English C1: Terms and Concepts of Space (Winter)
Dates of the course: From October 08, 2024 to January 28, 2025
Teaching language(s): English
Credits: 3 ECTS
Contact: spz-universeh@hhu.de / kruk@agh.edu.pl
Universities involved: Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf / AGH University of Science and Technology
Profile and prerequisites: The course is open to all interested students. / English level B2
Teaching modalities: Online. You will need to be available on Tuesdays from 14:30 to 16:30.
Student mobility: Not required
Assessment modalities: Dictionary entries, self-reflection essay, possibly elevator pitch
The course is open to students from these universities: The course is available online to all students without travel requirements.
Lecturer: Anna Krukiewicz-Gacek / Senay Akar-Ben Bey
Objectives: The aim of this course is to enable students to contribute to the development of an illustrated Dictionary of Space Concepts that we are developing in cooperation with the Heinrich Heine University's Computer Linguistics Department as an open-wiki project that will be accessible to experts and the general public and that will exist independently of the course as a flagship project of UNIVERSEH.
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Improve participating students professional English for post-graduate studies and future employment opportunities.
- Understand, speak, and write about a variety of scientific topics and participate in intercultural exchanges.
- Contribute new entries to the Dictionary of Space Concepts (including adding visual media, links, and videos associated with individual concepts).
- Understand the basics of lexicography.
- Gain a broader understanding of current events, new research, and technologies in fields connected to the space sector.
- Increase participants ability to work as members of a team and successfully engage in project development.
Description:
This is a multidisciplinary course. Students will explore the world of Space while improving their professional English for their future studies and employment opportunities. Participants will also understand terminologies and concepts for fields relevant to the space sector as part of the UNIVERSEH programme (e.g. “space, earth, natural sciences, medicine, humanities”) and contribute to the development of an illustrated Dictionary of Space Concepts that we are developing in cooperation with the Computer Linguistics Dept.
There will be many opportunities to practice different text styles, such as interviewing, biographical notes, reports, and reflection writing. As an online course, digital media are endemic to the classroom environment, and the synchronous meetings will be supplemented with asynchronous tasks that will help students prepare for class and apply their newly acquired knowledge and skills. Continuous cooperation, peer review, video creation, and illustrations for the DSC will result in a tangible product at the end of the term.