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Welcome. What do you expect from the course? What have you heard about the course?. Let me see… Everything we do in the classroom is based on what we believe about teaching and learning. Do you agree with the following statements?. The most important person in the classroom is the student.

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  1. Welcome • What do you expect from the course? • What have you heard about the course?

  2. Let me see…Everything we do in the classroom is based on what we believe about teaching and learning. Do you agree with the following statements? • The most important person in the classroom is the student. • The responsibility for learning lies with the teacher. • There is not one right way to teach or learn anything. • Learning is a serious business. • Mistakes are good. • The teacher’s job is to teach the subject. • You should leave your private life outside the classroom. • It is essential to teach grammar to language learners. • The teacher should know all the answers.

  3. Material(s) English for Chemistry textbook and handouts. Textbook pick-up day is TODAY!

  4. Handouts • In-class provision of extra material or else… • keep up with us with materials downloaded from our blog!

  5. What’s your certified level? A+ B1 B2 C1 C2 Do you feel that these certificates reflect your actual level of competency? If not, please explain.

  6. Module description C1-C2 • Topics • Vocabulary (Technical/Academic) • Listening • Grammar

  7. The Scientific method The Earth and atmosphere Matter and energy Chemical elements Periodic table Laboratory Safety Distillation Greenhouse effect Electrochemistry, electrolysis Units and measurements Graphs and charts Chemical bonding Effective Presentation Skills Foundation Course: English for Chemistry 1Unit Outline

  8. Assessment • Final exam 60% • 1 essay 20% • 1 oral presentation (without report) 20% NB. All parts are compulsory. If you fail one, you fail all.

  9. Test Format • Why are Mock tests sessions important? • SECTION A: READING COMPREHENSION • SECTION B: TECHNICAL/ACADEMIC VOCABULARY • SECTION C: GRAMMAR • SECTION D: WRITING

  10. Coursework (500 words or more / Plagiarism means 0) • Write an essay discussing the benefits or threats of Fluorine, Fluorides and Fluoridation. Justify your answers with literature/resources after 1990. • Write an essay discussing the role of Chemistry in preventing soil contamination in the last 20 years. • Evaluate existing VOCs control strategies in Europe in the last 20 years.

  11. Using the library • Short-loan section is really convenient.

  12. Using the internet Thorny issues: • Plagiarism and paraphrasing. • Quotations • Footnotes • Bibliography/References

  13. UOC Facilities Sign up for internet/library use seminar • Dates/times

  14. Are you left or right handed? • How does that relate to Chemistry?

  15. Put the following words in order so that they make sense. • This is due to • an asymmetric carbon atom • is a type of molecule that • lacks an internal plane of symmetry • the presence of • mirror image • chiral molecule • and has a non-superimposable

  16. Are you left or right handed? • A chiral molecule is a type of molecule that lacks an internal plane of symmetry and has a non-superimposable mirror image. The feature that is most often the cause of chirality in molecules is the presence of an asymmetric carbon atom.[1][2] • The term chiral (pronounced /ˈkaɪrəl/) in general is used to describe an object that is non-superposable on its mirror image. Achiral (not chiral) objects are objects that are identical to their mirror image. Human hands are perhaps the most universally recognized example of chirality: The left hand is a non-superposable mirror image of the right hand; no matter how the two hands are oriented, it is impossible for all the major features of both hands to coincide. This difference in symmetry becomes obvious if someone attempts to shake the right hand of a person using his left hand, or if a left-handed glove is placed on a right hand. The term chirality is derived from the Greek word for hand, χειρ (cheir). It is a mathematical approach to the concept of "handedness". • In chemistry, chirality usually refers to molecules. Two mirror images of a chiral molecule are called enantiomers or optical isomers. Pairs of enantiomers are often designated as "right-" and "left-handed."

  17. Contact the tutor • Office Hours Room Γ 301 • Monday/Thursday 14.00-15.00 • Telephone 2810-545102 • Notice Boards • Blog http://chemistryenglish.wordpress.com/

  18. E-mail lists • Using your e-mail • Jot down mine: english@chemistry.uoc.gr

  19. What is your motto in life?

  20. Our motto The essence of intelligence is skill in extracting meaning from everyday experience. So we hope that you leave here with a little more ‘meaning’ of your own to share!

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