Week 01_English I

What’s Electrical Engineering?

by Rumondang Miranda Marsaulina

Hp: 08128970747
Institut Teknologi Del
Jl. Sisingamangaraja, Laguboti-Sitoluama
Tobasa-Sumatera Utara

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Today’s agenda
1. Teaching course plan (see the details in RPS on cis.del.ac.id)
2. Self-enroll at ecourse.del.ac.id for: Quizzes and exams
Super aware of putting proper punctuations in writing your
sentences.
3. Assignments: collaborative a] Diagram presentation
b] Essay writing
(one team : 3-4 students)
4. - Reading for texts and a diagram; task activities
- Sentence writing: Vocabulary and grammar
(Simple Present Tense in active and Passive)
- Speaking (grammar: Simple Present Tense) and listening

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Read text 1

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Task activity for reading text 1:

1. List the main branches of engineering

2. Sum how many branches listed are mentioned
3. Complete the blanks in this diagram using the text in previous slide

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Read text 2 with the pictures on the right
Task activity for reading text 2:
1. Study these pictures. They show some of the areas in which engineers work. Can you identify them? What
kinds of engineers are concerned with these areas - electrical, mechanical, or both?
2. Now match each text to one of the pictures below.

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Task activity 3 (reading a diagram)
Fill in the gaps in the description of the different branches of engineering on the right column
using information from this diagram.

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Vocabulary:
Match each item in column A with an appropriate
item from column B

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Grammar: Present Tense (1)
Active forms with “action verbs”
(+) S+V1 (verb-s/-es/-ies) + O + Complement.
(-) S+ doesn’t/don’t + Vo (base-form verb) +O + Complement.
(Y/N question) Do/Does + S + Vo (base-form verb) +O+ Complement?
Yes, S + do/does.
No, S + don’t/doesn’t).
(Wh’s word question) Wh’s word + do/does +Vo (base-form verb) + O+
Complement?

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 Grammar: Simple Present Tense (2)
Active forms with “be” verb
(+) S+ be (am/is/are) + adjective/ a/an-singular Noun/plural Noun.
e.g.: She is an engineer.
They are skillful in electrical engineering.
I am not an electrical engineer student.
(-) S + am not/isn’t/aren’t + adjective/ a/an-singular Noun/plural Noun.
(Y/N question) Is/Are + S + adjective/ a/an-singular Noun/plural Noun?
Yes, S + is/are.
No, S + isn’t/aren’t.
(Wh’s word question) Wh’s word + am/is/are +S + adjective/ a/an-singular
Noun/plural Noun?

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 Grammar: Simple Present Tense (3)
Passive forms
(+) S+ am/is/are + V3 + (by Object).
e.g. : Tanti is loved by her mother.
(-) S+ am not/isn’t/aren’t +V3 + (by Object).
e.g.: Math isn’t favored by most students.
(?) Am/Is/Are + S+ V3 + (by Object)?
e.g.: Are English I and Del Character courses learned, too in
Electrical Engineering?
(Wh’s word question) Wh’s word +am/is/are+S+V3+(by Object)?
e.g. : Where is our Robotic Club room moved?
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Attention when writing Wh’s word question
Wh’s words : What, who, whom, which, where, when, whose, why/how come
how/how many/how much/how long

Remember for the Wh’s question sentence:

If the answer to the Wh’s question is as the Subject (usually begins with “who” and
sometimes “what, which”), then the Wh’s question form in Simple Present Tense
must be as follows:

Wh’s word +V1 ?

e.g. : Who directs the Electrical Engineering department?
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Writing:
Vocabulary and Present Tense use in sentences
Link the items from previous slide that you have matched in sentences
using one of these phrasal verbs:
deal with/concern with/ the concern of
Examples:
• Electrical installation deals with cables and switchgear.
• Roads and bridges are the concern of civil area.
• Automobile is concerned with cars and trucks.

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Listening and Speaking
Pair with your friend and talk each other about this schedule.
Use Present Tense when expressing your scheduled activities.

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 What time do Maths start every week?
Maths Start Two times a week
When do students study independently?
Students study independently
on Monday, Wednesday and Friday we do independently lesson once a day
On Tuesday and Thursday we do indenpendently lessons twice a day
How long is Principles class?
Principle class is 2 hour 30 minutes
How many classes are delivered on weekly basis?
on weekly basis are 3 classes a week
What do this number code refer to. e.g. 039?
at code refer to e.g 039, We studying technology lesson
How often does a class have breaks?
a class have breaks at 3 times in a day
How long does Design and make take place?
Design and make take place are 3 hours 15 minute
Where is Technology held?
Technology are held in 039, 051,053,138
What must the students do before sitting Communications class?
The students must lunch at canteen
Which day do the students have the most free time?
The students have free time on Tuesday and ThursdayWeek01_Session01-rmm
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• Civil = roads and bridges
• Automobile = car and trucks
• Aeronacautical = planes
• Marine = ships
• Electricy generating = power stations
• Electrical installation = cables and switchgear
• Medical = body scanners
• Electronic = communications and equipment
• Heating and ventilating = ac

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Next week
Mathematics & Calculation of circumference and area

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Any questions?

Thank you.

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Reference:
Glendinning,E.H. & N. Glendinning.1995. Oxford English for Electrical
and Mechanical Engineering, Oxford: Oxford University Press

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