Technical English

B2  level (Common European Framework of Reference).

The adopted methodology is based on reading/listening to texts and documents within the study area, on the production of both spoken and written wordings stemming from professional practice, and on “mock” situations. Courses are strongly practical, centred on individual and group assignments, such as:

1. Reading comprehension exercises;

2. Oral comprehension exercises;

3. Audio texts, short documentaries and note taking;

4. Short essays and sumaries;

5. Brief presentations.

The Course Unit “Technical English” aims at broadening and strengthening background knowledge and providing students with the appropriate competences to communicate in working environment as well as collect and produce information. This UC also intends to foster autonomous lifelong learning.

1. CV, cover letters, and oral presentations

2. Life Sciences and laboratory work

3. Animals: classification, anatomy, physiology and care

4. Grammar review: verb tenses; nouns; adjectives; prepositions; connectors and linking words

1. Periodic Assessment:

1. Written test:  60%

2. Oral presentation: 40%

Conditions: 2/3 attendance and final grade equal to or more than 9.5

2. Exam

2.1 Written exam: 100%

2.2 Students who have not passed the periodic assessment, but who have attended at least 2/3 of the classes taught and have obtained a minimum grade of 10 in the oral presentation, are entitled, in any of the examination periods, to the application of the following formula:

Written exam 60% + Oral presentation 40%

General conditions: final grade equal to or more than 9.5

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