The Course Aim, Requirements and Outcomes

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 B2+ level according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

 

Learning Outcomes

After completing the course, you will be able…

- to compare and contrast properties of objects using a variety of phrases

- to explain technical principles to lay persons

- to use analogies and rephrasing to provide additional explanations

- to talk about security and safety in a workplace

- to speculate about possibilities, impossibilities and probabilities in the past

- to express regret

- to prepare reports on workplace accidents

- to express degrees of agreement and disagreement

- to make proposals, suggestions and recommendations

- to define a technical term

- to describe experimental testing methods

- to participate in a pre-contract discussion

- to give test reports

- to write an abstract

- to identify a problem and suggest a solution

- to express necessity in the past

- to evaluate your progress in English

- to use phrasal verbs

- to rephrase a conditional clause

- to predict future trends in electrical engineering

- to give a short presentation on a technical topic; to answer follow-up questions

 

 

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.