ΑΓΓΛΙΚΑ 3: ΤΜΗΜΑ Ι.Α.Κ.Α.

ΑΝΑΣΤΑΣΙΑ-ΜΑΡΙΝΑ ΤΣΟΥΤΣΟΥΛΟΠΟΥΛΟΥ

σήμερα - 12:58 π.μ.

Ανακοίνωση Ημερομηνία

1) Presentations by two students:

(a) "!Kung." PowerPoint presentation. A summary, taken from the student's text:

  • One of the best-known hunter-gatherer tribes of South Africa
  • They live in South Africa and Namibia, near the Kalahari desert
  • Known for their traditional way of hunting and gathering and for their
  • unique language (click)

(b) Title: "Nikos Karaduros". PowerPoint + text read by the student presenting

the history about the event related to the sixteen-year old student Nikos

Karaduros, who sacrificed his life to save the life of a classmate of his,

while swimming in Pefkakia (Pagasitikos gulf). The presentation was

in two languages: Greek and English. Some of the English texts

were read by the students attending in class.

- Both presentations were very interesting and raised a lot of questions that

were answered.

(c) Showing an episode in the New Zealand parliament, with Maori MPs reacting

against a bill (approximately 3').

(d) A student presented some words  (word-formation / word-coining) taken

from the vocabulary used by Blackadder in the homonymous sitcom series -

based on historical facts: "Blackadder" (episode with Samuel Johnson and

the Dictionary he had written).

Some of the actors: Hugh Laurie: King George - Rowan Atkinson: Blackadder.

- A small part of the episode was shown in class.

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I thank all of the students present and who participated!

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χθες - 10:20 μ.μ.

Teamwork: Three Presentations:

1. A group of three female students presented

their work on: "Spartan Women and their role in society"

As mothers/ wives. Independent compared to

the Athenian women or other women in the rest

of Greece

2. Two female students presented: "Women in Athens".

Less free than their Spartan counterparts.

Stayed more at home, looked after their children, and

they would get married at a very young age (12-15).

Pericles and Aspasia (who came from Ionia, Asia Minor).

Aspasia was a well-educated woman and could take part

in discussions with men. That was unconventional for the

Athenian citizens at that time.

3. Four female students presented: "Women in ancient Sparta".

On Spartan women's education, family, economy, marriage,

elopement ("κλέψιμο")  a kind of custom - a woman would

elope with a man, in order to get married.

[Helen and Paris]. Young boys were prepared for war.

Discussion.

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UNIT 9: Task 5: on Myth and History and how they are connected.

All 4 questions answered orally.

Discussion.

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Τρίτη, 19 Νοεμβρίου 2024 - 1:35 π.μ.

Καλημέρα σας.

Χθες 11.11.24 επισκέφθηκα τον εκδότη στην Θεσσαλονίκη και το σύγγραμμα με

Αριθμό Ευδόξου [133037385] - Anastasia-Marina Tsoutsoulopoulou,

Learning English for Archaeology, University Studio Press: Θεσσαλονίκη

ISBN: 978-960-12-2656-9  είναι το προτεινόμενο για το Αγγλικά 3.

Ήδη έφτασε στον Βόλο και θα διανέμεται στα βιβλιοπωλεία αυτήν την εβδομάδα και

εντεύθεν.

Σάς ευχαριστώ.

Αναστασία-Μαρίνα Τσουτσουλοπούλου

 

Εφόσον κάποιος φοιτητής/κάποια φοιτήτρια έχει επιλέξει το Αγγλικά 1 και το Αγγλικά 3

ταυτόχρονα, μπορεί για το Αγγλικά 1 να επιλέξει κάποιο άλλο σύγγραμμα από τα προτεινόμενα,

αφού το κύριο περιεχόμενο για το Αγγλικά 3 είναι η Αρχαιολογία.

Σάς ευχαριστώ.

Αναστασία-Μαρίνα Τσουτσουλοπούλου

Τρίτη, 12 Νοεμβρίου 2024 - 5:45 μ.μ.

