Course Aim

The aim of this course is to teach you how to communicate independently and effectively in technically-oriented working environments and equip you with language competencies at the B1/B2 level according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.


Learning Outcomes

After completing the course, you will be able…

·       to explain the aims of some activity and reasons why something is done

·       to report an incident

·       to describe an experiment and report about it

·       to talk about past events

·       to describe a sequence of events

·       to describe a process and a method

·       to write an abstract

·       to describe shapes, technical drawings and specifications

·       to describe the principle, function and application of a device

·       to report on damage

·       to use various means to check effectively the correctness of some less-known collocations

·       to speculate and show various levels of certainty

·       to give instructions using the imperative mood

·       to express regret

·       to compare and contrast things

·       to give advice and suggest a solution

·       to add more information to a text using suitable phrases of addition in order to achieve good coherence of the text

·       to describe materials properties

·       to describe a production process

·       to participate in a meeting actively and to take minutes

·       to give safety precautions and warnings

·       to describe abilities and skills

·       to express a complex formal rule or prohibition

·       to make predictions about the future

·       to write a job accident report

·       to describe a graph and do a SWOT analysis

·       to rephrase a sentence to express the same meaning in a different way

·       to compare and contrast

·       to describe safety risks

·       to understand and communicate issues related to the environment, electrical engineering and the automotive industry

·       to describe simultaneous past actions

·       to describe sequential past events

·       to describe a graph

·       to express approximations

.       to describe an electrical circuit


Course Requirements

The indicator of completing this course successfully is passing the final test. However, to achieve this, it is not necessary to go through all the tasks in this course. You should do the exercises until you feel you have mastered the material being practised; i.e. until you can use it independently without any guidance. Usually, it is necessary to go through at least 75% of exercises in each unit, but, of course, extra practice is always helpful