Engineering English 2 (3 cr)

Objectives (course unit)

Developing spoken and written communications skills needed in the chosen field of specialization in technology and increasing the professional vocabulary of technology.

Content (course unit)

The topics of the course:

• English for construction engineering, depending on the specialisation option
• Construction engineer in the business life
- meeting and negotiation skills
- trade fair
- small talk
- intercultural communication
• Presentation of a technical product, device, process, software etc.
- measurements, form, materials, faults and other technical information
• Applying for a job
- CV, job application, job interview
• Grammar as needed

Prerequisites (course unit)

B2: Vantage – Fluent and spontaneous communication

Exam schedules

Written exam
Oral exam

Evaluation methods and criteria

written exam 40 %
oral exam: job interview 40 %
CV 5 %
written report 15%

Teaching methods

contact teaching
group work
independent work
e-learning
written exam, oral exam
course feedback

Learning materials

Teacher's material
material collected by students

Student workload

Contact teaching 2 hours/student/week
Independent work
Homework

Further information

Teaching begins on Monday 31 August 2015 at 14.15

Assessment criteria - fail (0) (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

- is unable to participate in spoken communication because of his/her difficulties in spoken production /or in understanding other speakers
-pronunciation is difficult to understand
-can control a very narrow vocabulary which is not enough in order to deal with production or interaction. Uses inappropriate words and phrases repeatedly
-shows a limited control of a few simple grammatical structures
-is unable to deal with written communication in an appropriate way
-cannot produce clear and coherent text.
-has problems to find relevant information in texts on familiar matters

Assessment criteria - satisfactory (1-2) (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

-can carry out a job interview provided he/she is given some help to express what he/she wants to
- can write memos, reports, summaries and other texts related to his/her field such as manuals provided he/she can prepare them long enough
- can understand texts in his/her field provided he/she can use aids e.g. dictionaries
- can deal with simple conversations
- can follow standard speech in everyday conversation provided he/she can ask for repetition
- pronounces mostly comprehensibly
- can express him/herself with somewhat clarity
- uses basic grammatical structures
- has a sufficient vocabulary to express him/herself so that essential message comes across
- can find and understand relevant information in texts on familiar matters

Assessment criteria - good (3-4) (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

- can carry out a job interview fairly effectively and fluently
- can write memos, reports, summaries and other texts connected to his field such as instructions and manuals
- can understand texts on subjects related to his field
- can discuss and interact with some confidence
- can understand interlocutors who use different accents if the topic is familiar
- pronunciation is fairly intelligible even if a foreign accent is somewhat evident and occasional mispronunciations occur
- can express him/herself fairly clearly and precisely in writing
- shows a relatively high degree of grammatical control. If he/she makes mistakes he/she can correct him/herself if mistakes have led to misunderstanding
- lexical accuracy is fairly high
- can understand the main ideas of complext text
on both concrete and abstract topics, including technical discussions in his/her field of specialisation.

Assessment criteria - excellent (5) (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

- can carry out an effective and fluent job interview
- can write clear, well-structured memos, reports, summaries as well as other texts on subjects related to his/her field such as instructions and manuals
- can understand in detail texts related to his/her own area of speciality
- can discuss fluently and spontaneously
- can understand relatively effortlessly people who use different accents
- has acquired a clear, natural pronunciation and intonation
- can express him/herself with clarity and precision in writing
- has a good grammatical control and accuracy. Occasional slips or non-systematic errors and minor flaws in sentence structure may still occur
- has a good command of a broad lexical repertoire
- can understand in detail a wide range of lengthy, complex texts