ENGINEERING
1. READING AND WRITING ABOUT ENGINEERING IN GENERAL : THE DIFFERENT BRANCES OF ENGINEERING
2. EXPRESSING BASIC NOTIONAL CONCEPTS : NUMBERS, MATHEMATICAL SIGNS, SIMPLE ARITHMETICAL OPERATIONS
3. DESCRIBING GEOMETRICAL FIGURES AND SHAPES
4. SYMBOLS AND FORMULAE
5. SCANNING TABLES. MAKING DEFINITIONS USING RELATIVE CLAUSES IN THE CONTEXT OF ENGINEERING MATERIALS
6. UNDERSTANDING ADJECTIVE AND NOUN PAIRS FOR DESCRIBING PROPERTIES
7. ADDING INFORMATION TO A TEXT USING NON-DEFINING RELATIVE CLAUSES
8. MATCHING TECHNICAL AND NON-TECHNICAL TERMS : SIMPLIFYING AND ILLUSTRATING TECHNICAL EXPLANATIONS : FOCUS ON LINKING WORDS OF COMPARISON AND CONTRAST
9. EXPRESSING CONCESSION USING “EVEN IF” , UNLESS”AND ALTHOUGH IN THE CONTEXT OF ROBOTICS
10. DESCRIBING TECHNICAL FUNCTIONS AND APPLICATIONS FOCUS ON “ USED TO “ . “USED FOR”AND BY + ING
11. TALKING ABOUT SPECIFICATIONS FOCUS ON HAVETO, NEED AND MUST
12. EMPHASIZING TECHNICAL ADVANTAGES : FOCUS ON ADVERBS AND ADJECTIVES
13. DESCRIBING PROCESSES : FOCUS ON PASSIVE STRUCTURES
14. DISCUSSING QUALITY ISSUES IN THE CONTEXT OF ENVIRONMENTAL AUDITS. FOCUS ON WORD FORMATION : SUFFIXES FORM ADJECTIVE TO NOUN “TOUGH - TOUGHNESS”
15. EXPLAINING AND ASSESSING MANUFACTURING TECHNIQUES
16. DISCUSSING DIMENSIONS AND PRECISION UN THE CONTEXT OF TECHNICAL DRAWINGS FOCUS ON SCALES AND VIEWS
17. RESOLVING DESIGN PROBLEMS . FOCUS ON MODALS TO EXPRESS UNCERTAINTY AND DEDUCTION
18. DESCRIBING TECHNICAL FAULT IN THE CONTEXT OF THE APOLLO 13 FILM. FOCUS ON WAYS OF EXPRESSING CAUSE AND EFFECT
19. DISCUSSING REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE . FOCUS ON COMPOUND NOUNS AND THE ORDER OF ADJECTVES
20. ASSESSING FEASIBILITY IN THE CONTEXT OF DESIGN BUDJET S AND SCHEDULES. FOCUS ON IF CLAUSES AND CONDITIONAL SENTENCES
21. DESCRIBING SAFETY PRECAUTIONS IN THE CONTEXT OF INDUSTRIAL HAZARDS AND SAFETY EQUIPMENT FOCUS ON TERMS TO DESCRIBE REGULATIONS
22. DISCUSSING REEADINGS AND TRENDS IN THE CONTEXT OF DYNAMIC DEMAND CONTROLS. FOCUS ON WORDS TO DESCRIBE FLUCTUATIONS
23. EXPRESSING VIEWS ON PREDICTIONS AND THEORIES IN THE CONTEXT OF VEHICLE DESIGN AND TESTING FOCUS ON WORDS TO DESCRIBE TESTS, PHRASES FOR STATING ASSUMPTIONS AND FOR COMPARING EXPECTATIONS AND RESULTS
24. DISCUSSING PHYSICAL FORCES IN STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING FOCUS ON WORDS TO DESCRIBE TYPES OF FORCES
25. DISCUSSING PERFORMANCE AND SUITABILITY IN THE CONTEXT OF RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES FOCUS ON WORDS TO DESCRIBE DEGREES OF DIFFERENCE AND TO WORDS TO DESCRIBE CAPABILITIES AND LIMITS
26. PREPARING A PRESENTATION IN ENGLISH : RESEARCH TOPIC , DRAFT OF PROJECT , OVERVIEW OF PROJECT. COMPARISON WITH PROGRESS MADE SO FAR IN THE FIELD, OUTLINE OF IMPLICATIONS FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT , POWER POINT PRESENTATION
GRAMMAR
1. PRESENT TIME : PRESENT SIMPLE , PRESENT CONTINUOUS, PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE AND CONTINUOUS, STATIVE VERBS
2. PAST TIME : PAST SIMPLE PAST CONTINUOUS, PAST PERFECT SIMPLE PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS , WOULD , USED TO , BE/GET USED TO
3. FUTURE TIME : PRESENT TENSES IN TIME CLAUSES , FUTURE PERFECT , FUTURE CONTINUOUS
4. ARTICLES, QUANTIFIERS , COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS
5. CONDITIONALS . ZERO, FIRST , SECOND THIRD, MIXED , INVERTED, , /UNLESS, IN CASE, AS LONG AS, PROVIDED
6. COMPARATIVES, SUPERLATIVES/ SO, SUCH, ENOUGH, TOO
7. MODALS : ABILITY, PERMISSIN, ADVICE, CRITICISM, OBLIGATION AND NECESSITY, DEGREES OF CERTAINTY
8. THE PASSIVE/ CAUSATIVE/DIRECT AND INDIRECT OBJECTS
9. –ING FORM OR INFINITVE/PREFER, WOULD RATHER, HAD BETTER/INFINITIVE OR PURPOSE
10. QUESTIONS/QUESTION TAGS /INDIRECT QUESTIONS
11. REPORTED SPEECH/REPORTED QUESTIONS /REPORTING VERBS
12. RELATIVE CLAUSES/PARTICIPLES ,
13. UNREAL PAST, WISHES / REGRETS
14. INVERSIONS
LEVEL DESCRIPTORS:
NOTA : GLI STUDENTI POSSONO SOSTENERE L’ESAME DI LABORATORIO DI LINGUA INGLESE SOLO DOPO AVER FATTO L’ESAME DEI CREDITI OBBLIGATORI E/O VERIFICA OBBLIGATORIA.
