Lesson One: Exploring

Architecture
A picture drawing
Get to know each other
Find the picture on the Internet that describes
your life and personality
 Technical English 1
Mid-term 30 score
Active participation 20
Presentation 10
Final exam 40
Mini Tests
What are your expectations?
• What do you think you know?
• What do you want to learn from this course?

• What are my expectations as a teacher?!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Technical English 1
• Types of building (“old people’s home”)
• Parts of buildings and particular types of them (“thatched roof”, “partition wall” etc)
• Building and decorating materials
• Stages of the process of finishing a building
• Things architects do (e.g. “estimate” and “model”)
• Things they use in their job (e.g. “set square”), especially if they have foreign colleagues
• Things other related people use and do, e.g. “lay foundations” and “estimate”
• Vocabulary connected to rules and regulations
• Colors
• Shapes
• Fittings and decorations
• Positive and negative adjectives to describe buildings and people’s reactions to them
• Actions that people do in buildings
• Finance related to buildings (e.g. “mortgage” and “rent”)
• Architectural styles and trends (“postmodern” etc)
• Do you have any questions ?
Warm – up
Discuss the following questions in pairs:

a) What is the definition of Architecture?

b) What is the function of an architect?
Pre-teaching Vocabulary
• Works-
• perceived
• Identify
• Survive
• Term
• Rendering
• Macro-level
• Micro-level
• Landscape
• Adopted
• Supervise
Pre-teaching Vocabulary
• Works-/wəːks/ -the sum total of a writer's or artist's achievements, esp when considered togetherthe works
of Shakespeare
perceived - /per-seev /-to become aware of, know, or identify by means of the senses
• Identify- to recognize or establish as being a particular person or thing;
• Survive-to remain or continue in existence or use
• Term-a word or group of words designating something
• Rendering-a representation of a building, interior, etc., executed in perspective and usually done for purposes
of presentation.
• Macro-level- at or on a level that is large in scale or scope
• Micro-level- at or on a level that is small in scale or scope
• Landscape-a picture representing natural inland or coastal scenery.
• Adopted-having been adopted -an adopted child
• Supervise-to oversee (a process, work, workers, etc.) during execution or performance; superintend; have the
oversight and direction of.
 Reading
Architecture is both the process and the product of planning, designing, and constructing buildings
and other physical structures. Architectural works, in the material form of buildings, are often
perceived as cultural symbols and as works of art. Historical civilizations are often identified with
their surviving architectural achievements.
"Architecture" can mean: A general term to describe buildings and other physical structures. The
art and science of designing buildings and (some) non – building structures. The style of design and
method of construction of buildings and other physical structures. The knowledge of art, science &
technology and humanity .The practice of the architect, where architecture means offering or
rendering professional services in connection with the design and construction of buildings, or built
environments. The design activity of the architect, from the macro-level (urban design, landscape
architecture) to the micro-level (construction details and furniture).The word "architecture" has also
been adopted to describe other designed systems, especially in information technology.
Write the definitions about architecture in
the chart.
• Definitions:
•1
•2
•3
•4
 Vocabulary Activity
Guess the word
Make sentences

• Works
• perceived
• Identify
• Survive
• Term
• Rendering
• Macro-level
• Micro-level
• Landscape
• Adopted
• Supervise
 Speaking: Architect Job description,
career as an architect.

Discuss in pairs. What is your opinion about the architect job

description?
 Architects must
Architects The architect works with
be artists,
design, plan, and the builder to find the
business people,
supervise the right piece of land for a
organizers,
construction of structure.
planners, and
buildings.
coordinators.

The architect creates

Architects work with preliminary sketches,
Architects work engineers, urban usually using computer
outdoors planners, contractors, assisted
when they visit and design and
construction sites. landscape architects. drafting (CADD) software.
Answer the following questions.

• What do architects do?

• Who do architects work with?
• What is CADD?
• Where can they work?
• Why can earnings for architects vary?
What does the architecture mean for you?
Why did you choose this profession?
What are your future plans?
 Write : The profile of an architect.
• Write sentences using these words and phrases.
• Experience and talent offices and outdoors supervisors
• A part – time job a degree from a college design
Experience and talent
• plan supervise work with create
offices and outdoors supervisors
A part – time job a degree from a college design
plan supervise work with create
• Employer- /ɛmˈplɔɪə/
• Employee- /ɛmplɔɪˈi/
 Homework
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_C5vCGB8Xx0
• Watch the video
• Talk about it
• https://techdict.ge/ka/word/rendering%7Cen/
 Links:
• www.britannica.com
• www.breakingnewsenglish.com
• www.voanews.com
• www.architecture.about.com
• www.e-architect.co.uk