2021_22
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Escola Tècnica Superior d'Enginyeria
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Grau en Enginyeria Informàtica (2010)
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  ANGLÈS TÈCNIC
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Tema Subtema
UNIT 1: HISTORICAL FACTS IN ENGINEERING 1.1 Chronological description: narrative texts
1.2 Review of verb tenses: ways to express time sequence. Expressing opinion.
1.3 Texts: History of Engineering, Energy Supply, Electronics in the Home, Electromagnetism, History of Computers, History of Electricity, The Greatest Scientist and Engineers of the 21st Century / Podcasts & Videos: The World of Engineering (history), Global Workers. Genres: Encyclopedias
UNIT 2: A COMPUTERIZED WORLD 2.1 Physical and function description: ways to describe the physical properties, function and parts of a device, as well as how something works.
2.2 Review of prepositions and the position of adjectives (color, origin, material, purpose).
2.3 Phrasal verbs.
2.4 Texts: The IPad, How Zombie Computers Work, Spam Distribution, Describing a Computer and How it Works, IDE Cables, The Dangers of Hacking and What a Hacker Can Do to Your Computer / Podcasts: The Story Behind the World's First Computer Programmer, Engineering projects, The History of Computers
UNIT 3: ELECTRONIC & ELECTRICAL DEVICES 3.1 Making definitions: relative clauses and relative pronouns. Reduced relative clauses. Defining and non-defining relative clauses.
3.2 Structure and use of compound nouns.
3.3 Common genres in engineering. Magazine article and Research Article.
3.4 Texts: The Transistor, Graphene Electronics, Home Automation, What is a LED screen? Flexible Home Automation / Podcasts and Videos: Transistors: The Invention that Changed the World, Effective websites.
UNIT 4: A GREENER WORLD: RENEWABLE ENERGIES 4.1 Expressing cause and effect.
4.2 Process description and sequence markers.
4.3 Comparison and contrast.
4.4 Visual information and in-text reference. Conditional sentences to express a hypothesis.
4.5 Genres and text layout: headings in texts.
4.6 Texts: Alternative Sources of Energy, Electricity Generation, Sources of Electricity, Why Electric Vehicles Are the Future, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Accidents, How Does a Nuclear Power Plant Work? How a Solar Cell Works / Podcasts: Climate Change; Hybrid Cars; Fuel from Garbage.
UNIT 5: AN INTERCONNECTED CITY: MOBILE TECHNOLOGIES 5.1 Making Predictions in English.
5.2 E-mail writing and Netiquette in electronic communication.
5.3 Email writing Practice on common academic situations
5.4 Texts: Smart Cities, Mobile Technologies
5.5 Podcasts and videos: Lifelong Learning, Why 5G Will Change the World
UNIT 6: ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION 6.1 Expressions used in classifications. Ways of expressing criteria and giving examples.
6.2 Review of modal verbs expressing obligation, probability, deduction.
6.3 Genres: textbooks, newspaper articles.
6.4 Texts: Robotics, Types of Robots, The Three Laws of Robotics, Ai and the Future of Engineering, Miniature Robotics. / Podcasts and Videos: Biologically-inspired robots.
UNIT 7: BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING 7.1 Focus on all four skills: intensive reading, paragraph writing, expressing your opinion on ethical issues related to the use of technology, and listening for specific information.
7.2 Fostering critical thinking skills using bioethical issues and related topics.
7.3 Texts: What is Biotechnology? Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO), What is Bioethics? The Ethical Implications of Disruptive Technologies, Gene Editing: God's Will or God's Won't.
7.4 Podcasts and Videos: Biotechnology, Introduction to Bioethics, What Happens to Society if We Live Beyond 130 years? 7 Times Science Played God.
UNIT 8: BIOMEDICINE AND BIOINFORMATICS 8.1 Review of linking words: coordination, subordination, sentence adverbials
8.2 Use of the definite and indefinite article in Technical English
8.3 Texts: What is Biomedical Engineering, Wearable and Implantable Technologies (biosensors), Biorobotics,
micro- and Nanotechnologies, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Biomedical Responsibility in Transhumanism?
8.4 Videos: Biomedical and Industrial Engineering, What Does a Biomedical Engineer Do? Biomaterials, Smart Tattoos and Tiny Robots.