OBJETIVOS This course addresses the needs of students following

CURSO ACADÉMICO: 2013-2014
Código
Descripción
1023009
INGLÉS TÉCNICO
Titulación
Departamento
Ingeniería Técnica Agrícola- Especialidad en
Industrias Agrarias y Alimentarias
Filologías Modernas
Tipo de Asignatura
Curso
Cuatrimestre
Créditos
Teóricos
Prácticos Aula
Prácticos Laboratorio
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6
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1,5
OBJETIVOS
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This course addresses the needs of students following the technical programmes offered by the
University of La Rioja, and also the needs of students from humanity programmes who want to
improve their technical English
At the end of the course, students should be able to:
- Understand information both implied and directly stated in the text.
- Understand concepts.
- Skim or scan to locate specific information.
- Understand relations between parts of the text through the use of grammatical as well as lexical
cohesion devices.
- Distinguish the main ideas from supporting details.
- Deduce meanings of new words from context.
- Give their own definitions of words.
- Rephrase sentences.
- Use the correct prefixes, suffixes and noun phrases in word formation.
- Write compositions and letters on prescribed topics.
- Understand oral texts from a variety of sources (other students, DVDs, the internet, etc).
PROGRAMA DE LA ASIGNATURA
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UNIT 1
1.0 Listening to and trying to understand a PowerPoint presentation.
1.1 FIRST THINGS GO FIRST: NUMBERS AND CALCULATIONS
1.1.A Saying Numbers
1.1.B Calculating with Numbers
1.2 COMPOSITION TOPIC 1: GIVING OPINIONS
UNIT 2
2.0 Growing tomatoes.
2.1 IF...THEN: LOGIC AND CONDITIONS
2.1.A Conditionals of the First Type
2.1.B Conditionals of the Second Type
2.1.C Conditionals of the Third Type
2.2 COMPOSITION TOPIC 1: EXPRESSING YOUR OPINIONS
UNIT 3
3.0 Following Steve Jobs in Apple
3.1 MORE AND MOST: COMPARISONS IN TECHNICAL TEXTS
3.1.A Building Comparatives and Superlatives
3.1.B Using Comparatives and Superlatives
3.2 COMPOSITION TOPIC 2: WRITING A FORMAL LETTER
UNIT 4
4.0 Electromagnetism.
4.1 "LOOOONG" WORDS: PREFIXES AND SUFFIXES IN SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL TEXTS
4.1.A Prefixes in Scientific and Technical Texts
4.1.B Suffixes in Scientific and Technical Texts
4.2 COMPOSITION TOPIC 2: WRITING E-MAILS AND INFORMAL LETTERS
UNIT 5
5.0 British International Motor Show.
5.1 WHAT TO DO AND HOW TO DO IT: THE LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTIONS
5.1.A Giving Instructions
5.1.B Giving Reasons (and Consequences) of Instructions and Processes
5.2 COMPOSITION TOPIC 3: ORGANISING IDEAS
UNIT 6
6.0 Wine tasting (only “virtual”)
6.1 "WHICH" OR "COMMA, WHICH": RELATIVES IN TECHNICAL DESCRIPTIONS AND DEFINITIONS
6.1.A Defining Relative Clauses
6.1.B Non-Defining Relative Clauses
6.2 COMPOSITION TOPIC 3: CONNECTING IDEAS
SISTEMA Y CRITERIOS DE EVALUACIÓN
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The final grade will be assessed by means of a final exam which will consist of a reading comprehension (25%), a
listening comprehension exercise (25%), a rephrasing exercise (five phrases to rephrase, 1.5 points in all: 15% of
the whole exam), a word-formation exercise (five words, 1 point in all: 10% of the whole exam), and a
composition exercise (25%).
BIBLIOGRAFÍA BÁSICA
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Bates, M. and T. Dudley-Evans. 1996. General Science. Essex: Longman.
Beigbeder Atienza, F. 1996. Diccionario técnico: inglés-español, español-inglés. Technical Dictionary: EnglishSpanish, Spanish-English. Madrid: Díaz de Santos.
Boeckner, K. and P. C. Brown. 2001. Oxford English for Computing. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Fernández y Suárez, R. L. and M. J. de Teresa Paredes. 1993. English for Agroforestry Specialties. Inglés para
especialidades agroforestales. Madrid: Síntesis.
Glendinning, E. H. 1993. Oxford English for Electronics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Glendinning, E. H. 1995. Oxford English for Electrical and Mechanical Engineering. Oxford: Oxford University
Press.
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Hall, E. J. 1977. The Language of Electrical and Electronic Engineering in English. New York: Regents.
Humby, E. and P. B. Robinson. 1982. Computer Applications. 1982. London: Cassell.
Johnson, C. M. and D. 1992. General Engineering. London: Prentice Hall International.
Mountford, A. 1997. English in Agriculture. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Swan, M. 1995. Practical English Usage. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Yates, C. St. J. and A. Fitzpatrick. 1997. Technical English for Industry. Essex: Longman.
Profesor Responsable: José Díaz Cuesta
jose.diaz-cuesta@unirioja.es
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