A brief overview of Lesson 7:

1. Α Student's powerpoint presentation: "The Maasai" (Kenya, Tanzania in Africa).

Origins - Languages (Maa, Swahili ...) - attire - weapons - tribe's independence - customs

Some useful vocabulary:

pastoralist: κτηνοτροφικός

nilotic: Νειλοτικός, από τον ποταμό Νείλο

unswervingly: αποφασιστικά, σταθερά, ακλόνητα

immanent: inherent: έμφυτο, ο ενυπάρχων, η ενυπάρχουσα, το ενυπάρχον

finery: [jewelry/ jewellery] στολίδια

census: απογραφή

2. General info about the course for the new students - by example. Questions-Answers

3. Unit 9: [see: Documents/Έγγραφα] - Reading - translation - discussion. Vocabulary. Tasks 1+2.

HOMEWORK:

1. Unit 9: Task 3

2. Next time (in class): Task 5

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Παρασκευή, 8 Νοεμβρίου 2024 - 1:30 μ.μ.

1. A brief overview of Lesson 6

2. Unit 3 -- Task 5. Discussion

3. Students as Teachers: three presentations by students,

inviting questions from their audience - answers shedding

light on different areas/aspects of the topics presented.

Discussion followed all three presentations

4. Topics presented:

(a) "Children's burials in ceramic vessels (Thessaly) - powerpoint.

Εγχυτρισμός -  How children's bodies were

found buried in ceramic vessels in Nies (Νηές), Sourpi, Thessaly

(outside Volos)

(b) Οι τρεις πτυχές της πτυχής κατά τον Πλάτωνα.

Αναφορά στις ιδιότητες: Ανάγκη - Ηδονή - Θάνατος

και επεξήγησή τους. Παραδείγματα από την ψυχανάλυση,

την πολιτική, τον πόλεμο, κ.ά.

Freud, Wilhelm Reich / Σουν Τσου [Η Τέχνη του Πολέμου] /

Νικολό Μακιαβέλι [Ο Ηγεμόνας]

Further discussion - Questions/Answers

(c) Η εμφάνιση - στολή, όπλα Ρωμαίου λεγεωνάριου (legionaries)

Testudo (σχηματισμός χελώνας) -  Scutum (ξύλινη ασπίδα σε σχήμα παραλληλόγραμμου

με χερούλι στη μέση) - scallion

- javelin (ακόντιο) - spear (δόρυ) - gladius (σπαθί) - galea (decani) (φτερά περικεφαλαίας)

lorica segmentata - lorica hamata - lorica suamata - (είδη πανοπλίας) - manica (στολή με

μανίκια κ.ά. από ατσάλι)

TOOLS of a legionary: axes, pick-axes, fallocks, sartica (a kind of sack).

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We thank all our presenters for their very interesting presentations.

For any error in the text above, teacher is fully responsible.

AMT

Κυριακή, 3 Νοεμβρίου 2024 - 12:15 π.μ.

A brief overview of Lesson 4:

- Unit 3: Submerged Continents - Warm-up Exercise

about continents lost under water + pictures of

such continents

(Kumari Kandam - Zealandia - Atlantis - Mauritia)

- Key Terms - Useful Vocabulary - Reading - Translation

of text

- Discussion

- Task 4 (in class)

- Video showing: "Scientists Found sunken Continent Bigger than Australia".

[Islandia, Zealandia, Mauritia] + Vocabulary

HOMEWORK: Task 5

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Κυριακή, 27 Οκτωβρίου 2024 - 8:25 μ.μ.

- An overview of the previous lesson

- PowerPoint presentation (in Greek) by a student about:

"Κοζάχοι" a.k.a. "Κοζάκοι" (in Greek) - Cossacks or Kazakhs (in English).

Questions by other students and instructor &

Answers by Teacher-Student.

- UNIT 2: "World History"

- Questions - Answers: Unit 2, Task 1; Task 2a - Vocabulary

- Video 1: "The Evolution of Farming" (duration: approximately 8') - presented by

a student.

