At the end of the course students should be able to comprehend economic language used in texts relevant to their field and communicate in various contexts. They should have also practiced academic and soft skills useful both for thei academic success as well as for their professional development.
Tentative List of Topics:
Topics and Concepts Related to Macroeconomics
Branches of Economics
Writing for Economics
Learning Tools:
1. Supplementary teacher's materials in e-class:
2. Evdoxos: Academic Reading and Writing or Dictionary (your choice)
3) selected chapters from the semester 1 Textbook: English for Business and Accounting (Disigma Publications)
Assessment:
The final grade is based on the final exam consisting of different kinds of questions such as: true/false statements , multiple choice questions, cloze passages, term definitions, text comprehension and vocabulary questions
Optional Presentations or projects for extra points or for exemption from the final exam can be considered and are based instructor's aapproval
Optional Progress Quiz for extra points