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English II

Module name (EN):
Name of module in study programme. It should be precise and clear.
English II
Degree programme:
Study Programme with validity of corresponding study regulations containing this module.
Mechatronics and Sensor Technology, Bachelor, ASPO 01.10.2005
Module code: MST207
Hours per semester week / Teaching method:
The count of hours per week is a combination of lecture (V for German Vorlesung), exercise (U for Übung), practice (P) oder project (PA). For example a course of the form 2V+2U has 2 hours of lecture and 2 hours of exercise per week.
2V (2 hours per week)
ECTS credits:
European Credit Transfer System. Points for successful completion of a course. Each ECTS point represents a workload of 30 hours.
2
Semester: 2
Mandatory course: yes
Language of instruction:
German
Assessment:
Written exam

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Applicability / Curricular relevance:
All study programs (with year of the version of study regulations) containing the course.

MST207 Mechatronics and Sensor Technology, Bachelor, ASPO 01.10.2005 , semester 2, mandatory course
Workload:
Workload of student for successfully completing the course. Each ECTS credit represents 30 working hours. These are the combined effort of face-to-face time, post-processing the subject of the lecture, exercises and preparation for the exam.

The total workload is distributed on the semester (01.04.-30.09. during the summer term, 01.10.-31.03. during the winter term).
30 class hours (= 22.5 clock hours) over a 15-week period.
The total student study time is 60 hours (equivalent to 2 ECTS credits).
There are therefore 37.5 hours available for class preparation and follow-up work and exam preparation.
Recommended prerequisites (modules):
MST106 English I


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Recommended as prerequisite for:
MST307 English III (Applying for a job in English)
MST507 English IV (part of the module “Technical Project” in the 5th semester)


[updated 06.08.2012]
Module coordinator:
Prof. Dr. Christine Sick
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Christine Sick

[updated 01.10.2005]
Learning outcomes:
The one-year English language course consists of the modules English I and English II, with each module providing two contact hours per week. In view of the heterogeneity of the student intake with respect to both language proficiency and motivation, the main goal of the course is to refresh and, more importantly, extend students’ existing English language skills in subject areas and situations that are of relevance to their later careers. A further important aim of this course is to reduce the inhibitions and negative attitudes that students often have regarding foreign language learning and in their own ability to use the language effectively. The course also seeks to raise awareness of intercultural issues and to motivate students to gain work experience or to consider working in an English-speaking or any other foreign country. Finally, special emphasis is placed on teaching learning strategies that will enable students to continue acquiring foreign language skills after completion of the course.

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Module content:
The teaching and study materials and the course curriculum are continuously revised to meet the needs of industry, business and students. The main subject areas and communicative situations covered are:
  - The engineering profession
  - Engineering disciplines
  - Reading a text: Engineering materials
  - Listening to a lecture: The use of metals in the automotive industry
  - Reading a text: Alloys
  - Reading a text published on the internet: The properties and applications of aluminium
  - Listening to a lecture: Shape memory alloys
  - Expressing cause and effect
  - How to understand and make a presentation I: Nickel titanium
  - Making a presentation on a related topic
  - Understanding a difficult scientific text
  - Understanding a difficult lecture
  - Understanding a video: e.g. airbag sensors
 
This semester also deals with further fundamental aspects of grammar (use of the passive voice, adjectives and adverbs, if clauses) and expands students’ technical vocabulary.

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Teaching methods/Media:
Students use integrated multimedia-assisted teaching resources to train the four basic language skills (listening comprehension, reading comprehension, oral and written expression) including repetition of fundamental areas of English grammar and basic vocabulary. Communicative skills are trained during student-centred sessions in a computer-based multimedia language lab. Voluntary periods of self-study in the multimedia language lab allow students to repeat – or in many cases acquire for the first time – the requisite basic vocabulary and to consolidate what has been taught in class.


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Recommended or required reading:
Reference books:
  - D. Beaumont: The Heinemann Elementary English Grammar. An Elementary Reference and Practice Book. Heinemann.
  - P. Emmerson: Business Grammar Builder. Macmillan.
  - R. Murphy.: English Grammar in Use. A self-study reference and practise book for
intermediate students. OUP.
  - G. Häublein, R. Jenkins: Thematischer Grund- und Aufbauwortschatz Englisch. Klett.
  - E. Weis: Grund- und Aufbauwortschatz Englisch. Klett.
 
 
Multimedia language learning software:
  - C. Sick, S. Eichhorn-Jung: TechnoPlus Englisch. Ein multimediales Sprachlernprogramm für Technisches Englisch und Business English [Multimedia language-learning program for technical and business English]. EUROKEY.
  - I. Freebairn, H. Rees-Parnall: The Grammar Rom. Longman.
  - Gramster. Edulang.
  - Oberstufe Englisch. Thematischer Grund- und Aufbauwortschatz [Basic and specialist vocabulary arranged by topic]. CD-ROM. Klett.
  - PONS Business. CD-ROM. Klett.
 
 
Video:
J. Comfort, D. Utley: Effective Presentations. OUP


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