Overview
Lecturer
Maria Elisabeta Mureșan
Seminar tutor
Maria Elisabeta Mureșan
Type of course
Elective (1 of 3)
Language of instruction
English
Erasmus language
English
Domain
Applied Modern Languages
Field of study
Translation and interpretation
Form of education
Full-time
Form of instruction
Class / Seminary
Credit awarded by
Grade
Teaching methods
The grammar translation method.
The audio-lingual approach.
Communicative language teaching
Entry requirements
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Aims
• Develop communication skills to work with international colleagues and customers;
• Do realistic tasks that will prepare them for working in English;
• Practise grammar in different contexts;
• Watch/listen to real engineering English in use in video case studies/CD recordings.
• Learn and practise specialist engineering vocabulary;
Course contents
S1. National parks
1.1. Vocabulary focus- computer jargon
1.2. Vocabulary focus –verb and noun suffixes
1.3. Vocabulary focus-abbreviations and acronyms
S2. Exploring the great north
2.1. Reading-using the Internet effectively
2.2. Reading-evaluating Internet search results
2.3. Writing-reporting research findings
S3.The movers
3.1. Vocabulary focus-word sets:synonyms, antonyms
3.2. Vocabulary focus-common lecture language
3.3.Listening-using symbols and abbreviations in note-taking
S4.The travellers
4.1. Vocabulary focus-countable/uncountable
4.2. Vocabulary focus-transitive/intransitive
4.3. Writing-summarizing a text
S5. The right to health
5.1. Vocabulary focus-replacement subjects, synonyms
5.2. Reading-locating key information in complex sentences
5.3. Writing- paraphrasing
S6. Celebrating women
6.1. Vocabulary focus- countable/uncountable
6.2. Writing-writing complex sentences
S7. Colonial times
7.1. Vocabulary focus-compound nouns
7.2. Vocabulary focus-fixed phrases from business studies
7.3. Listening- understanding speaker emphasis
S8.India in the 21st century
8.1.Reading practice
8.2. Grammar practice: Relative clauses
8.3. Short talk
S9.Inside Africa
9.1. Reading practice
9.2. Grammar practice: Too much/ too many/ enough
9.3. Short talk
S10.A kaleidoscope of cultures
10.1. Reading practice
10.2. Vocabulary practice: Buying things
10.3. Short talk
S11.What makes the world go round?
11.1. Reading practice
11.2. Grammar practice: Comparatives / Superlatives
11.3. Short talk
S12.Green economy
12.1. Reading practice
12.2. Grammar practice: Articles
12.3. Short talk
S13.The European Union
13.1. Reading practice
13.2. Grammar practice: Making guesses
13.3. Short talk
S14.Migrate to Australia
14.1. Reading practice
14.2. Conversation practice
14.3.Short talk
Learning outcomes
• Creatively apply tools and techniques which may include one-to-one training, facilitating, counseling & networking.
• Facilitate the exploration of needs, motivations, desires, skills and thought processes to assist the individual in making real, lasting change.
• Encourage a commitment to action and the development of lasting personal growth & change.
• Work within their area of personal competence.
• Evaluate the outcomes of the process, using objective measures wherever possible to ensure the relationship is successful and the client is achieving their personal goals
Assessment
Project paper Written examination
Recommended reading
• National Qualifications Framework in Higher Education (NQFHE) –Development Concept and Methodology, Bucharest.
ACPART
Bucharest, 2008
• Quality and Access in Higher Education, Open University Press, Anglia.
Berdahl R.O., Moodie G.C., Spitzberg J.I.
Open University Press, England, 1991
• Conceptions of Beginning Teacher Quality: Model for Conducting Research, http://www.copse.org.
Blanton L
http://www.copse.org.
• The Practice of English Language Teaching
Harmer, J.
Pearson Education Limited., England, 2007
• Metodica predării limbii engleze. Strategies of Teaching and Testing English as a Foreign Language. Bucureşti, Polirom.
Vizental, Adriana
Polirom, Bucuresti, 2007