Through a variety of teaching materials, in-class activities, pair/group works and seminars, this course seeks to help students develop their academic and professional skills required for Geography students as described below.

• Academic Skills in English (EAP) and in Modern Greek, when necessary.
• Advanced Search in the Library and the Internet for bibliographical references; assessment of the materials found;
• Advanced Search for electronic dictionaries and engines of machine translation, so that problems with difficult terminology will be overcome;
• Advanced Writing and Presentation Skills:
  • Oral presentations;
  • Essay Writing;
    • Paraphrasing, rephrasing and issues of plagiarism;
  • Proof-reading and editing of essays (of past examinations);
  • Letter Writing;
  • CV writing;
  • Technical reports.
• Different styles of writing and presentation in English (i.e. British and American English), so that students can develop intercultural competence in Englishes and World English.
• Possible comparison of academic and professional skills in English and Modern Greek so that students enhance (and maximise) their interlinguistic, “inter-scientific” awareness and intercultural competence.

Through a variety of teaching materials, in-class activities and group work, the students further develop their:

• Academic Skills in English (EAP) and in Modern Greek, when necessary by carrying out:

1. Advanced search in the Library and on the Internet for bibliographical references; assessment of the materials found;
2. Advanced Search for electronic dictionaries and engines of machine translation, so that problems with difficult terminology will be overcome;

• Advanced Writing and Presentation Skills by:

1. Making oral presentations;
2. Writing essays, where they learn how to paraphrase, rephrase and avoid plagiarism;
3. Constructing a CV and a Cover Letter;

• Interlinguistic, interscientific and intercultural skills by:

1. Comparing different styles of writing and presentation in Englishes around the globe (i.e. British and American English); and
2. Comparing academic and professional skills in English and Modern Greek so that students enhance (and maximize) their interlinguistic, “inter-scientific” awareness and intercultural competence.

• The instructor’s electronic notes.