ID: 0489
Course type: academic-general education
Course coordinator: Vesić-Pavlović S. Tijana
Lecturers: Vesić-Pavlović S. Tijana
Contact: Vesić-Pavlović S. Tijana
Level of studies: B.Sc. (undergraduate) Academic Studies – Mechanical Engineering
ECTS: 2
Final exam type: written
Department: Department of Industrial Engineering
Acquisition of vocational lexis related to different engineering areas (engineering materials, machine members, internal combustion engines, aeronautical engineering, artificial intelligence). Developing oral and translation skills in engineering English.
Upon the completion of this course, students will be able to: - use mechanical engineering vocabulary, - analyze and adequately translate engineering texts into Serbian, - use passive forms in oral and written language.
Terminology of the fields of engineering materials, machine members, pumps, turbines and internal combustion engines, aeronautical engineering, artificial intelligence. Interpreting charts. Descriptive grammar of English: verbs, active and passive voice, relative clauses.
Lexical and grammatical exercises (multiple choice questions, gap-fill activities, answering questions, translation). Individual and group work. Analyzing texts in English, making summaries and translation.
Defined by the curriculum of the study programme/module.
1. Vesić Pavlović, T. (2023). NUTS AND BOLTS: English for Mechanical Engineering Students. (fourth, revised edition). Beograd: Mašinski fakultet.ISBN 978-86-6060-158-4 2. Vesić Pavlović, T. and A. Marković (2023). English Practice Book for Mechanical Engineering Students – Vocabulary and Grammar Exercises. Beograd: Mašinski fakultet. ISBN 978-86-6060-159-1
Total assigned hours: 30
New material: 8
Elaboration and examples (recapitulation): 4
Auditory exercises: 10
Laboratory exercises: 0
Calculation tasks: 0
Seminar paper: 0
Project: 2
Consultations: 0
Discussion/workshop: 0
Research study work: 0
Review and grading of calculation tasks: 0
Review and grading of lab reports: 0
Review and grading of seminar papers: 5
Review and grading of the project: 0
Test: 0
Test: 0
Final exam: 1
Activity during lectures: 10
Test/test: 0
Laboratory practice: 0
Calculation tasks: 0
Seminar paper: 0
Project: 25
Final exam: 65
Requirement for taking the exam (required number of points): 20
Thomson,A. J. & A.V. Martinet (1986). A Practical English Grammar. Oxford: Oxford University Press.