Unit denseignement: Anglais scientifique

Volume Horaire hebdomadaire: 1h30

Objectifs du cours

1 Language development and Vocabulary expansion.

2 Getting acquainted with the origins (root, suffix, prefix) of the scientific and
technical terms in order to read, write and talk about Science and Technology.
3 Vocabulary strategies for unfamiliar words.
4 Science and Technology vocabulary exercises.
5 Reading and comprehension skills.
2 Listening and comprehension.

Contenu/Programme
Unit 1: Describing a process.
Text: Sugar production.

Objectives :

1 Describing a process in the present.

2 Vocabulary related to processes.
3 Affixes.
4 Grammatical structures.
5 Present simple/ present progressive.
6 The active and passive form.

Unit 2: Describing past discoveries/Inventions and experiments

Text 1: The nature of light.
Text 2: Paper.
Objectives :

7 Describing an experiment a process in the past

8 Familiarizing with past discoveries, inventions and experiments.
9 Vocabulary related to discoveries and inventions.
10 Affixes: ing.
11 Grammatical structures.
12 Past simple/ past progressive.
13 The active and passive form.
Unit 3: Describing amount and quantities---Comparing and contrasting.
Text : Oil producers

Objectives :
14 Vocabulary related to oil
15 Numbers and figures.
16 Graphs, charts and diagrams