Course 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 Entry Requirements:

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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

Teaching methods:

The grammar translation method. The audio-lingual approach. Communicative language teaching

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

Learning outcomes verification and assessment criteria:

Project paper Written examination

Recommended reading:

ACPART, • National Qualifications Framework in Higher Education (NQFHE) –Development Concept and Methodology, Bucharest. Bucharest, 2008,
Berdahl R.O., Moodie G.C., Spitzberg J.I., • Quality and Access in Higher Education, Open University Press, Anglia., Open University Press, England, 1991,
Blanton L, • Conceptions of Beginning Teacher Quality: Model for Conducting Research, http://www.copse.org., http://www.copse.org.,
Harmer, J., • The Practice of English Language Teaching, Pearson Education Limited., England, 2007,
Vizental, Adriana, • Metodica predării limbii engleze. Strategies of Teaching and Testing English as a Foreign Language. Bucureşti, Polirom., Polirom, Bucuresti, 2007,