Educational guide School of Engineering |
english |
Degree of Computer engineering (2010) |
Subjects |
TECHNICAL ENGLISH |
Contents |
IDENTIFYING DATA | 2011_12 |
Subject | TECHNICAL ENGLISH | Code | 17234102 | |||||
Study programme |
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Cycle | 1st | |||||
Descriptors | Credits | Type | Year | Period | ||||
6 | Compulsory | First | Second |
Competences | Learning outcomes | Contents |
Planning | Methodologies | Personalized attention |
Assessment | Sources of information | Recommendations |
Topic | Sub-topic |
UNIT 1: HISTORICAL FACTS IN ENGINEERING | 1.1 Chronological description: narrative texts 1.2 Review of verb tenses: ways to express time sequence 1.3 Pronunciation of -ed 1.4 Texts: History of Engineering, History of Computers / Podcasts: Learning Languages, Global Workers. |
UNIT 2: A COMPUTERIZED WORLD | 2.1 Physical and function description: ways to describe the physical properties, the function and parts of a device, and how something works. 2.2 Review of prepositions and the position of adjectives (color, origin, material, purpose). 2.3 Texts: The IPad, Computing Cloud, Describing a Computer and How it Works / Podcasts: Effective Websites. |
UNIT 3: ELECTRONIC & ELECTRICAL DEVICES | 3.1 Making definitions: relative clauses and relative pronouns. Reduced relative clauses. 3.2 Structure and use of compound nouns. 3.3 Texts: The Transistor, Touchscreens, LEDs, Home Automation, Graphene, Nanotechnology in Electronics / Podcasts: Nanotechnology (video), Finding Information, The Future of English. |
UNIT 4: A GREENER WORLD: RENEWABLE ENERGIES |
4.1 Process description and instructions: operation procedures. 2.2 Review of passive voice and sequence markers. Expressions to indicate cause and effect. 4.3 Adjectives and adverbs. Prepositions with statistics. 4.4 Texts: What is Clean Energy?, Renewable Energies, The Nuclear Debate / Podcasts: A Greener World; Climate Change; The Past, Present and Future of Nuclear Energy. |
UNIT 5: ELECTRICITY GENERATION AND TRANSMISSION | 5.1 Comparison of adjectives and adverbs. Comparison and Contrast (expressing the advantages and disadvantages of something) 5.2 Infinitives and –ing forms, negative infinitives. 5.3 Conditional sentences to express a hypothesis. 5.4 Texts: Electricity Generation and Transmission, Energy in the Home. / Podcasts: Hybrid Cars, Engineering projects. |
UNIT 6: ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION: E-MAIL WRITING | 6.1 E-mail writing and Netiquette in electronic communication. 6.2 Formal and informal language in electronic communication. 6.3 Texts: Practice on common academic situations / Podcasts: Study Skills – Doing Research for your assignments, Learning vocabulary, ESL Business Writing Video - Email Tune-up (video). |
UNIT 7: ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION | 7.1 Expressions used in classifications and visual information (in-text reference) 7.2 Review of modal verbs (obligation, possibility). 7.3 Review of linking words: coordination, subordination, sentence adverbials. 7.4 Texts: Artificial Intelligence, Classification of robots, Applications of robots / Podcasts: Lifelong Learning, Biologically-inspired robots (video). |
UNIT 8: ENGINEERING PROJECTS: ORAL PRESENTATIONS | 8.1 Designing technical presentations: types of presentations and purposes 8.2 Stages for the design of an oral presentation: planning, delivery, evaluation 8.3 Delivering an oral presentation: parts 8.4 Extensive practice on oral presentations through activities and videos. |