Guia docente 2016_17
Escola de Enxeñaría Industrial
Degree in Industrial Technologies Engineering
 Subjects
  Technical English II
   Contents
Topic Sub-topic
1. English Grammar
2. Vocabulary/Use of English
3. Academic English (Technical-scientific)
4. Speaking skill
5. Listening skill
6. Reading skill
7. Writing skill
8. Direct and indirect translation techniques for intermediate level
9. Oral Presentations
UNIT 1
Reading: CO2 and the Greenhouse Effect (or similar related topic).
Speaking: Job interviews (part one).
Speaking: Dates, mathematical expressions, web sites and email
addresses, chemical formula.
Speaking: Parts of an oral presentation: Introducing oneself.
Listening: Repairing a car (or similar related topic).
Writing: Reports.
Grammar: Present participle and past particiles adjectives.
1. English Grammar
2. Vocabulary/Use of English
3. Academic English (Technical-scientific)
4. Speaking skill
5. Listening skill
6. Reading skill
7. Writing skill
8. Direct and indirect translation techniques for intermediate level
9. Oral Presentations
UNIT 2
Reading: Using Mobile Phones and Computers to Transmit Information (or similar related topic).
Speaking: Giving definitions.
Speaking: Job interviews (part two).
Speaking: Parts of an oral presentation: Giving purpose.
Listening: CDs (or similar related topic).
Writing: Letter of Motivation.
Grammar: The -ing form at the beginning of a sentence.
1. English Grammar
2. Vocabulary/Use of English
3. Academic English (Technical-scientific)
4. Speaking skill
5. Listening skill
6. Reading skill
7. Writing skill
8. Direct and indirect translation techniques for intermediate level
9. Oral Presentations
UNIT 3
Reading: Running Dry (or similar related topic).
Speaking: Job interviews (part three).
Speaking: Oral presentations: Time Schedule and signposting.
Listening: Geothermal Energy (or similar related topic).
Grammar: Clauses of reason, purpose, contrast, and result.
Writing: Cover letters.
1. Gramática inglesa
2. Vocabulario/Use of English
3. Lenguaje técnico-científico
4. Expresión oral
5. Comprensión oral
6. Comprensión lectora
7. Expresión escrita
8. Traducción directa e inversa de partes del discurso a nivel intermedio
9. Presentaciones orales
UNIT 4
Reading: Capturing CO2 is Costly and Difficult (or similar related topic).
Speaking: Describing shapes, forms, and materials: comparison and contrast.
Speaking: Describing devices, machines, components, etc. by its shape, form, and material.
Speaking: Oral Presentations: Indicating the visual aids and handouts used in an oral presentation.
Listening: Supply Chain (or similar related topic).
Grammar: Adverbs of sequence; revision of passive voice; contracted relative clauses.

1. Gramática inglesa
2. Vocabulario/Use of English
3. Lenguaje técnico-científico
4. Expresión oral
5. Comprensión oral
6. Comprensión lectora
7. Expresión escrita
8. Traducción directa e inversa de partes del discurso a nivel intermedio
UNIT 5
Reading: Superconductivity in Orbit (or similar related topic).
Speaking: Job interviews (part four).
Speaking: Oral Presentations: Summing up; concluding; making recommendations and questions; thanking.
Listening: Technological and Scientific Innovations in 2015 (or similar related topic).
Listening: Can Waste Plastics Reduce the Need of Oil? (or similar related topic).
Grammar: Verb tenses expressing future; contracted time adverbial clauses; order of adjectives.

1. Gramática inglesa
2. Vocabulario/Use of English
3. Lenguaje técnico-científico
4. Expresión oral
5. Comprensión oral
6. Comprensión lectora
7. Expresión escrita
8. Traducción directa e inversa de partes del discurso a nivel intermedio
UNIT 6
Reading: Magnets and Electromagnets (or similar related topic).
Speaking: Job interview (part five and six).
Speaking: Oral presentations: Expressing processes: description and report of experiments..
Listening: Water cycle experiment (or similar related topic).
Writing: Descriptions.
Grammar: Cause and effect: "if" clauses, and noun clauses.
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