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Inglés técnico: What is engineering?




Enviado por Herald Ruiz



  1. Objetivos de la Asignatura
  2. What
    is engineering?
  3. Reading
  4. Vocabulary
  5. Writing
  6. Get
    real
  7. Read
    the following text and do the exercises oriented
    below
  8. Exercise

Objetivos de la
Asignatura

A.- OBJETIVOS GENERALES:

Al finalizar el curso de inglés I,
los estudiantes serán capaces de:

  • Utilizar técnicas básicas
    de lectura a través del análisis crítico
    de textos técnicos de contenido común a todas
    las especialidades que les permitan obtener
    información precisa y útil para el desarrollo
    de sus capacidades profesionales y laborales.

  • Interpretar correctamente estructuras
    gramaticales básicas del idioma inglés
    organizadas dentro de funciones retóricas del lenguaje
    a través de la interpretación correcta de
    conceptualizaciones, ejemplificaciones, clasificaciones,
    causas-efectos e instrucciones que les permita ampliar
    conocimientos en su área de estudio y posteriormente
    aplicarlos en su campo socio-laboral.

  • Aplicar los conocimientos adquiridos a
    través de la interpretación de textos
    científicos generales en inglés para la
    extracción de información
    básica.

  • Expresar mensajes sencillos en
    inglés dentro de un contexto común a todas las
    especialidades por medio de diálogos y ejercicios
    orales.

  • Redactar coherentemente sus ideas por
    medio de escritos sencillos en inglés.

  • Defender con objetividad sus puntos de
    vista y convicciones.

What is
engineering?

BEFORE YOU
START

In your own language, think of four words to describe
engineering. How do you say these words in English? Write down
four English words to describe engineering.

Reading

  • Read the headings of the paragraphs (1-4) below.
    Underline any new words and look them up in the glossary or
    your dictionary. What do you think each paragraph will be
    about?

  • Read the paragraphs (1-4) below and
    check.

  • Anyone can use engineering
    ideas

This method of problem-solving is useful in
everyday life. For example, you can use the five steps
next time you prepare for a test.

Define the problem: I want to pass my test
next week.

Design a solution: I will study for three
hours a day.

Test the solution: Study for three hours a
day and take the test.

Evaluate the solution: Have I passed the
test with a good mark? Yes – a good solution.No = a bad solution,
so think of a better one.

Communicate the solution: Tell your friends
about your test-passing technique.

Read the four paragraphs again and decide
if the sentences (1-4) below, are true (T) or false
(F).

  • Lots of things are made by engineers.
    T/F

  • Engineering isn't practical.
    T/F

  • Engineers must think carefully.
    T/F

  • Only engineers can solve problems.
    T/F

Vocabulary

Match the highlighted words from the text
with the meanings (1-7) below.

  • plan

  • say exactly

  • a business

  • answer

  • careful

  • assess the success of

  • normal

Writing

 

  • Read the paragraph headings again.
    Do you agree with them?

  • Choose one of the problems below or
    your own problem. Solve it using the five steps. Make
    notes.

  • You want to go away for a weekend with
    your friends but your parents want you to study.

  • You want to buy a CD player but you
    haven't got any money.

  • Explain your problem and the
    solution.

  • Look at the four words you wrote to
    describe engineering at the beginning of the unit. Do you
    want to change them?

Get real

Look in the internet information about an example of a
new, improved design, for example, a new model of car, household
appliance, or personal stereo. Compare the original and the new
one. Which features are different? Is the new one
better?

Read the following
text and do the exercises oriented below

Civil Engineering

What is civil engineering?

  • Civil engineering gives you the opportunity to
    benefit the community in many ways. You are able to
    specialize in design, construction, research and development
    or teaching.

  • You could be responsible for the design or
    construction of: dams used for flood mitigation, water
    supplies, irrigation and hydro-electric power, as well as all
    the associated infrastructure works.

  • Major public utilities such as railways, urban and
    country roads, freeways, bridges, tunnels, airports, docks
    and harbors.

  • The foundations and superstructures of buildings as
    diverse as domestic houses, hospitals and
    skyscrapers.

  • Water and wastewater treatment plants, coastal
    protection schemes and other environmental protection
    works.

Career opportunities

Civil Engineering offers a unique range of career
opportunities. You can work in an office, on a site in the middle
of a city or in the bush. You can work for yourself or somebody
else. As well as the many exciting opportunities in Australia,
there are great opportunities overseas, in a wide range of
building and development projects, including infrastructure
development.

As a civil engineer, you would work closely with a wide
range of people so project management skills are an important
part of the program.

Research opportunities

If you specialize in research and development, you will
focus on trying to find solutions to the many problems which
arise in practice.

You might develop new materials and new methods of
design and construction which would lead to improvements in the
key areas of economy and safety. You may pass on these new
developments through publication in learned journals, at
conferences or university teaching.

Exercise

1. Follow this link:
http://www.sapiensman.com/ESDictionary/index.htm or:
http://www.wordreference.com/es/translation.asp?tranword=technical
to use a bilingual dictionary to find the context by meaning
of the following words from the reading:

flood mitigationcountry
roadsfreewaysskyscraperswastewater treatment plantsenvironmental
protectiondevelopment projectsmanagement skillsDamswater
supplieshydro-electric powerrailwaysdocksbuildings

2. Find ten cognate words from the
reading:

  • ___________________________________

  • ___________________________________

  • ___________________________________

  • ___________________________________

  • ___________________________________

  • ___________________________________

  • ___________________________________

  • ___________________________________

  • ___________________________________

  • ___________________________________

3. Find synonyms in the reading for the
following words.

  • building in paragraph #1

  • investigation in paragraph
    #1

  • varied in paragraph #4

  • abroad in paragraph #6

  • come up in paragraph #8

  • ¿QUE LE MEJORARIA O
    AGREGARIA?

  • Ya que el propósito principal
    del ingles técnico es que los estudiantes adquieran
    las destrezas necesarias para interpretar textos de la
    especialidad, en mi opinión el docente debe buscar
    enlaces en el internet para actividades extras donde el
    estudiante pueda estudiar por su cuenta la parte gramatical
    de idioma.

 

 

Autor:

Lic. Eudomilia Urrutia
Mairena.

Enviado por:

Herald Ruiz

Universidad : Universidad Nacional de
Ingeniería

Facultad : Tecnología de la
Construcción

Carrera: Ingeniería Civil

Plan : 97

Disciplina : Idiomas

Asignatura : Idioma Extranjero I

Tipo de Asignatura :
Básica

Año : Primer Año Diurno y
Nocturno

Semestre: Primer Semestre Diurno y
Nocturno.

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