PEOPLE/ THE EAST AFRICAN RIFT SYSTEM ./ THE ROCK CYCLE/ VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS/ EARTH'S MAGNETIC FIELD. FROM THE PRESS > TSUNAMIS : FACTS ABOUT KILLER WAVES/ TRANSLATION > ISLAND ARCS.

THE PROFESSOR WILL SUPPLY THE STUDENTS PHOTOCOPIES, SLIDES, POWER POINTS ETC.