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Mechatronics 2020

This document provides the thematic plan for a Technical English course for first year Mechatronics Engineering students. The course objectives are to expand students' English language skills to communicate confidently about their interests and understand Mechatronics Engineering terminology. Instructional approaches include lectures, seminars, and creative writing. Assessment includes coursework like tests and assignments worth 50% and a final exam worth 50%. Students must attend at least 75% of classes and participate in discussions to be eligible to take the exam. Suggested reading materials cover English grammar, vocabulary, and technical topics in Mechatronics Engineering.

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Mechatronics 2020

This document provides the thematic plan for a Technical English course for first year Mechatronics Engineering students. The course objectives are to expand students' English language skills to communicate confidently about their interests and understand Mechatronics Engineering terminology. Instructional approaches include lectures, seminars, and creative writing. Assessment includes coursework like tests and assignments worth 50% and a final exam worth 50%. Students must attend at least 75% of classes and participate in discussions to be eligible to take the exam. Suggested reading materials cover English grammar, vocabulary, and technical topics in Mechatronics Engineering.

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FACULTY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES - FCT

PROGRAMME: MECHATRONICS ENGINEERING

COURSE THEMATIC PLAN

COURSE TITLE: TECHNICAL ENGLISH - INTE

Level: I Academic Year: 2020


Semester I: February – July Credit Hours: 3
Course Instructor: J. Coimbra (Med.) Total number of hours: 120

A. Course General Objectives are to:

1. Expand English language skills which will allow students to communicate with some
confidence on matters related to their interests;
2. Utilize a wide range of both simple and complex language to deal with most situations expected
to arise in everyday communications;
3. Develop students’ ability to analyze critically and develop their own learning approaches in
response to their studies;
4. Provide students with necessary tools in order to understand and use a wide range of
vocabulary/terminologies on Mechatronics Engineering.
5. Supply students with the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to become competent
professionals to practise career in the field of Mechatronics Engineering.

B. Approaches to instruction
a. Lectures
b. Seminars
c. Critical and Creative thinking
d. Talking circles

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e. Creative writing
f. Interactive instruction

C. Course Contents
Upon successful completion of the present course, you will be able to learn:

1. Grammar Usage and academic writing: revision and expansion

a. Verb tenses: present, past, future


b. Auxiliary verbs: be, have, do
c. Basic rules for questions
d. Regular and irregular verbs
e. Modal Verbs: can, could, may, might, will, would, shall, should, must, ought (to)
f. Prepositions
g. Adverbs
h. Comparison of Adjectives
i. Writing: formal letters, CV and hints for interviews

2. Vocabulary and essentials of Mechatronics Engineering

a. Broad/ working/large definition of Mechatronics Engineering


b. History and or evolution of Mechatronics Engineering.
c. The Father of Mechatronics Engineering.
d. Sub disciplines of Mechatronics Engineering.
e. Advantages and disadvantages (if any) of Mechatronics Engineering.
f. The importance of Mechatronics Engineering., with reference to Mozambique

D. Assessment Criteria
Throughout the course, the following will be administered:

1. Course Work (Continuous Assessment)


a. Two written tests
b. One assignment
c. Two seminars
d. One take-home test

NB. If needs be, of the six tests to be administered, the lecturer may select the three or four best
ones and apply them to the final assessment of Course Work.

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2. Final Examination
An End of Semester Examination: main paper and supplementary. An end of semester examination
will be both objective and subjective written paper, which will be set by the course instructor. It’s
worth warning that the examination deals with the whole syllabus and therefore also with all the
prescribed study materials.

3. Course Weighting

Course work (continuous assessment) constitutes 50%, and an end of semester examination
constitutes the remaining 50%.
 Course work 40%
 End of semester examination 60%
 Total 100%
NB. A student will be given an exemption from the final examination provided that he/she gets
the overall minimum mark of 70% of the course work.

4. Teaching Pattern

Semester offering will fall under the following pattern: a one-hour theoretical session and two or
three -hour practical session, per week. Included in practical sessions are seminars.

5. Note that:
a. The attendance on lectures and seminars is compulsory. Instructor may excuse maximum of
two absences of student during the semester. If the student is not prepared for the seminar (it
means student is not able to respond questions, etc.) it is considered as absence. In case you
have less than 75% of lectures attendance, you are not allowed to take the final exam or will
not be exempted from the exam even though the overall marks equal 14 or greater.

b. Participation in class discussions is a core element of the course and this will be applied to the
final assessment. Included in class participation are contributions and presentations on
assigned topics. Students are required to complete reading assignment for each session to be
able to participate meaningfully in class discussions. Class participation is evaluated on the
quality of contributions rather than on the quantity.

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c. In order to check students attendance, in each session students will be required to fill in a form
with their personal details such as surname, first names, phone number, Email addresses, among
other preliminaries deemed needed.

E. Suggested Reading
The students, basically, should study the books prescribed below, some of which were used in
designing the present course. In addition to the books the course recommends, students should
read or consult any relevant text or source, including Internet.

Azar, S. B. (1999). Understanding and Using English Grammar: 3rd edition. Pearson
Education, NY.
Cripwell, K. (1987). English Africa. Macmillan Publishers, London and Basingstoke
Cunningham, S. & Moor, P. (2005). New Cutting Edge: Students' Book. 1st ed. Longman:
England.
Davison, D. (1995). New Horizons. Macmillan, Manzini
Greenall, S. (1997). Reward: Upper- intermediate: Student's Book. Macmillan Heinemann
Language Teaching: Oxford.
Heinle, T. (2001). More Grammar Practice. Texas Edition, UK.
Jay, M. (2006). Focus on Grammar: An Integrated Skills Approach. 3rd edition. Pearson
Education, NY.
John and Soars, L. (1994). Headway: Upper Intermediate- Student book. UK, CUP.
Kay, S. & Vaughan, J. (2000). Inside Out: Student's Book: Intermediate: Macmillan
Education: Oxford.
Montgomery, M. (2001). Go For English 11: Student's Book. Macmillan Education Ltd:
London and Oxford.
Murthy, R. (2006). English Grammar in Use: 3th Ed. CUP, UK.

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