English for Technical Purposes

6050 Technisches Englisch (MTE)

Kursverlauf
Kursmaterial

Dr. (USA) Andrea Kolowski-Klee

English for Technical Purposes

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Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics

Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, Advanced Energies
Dr. (USA) Andrea Kolowski-Klee
+49 (0)5261-702-571
Room 1.704 C
andrea.kosslowski-klee@hs-owl.de

TARGET GROUP
Students enrolled in the following degree programs: Mechanical Engineering,
Mechatronics and Advanced Energies. A good knowledge of the English language is
a prerequisite.

Structure and Goals of the Course

This course helps students learn the proper ways of communicating and acting in
technical and business situations while using a foreign language. The course covers
relevant topics from the areas of business, mechanical engineering, mechatronics
and advanced energies. Students will practice using English successfully in specific
professional situations, e.g. participating in technical discussions and negotiations,
preparing technical descriptions, giving lectures and making presentations, incl.
descriptions of graphs, tables, etc. Reading comprehension will be improved by using
authentic texts, while listening comprehension will benefit from training in situations
taken from professional life (summarizing lectures, taking notes, etc.). Students will
learn better business- and technology-related writing skills by composing business
letters and technical reports. This language course will use the most up-to-date
written and audio-visual materials, as well as computer applications.

STUDY MATERIAL
Teaching material will be provided.
This course is a subject-related language course, not a technical seminar or
lecture
in
English.
Knowledge
of
mechanical
engineering/mechatronics/advanced energies is a prerequisite.

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