Educational guide School of Engineering |
english |
Bachelor's Degree in Electronic and Automation Engineering (2010) |
Subjects |
TECHNICAL ENGLISH |
Assessment |
IDENTIFYING DATA | 2020_21 |
Subject | TECHNICAL ENGLISH | Code | 17204102 | |||||
Study programme |
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Cycle | 1st | |||||
Descriptors | Credits | Type | Year | Period | ||||
6 | Compulsory | First | 2Q |
Competences | Learning outcomes | Contents |
Planning | Methodologies | Personalized attention |
Assessment | Sources of information | Recommendations |
Methodologies | Competences | Description | Weight | |||||
Presentations / oral communications |
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During the last two weeks of the course, different groups of students will have to deliver an oral presentation for 15/20 minutes based on their course project. Each member of the group has to deliver one part of the presentation and be able to respond to potential questions about it. This activity is used to assess the oral skills of each student within the field of Engineering. | 20 % | |||||
Assignments |
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Before delivering oral presentations, each group has to submit its course project (in powerpoint format) about a topic related to the field of Engineering. This collaborative document allows instructors to assess students’ ability to work in teams and to do so in English. | 10 % | |||||
IT-based practicals |
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At the end of each unit, students will have to complete 8 "self-assessment tests," including the "Online Placement Test" at the beginning of the course. Students have to complete at least 4 self-assessement tests on Moodle within the set deadlines. |
10 % | |||||
Practical tests |
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The final exam includes activities and questions in which students have to demonstrate they have learnt the grammatical and discoursive aspects of technical English texts dealt with throughout the course. | 30 % | |||||
Multiple-choice objective tests |
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The final exam also includes activities with multiple-choice questions about expressions frequently used in engineering texts. | 20 % | |||||
Others | Active participation online throughout the course will also be taken into account, and it will take the form of weekly assignments students will have to submit on Moodle before the deadline. Students should submit at least half of the weekly assignments. |
10 % |
Other comments and second exam session | |||
Use of electronic devices during examinations FIRST CALL is divided into: 1) Final exam (including practical texts and multiple-choice tests) 30 + 20 = 50% of the final grade 2) Course project (including both the written document in ppt format and the oral presentation): 10% written document + 20% oral presentation = 30% 3) Self-Assessment Tests using ICT submitted via Moodle = 10% 4) Active participation online (weekly assignments) = 10 %
SECOND CALL: If students failed to pass their first call based on continuous assessment, they will have to take just an exam (with practical texts and multiple choice tests about all the contents of the course) for the second call. The result of this exam will determine the final grade of the course. |