Technical Language Course Overview
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ScribdTranslationsUNIVERSITY OF SAN CARLOS OF GUATEMALA
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
SCHOOL OF SCIENCES
TECHNICAL LANGUAGE COURSE PROGRAM 3
CODE: 0006 CREDITS: 2
SCHOOL: SCIENCES FIELD TO WHICH IT BELONGS: SCIENCES
PREREQUISITE:INTERMEDIATE LEVEL POST REQUIREMENT:
FROM ENGLISH, TECHNICAL LANGUAGE II TECHNICAL LANGUAGE IV
CATEGORY MANDATORY SECTION:
HOURS PER WEEK HOURS PER WEEK OF
OF THE COURSE: 4 HOURS LABORATORY:
COURSE SCHEDULE LAB SCHEDULE.
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course is part of a series of four courses that will lay the foundation for the development of the
ability to comprehend and analyze technical language reading in English through practice
of reading, writing, listening comprehension, and oral expression techniques.
The Technical Language I course aims to review specific grammatical structures.
that are used in different scientific and technical texts, in this sense combines the
basic syntactic (grammatical), functional (topics and situations in the technical context) knowledge
and semantic (vocabulary) according to the different themes specific to the career of
engineering.
The practice emphasizes activities of reading and writing, listening comprehension, and techniques of
oral expression through which the student will be able to critically evaluate the information and
summarize it so that it becomes a multiplier of technological knowledge.
GENERAL OBJECTIVES
Develop in the student the ability to understand the main idea of a text.
complex
Develop in the student the ability to interact with a degree of fluency and
spontaneity
Develop in the student the ability to produce clear and detailed texts
In each class period, the student must
LISTENING SPEAKING READING WRITING THINKING
Recognize the Pronounce Understand Define Compare
technical vocabulary Correctly
Understand Express your opinion Identify the relationships Producer relations Distinguish
The main theme causal causal
Understand the Compare Identify facts from theories Compare / Contrast Classify
connections contrast
Take notes Describe Predict Describe Discriminate
Argue Conclude Paraphrase
Conclude Summarize
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EVALUATION OF ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE:
The minimum passing grade is 61 points, and a minimum attendance is required.
80% to be eligible for the final exam.
According to the Evaluation and Promotion Standards for undergraduate students
Faculty of Engineering, the process will be as follows:
3 short exams 15 points each 45
3 oral exams 5 points each 15
Projects and tasks 15
Final exam 25
TOTAL 100
METHODOLOGY
The course will be developed through the presentation of readings for which will be applied
the following strategies:
Prediction
Problem solving
Association of prior knowledge
Relationship with one's own reality
Presentation of vocabulary and syntax
PROGRAMMATIC CONTENT:
UNIT I: (14 class periods)
THEME GRAMMAR READING WRITING SPEAKING
READINGS
Management Identify causal Identify a Write a cause Explain why
technology relationship cause and and effect management technology
Cause and effect effect paragraph is important
paragraph paragraph Write cause and effects
Total quality Infer facts, Identify a Write a Analyze statistical
control compare and compare and compare and results in quality control
management contrast contrast contrast
paragraph paragraph paragraph
Production Distinguish facts Identify facts Write their Give their opinion about
Technology from opinions from opinions opinions about production technology
the topic
Planning Infer and make Infer the right Draw their own conclusions about
conclusions meaning conclusion Planning
UNIT II: (14 class periods)
THEME GRAMMAR READING WRITING SPEAKING
READINGS
Mechanical Distinguish facts Identify a factor Write theories Explain theories
engineering from theories from a theory
Sub disciplines Infer and draw Identify Write Conclude about the
of Mechanical conclusion conclusions conclusions topic
Engineering
Heat transfer Distinguish facts Identify facts Write facts Explain facts
from theories
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Motors Infer and draw Infer meaning Write specific Define specific
conclusions from context vocabulary vocabulary
UNIT III: (14 class periods)
THEME GRAMMAR READING WRITING SPEAKING
READINGS
Electric circuits Rewording Identify key words Reword Rephrase
information
Electromagnetism Summarizing Identify key words to summary Summarize
summarize information
Telecommunications Outline Identify elements of an Write an Tell the main and
Elements of an essay outline general ideas of a
essay topic
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Warriene's high school: Handbook. Holt Reinhart and Winston Inc, Harcourt Brace
Jonavovich Inc.
NorthStar; Focus on reading and writing; Judy L. Miller and Robert F. Cohen
Longman
Focus on Grammar: Sarah Lynn, Longman
The resume Handbook; (3rdEd), excerpted in the Wall Street Journal’s National Business
Employment weekly, how to write outstanding resumes and cover letters for every
situation. Arthur Rosenberg and David Hizer. Adams Media Corporation
Job Interview book: Answer the toughest job interview questions with confidence; Bob
Adams, Media Corporation Holdbrook Massachusetts
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