OG2EJ4 - English Language 4
Course specification | ||||
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Course title | English Language 4 | |||
Acronym | OG2EJ4 | |||
Study programme | Electrical Engineering and Computing | |||
Module | Power Engineering | |||
Type of study | bachelor academic studies | |||
Lecturer (for classes) | ||||
Lecturer/Associate (for practice) | ||||
Lecturer/Associate (for OTC) | ||||
ESPB | 3.0 | Status | elective | |
Condition | Students should possess knowledge of English at the upper intermediate level. | |||
The goal | Training students to explain complex processes. Developing students’ critical thinking skills. Training students to read texts and isolate pieces of specific information in such texts. Qualifying students for reading and sharing the information related to electrical engineering. Training students to write a CV and a motivation letter. | |||
The outcome | Upon the completion of this module students should be able to: - explain complex processes in various areas of electrical engineering, - to use critical thinking skills in order to solve specific tasks, - complete diagrams and tables in accordance with the given instructions, - write a short CV and a motivation letter, - note details from spoken and written discourse of electrical engineering | |||
Contents | ||||
Contents of lectures | Comparison and contrast structures. Non-finite verb forms – infinitives, participles, gerund. Infinitives of purpose showing the link between facts and ideas in writing and speaking. Principles of grouping new words into topic sets in order to memorise them more easily. Algorithm for transferring information from a text to a diagram. Formal rules for oral presentations. | |||
Contents of exercises | Transferring information from a written text to a diagram. Creating oral presentation on a technical topic related to electrical engineering. Identifying and describing a component or an instrument. Using cause and effect structures to describe a cause and effect chain of some phenomena in electrical engineering. Exchanging information orally from notes. Creating oral presentation. | |||
Literature | ||||
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Number of hours per week during the semester/trimester/year | ||||
Lectures | Exercises | OTC | Study and Research | Other classes |
2 | ||||
Methods of teaching | Critical thinkg methods, active methods, methods developing higher-order thinking skills. “Flipped Classroom” methods. Methods of Humanistic Psychology. | |||
Knowledge score (maximum points 100) | ||||
Pre obligations | Points | Final exam | Points | |
Activites during lectures | 20 | Test paper | 40 | |
Practical lessons | Oral examination | 30 | ||
Projects | 10 | |||
Colloquia | ||||
Seminars | 0 |