Guia docente 2015_16
Escola de Enxeñaría Industrial
Grao en Enxeñaría Mecánica
 Subjects
  Technical English I
   Contents
Topic Sub-topic
1. English grammar
2. Vocabulary/Use of English
3. Technical-scientific language
4. Speaking
5. Speaking comprehension
6. Reading comprehension
7. Writing
8. Direct and inverse translation of specific parts of the discourse
UNIT 1
Reading: Batteries and Flowbatteries.
Reading: Parts of a car.
Speaking: Describing components and locations.
Speaking: Dates, mathematical expressions, web sites and email addresses, chemical formula.
Listening: Adsense Making Money Online.
Grammar: Present Simple.
1. English grammar
2. Vocabulary/Use of English
3. Technical-scientific language
4. Speaking
5. Speaking comprehension
6. Reading comprehension
7. Writing
8. Direct and inverse translation of specific parts of the discourse
UNIT 2
Reading: Computer Mice for the Blind.
Speaking: Describing easy shapes and forms.
Listening: Scientists Say Climate Change is Real and Human Caused.
Writing: Easy paragraph writing.
Grammar: Passive voice.
1. English grammar
2. Vocabulary/Use of English
3. Technical-scientific language
4. Speaking
5. Speaking comprehension
6. Reading comprehension
7. Writing
8. Direct and inverse translation of specific parts of the discourse
UNIT 3
Reading: Job Qualities for an Engineer.
Speaking: Expressing one own's qualities, and personal characteristics and abilities.
Listening: IT-related Problems.
Grammar: Relative Clauses.
Writing: Dividing a text into paragraphs.
1. English grammar
2. Vocabulary/Use of English
3. Technical-scientific language
4. Speaking
5. Speaking comprehension
6. Reading comprehension
7. Writing
8. Direct and inverse translation of specific parts of the discourse
UNIT 4
Reading: I Do I Repair a Broken Wall Socket.
Speaking: Advantages and disadvantages of the different generation power systems.
Listening: Mobile Phones.
Listening: CDs.
Writing: A description of a repair.
Grammar: Adverbs of sequence; conditional sentences; connectors: contrast, reason, purpose, and result.
1. English grammar
2. Vocabulary/Use of English
3. Technical-scientific language
4. Speaking
5. Speaking comprehension
6. Reading comprehension
7. Writing
8. Direct and inverse translation of specific parts of the discourse
UNIT 5
Reading: Robots - Nothing to lose but their chains.
Speaking: Comparison and contrast.
Listening: Introduction to Paper Making.
Listening: Car Repairs.
Writing: Curriculum Vitae.
Grammar: Verb tenses expressing future; time adverbials; using "enable", "allow", "permit", "make", and "cause".
1. English grammar
2. Vocabulary/Use of English
3. Technical-scientific language
4. Speaking
5. Speaking comprehension
6. Reading comprehension
7. Writing
8. Direct and inverse translation of specific parts of the discourse
UNIT 6
Reading: Cover letters.
Speaking: Expressing hypothetical future.
Listening: Manipulating Glass.
Writing: Cover letters.
Grammar: Review of verb tenses.
1. English grammar
2. Vocabulary/Use of English
3. Technical-scientific language
4. Speaking
5. Speaking comprehension
6. Reading comprehension
7. Writing
8. Direct and inverse translation of specific parts of the discourse
UNIT 7
Reading: Difference Engines.
Speaking: Expressing cause and effect.
Listening: Innovation is Great (1).
Listening: E-trading and e-selling.
Writing: Easy reports.
Grammar: Expressing cause and effect.
1. English grammar
2. Vocabulary/Use of English
3. Technical-scientific language
4. Speaking
5. Speaking comprehension
6. Reading comprehension
7. Writing
8. Direct and inverse translation of specific parts of the discourse
UNIT 8
Reading: Superconductivity in Orbit.
Speaking: Talking about problems and offering solutions.
Listening: Innovation is Great (2).
Writing: Reply to an employment advertisement.
Grammar: Order of adjectives.
1. English grammar
2. Vocabulary/Use of English
3. Technical-scientific language
4. Speaking
5. Speaking comprehension
6. Reading comprehension
7. Writing
8. Direct and inverse translation of specific parts of the discourse
UNIT 9
Reading: Man-made Building Materials.
Speaking: Materials used in industry: purpose and cause.
Listening: Nuclear Power Plants.
Writing: Ordering a text into paragraphs.
Grammar: Adjectives: present participle, past participle.
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