- Docente: Benjamin Alexander Naisby Goodall
- Credits: 3
- Language: English
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Electrical Energy Engineering (cod. 9066)
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from Sep 17, 2024 to Dec 17, 2024
Learning outcomes
At the end of this course students are provided with specific knowledge of advanced English language in scientific and technical field.
Course contents
Facoltà di Ingegneria Anno Academico 2024-25
First Semester
Technical English Course
Scheme of work (Piano di Lavoro)
The course is divided into ten-lessons. Each lesson lasts three hours. The total course is thirty hours.The lessons will be every Tuesday from 11-14 and 16.00-19.00 in rooms 5.4 e 5.5 respectively.
The ten lessons will focus on themes related to the world of engineering. An ulterior aspect of the course will involve conversational English, grammar and lexis. Furthermore, how to write a discursive essay and an academic analysis of data.
The course content may include various aspects of the following themes:
The world of electric vehicles and charging posts (colonnine di ricarica)
The world of technology in 2024
The Green life. Cycling and MIPS technology in helmets.
Recycling of rubbish
The world of skyscrapers
The world of wood.
How we get around today in 2024 in cities. For example, E-Scooters.(monopattini).
The world of biomass
The world of alternative energy sources.
The world of AI
Docente Benjamin Goodall
Assessment methods
The course will be assessed by written pieces including an end of course written test. This test will be divided into two parts. A discursive essay and an academic analysis of presented data.
Office hours
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