- Video 2: "Origins of Agriculture" (duration: 11':28'') - Khan Academy

Discussion. Questions - Answers.

- Useful Vocabulary (from the two videos); definitions given in class:

advent / consume - consumer - consumption / domesticate - domestication /

sedentary (life) / raise - breed / hunt - hunter - hunter gatherer - hunting /

gather - gathering - gatherer / coincide - coincidence - coincidental - coincidentally /

mass of population / ice age / crops / dense - density / dominate - dominance - dominant.

N.B. The video links are included on: Documents/ Έγγραφα (eclass)

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Κυριακή, 20 Οκτωβρίου 2024 - 9:30 π.μ.

- Revision of the previous lesson

- Unit 1: Task 2: Derivatives [nouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs]

- Summary (in English) of an article (originally written in Greek) and presented

in class by student. Source: https://maxmag.gr/politismos/kyriakos_agkonitis-o-pateras-

tis-arhaiologias-gia-polloys

- Reading [from: Learning English for Archaeology]: Unit 2: WORLD HISTORY

(about the Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age - agricullture as a borderline

between the palaeolithic and neolithic eras. The Neolithic Revolution.)

HOMEWORK:

Task 1. Answer the following questions.

  1. “World history is the narrative of humanity’s past”. What does this mean?
  2. What are primary and secondary source documents?
  3. What was the significant change that occurred in the Neolithic era?
  4. What were some of the consequences of the Neolithic Revolution?

Task 2a. Mix and Match.

Match the words with their definitions.

 1. document

2. invention

3. investigate

4. precede

5. narrative

6. transition

7. settle

8. productivity

9. foster

10. accounting

 

  1. look into, probe, explore
  2. encourage, stimulate
  3. come before (something) in time, order or position
  4. an account, written or spoken; story
  5. the process of keeping financial accounts
  6. go and live in a place permanently
  7. official paper, providing information; record
  8. a period of changing from one condition to another
  9. discovery, innovation
  10. ability and effectiveness of production

 

Task 2b. Writing.

Use any of the following words to form new phrases or sentences.

document; invention; investigate; precede; narrative;

transition; settle; productivity; foster; accounting

 

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Task 4. Presentation.

  • Use the internet to find some information/a video of your choice on Agriculture in prehistoric times.
  • While watching, take notes of what you think is important for later reference.
  • Show the video in class and discuss it with your fellow students and instructor.

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Πέμπτη, 10 Οκτωβρίου 2024 - 9:50 π.μ.

- Some general information provided, regarding the course.

- Showing the Contents of the book to be distributed via Evdoxus:

Learning English for Archaeology. Explaining the structure of the book.

- Unit 1: Introduction

- Useful Vocabulary and Key Terms

- Reading: Unit 1. History, Anthropology, Archaeology, Mythology [by students]

- Interpretation/Translation of the text in Greek

Tasks 1, 3, 5 (what they are about)

Task 4: done in class

HOMEWORK: Task 2 (Derivatives = Παράγωγα)

OPTIONAL: Task 5

Gentle reminder: The students, who will attend and actively participate

in tasks during this course, will be evaluated accordingly.

Office hours will be announced in due course of time.

Anastasia-Marina Tsoutsoulopoulou

Instructor of English

 

 

Πέμπτη, 3 Οκτωβρίου 2024 - 12:10 π.μ.

Καλή ακαδημαϊκή χρονιά σε όλες και όλους. Μετά από κάποιες γενικές οδηγίες

και ερωτήσεις-απαντήσεις, συζητήσαμε εν συντομία για την Αρχαιολογία τα κάτωθι:

1a. What  Archaeology is. What it deals with, besides digging.

Examples.

Two students talk in class about their experience during an excavation in an

archaeological site

1b. Artifacts Features and Ecofacts 

1.c Context

2. What do archaeologists do?

Instructor: Anastasia-Marina Tsoutsoulopoulou

Σάββατο, 28 Σεπτεμβρίου 2024 - 9:30 μ.μ.