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Course objectives
The present document is a syllabus of the English language for
students of the first year of the speciality « coastal management and
shoreline development ».
It aims to help the students acquire new vocabulary , and learn terms
and expressions related to marine life and the coastal zone that will
help them in their future carreer as oceanographers.
The lessons are chosen according to what the students learn in the
other subjects to help them find the equivalent words or expressions of
some of what they do with the other teachers , this will enhance their
ability to understand scientific articles , enables them to read and
discover the innovations in their field of study , encourages them to do
research , prepares them to face the challenges of real world and work
, as the English language is a necessary tool to communicate and
cooperate with scientists and institutions from diffrent parts of the
world.
We tried to select topics that revolve around the coastal zone , the
shoreline environment and the coastal habitats . The phenomena that
occur in this unique setting between land and water ; such as the
forces of waves and storms and their impact on the coast , human
intervention to protect the coastal zone from ersoion , including the
technical vocabulary used in this field.
We tried also to shed the light on the phenomenon of water pollution
and discuss some of the solutions to tackle this problem such as ;
sewage treatment facilities.
Rising sea level is also another phenomenon that has an impact on
shaping coastal landscapes , so we discussed the different causes of
this natural phenomenon and its impact on the coastal zone .