NCHU Course Outline
Course Name (中) 工程英文(1923)
(Eng.) English for General Engineering
Offering Dept College of Engineering
Course Type Elective Credits 2 Teacher 邱幸珍
Department Department of Materials Science and Engineering/Undergraduate Language 中/英文 Semester 2024-FALL
Course Description This course is designed to equip you with the language skills and communication strategies necessary to thrive in your engineering studies and professional career. Whether you’re drafting technical documents, presenting complex ideas, or collaborating with global teams, this course will provide you with the tools to communicate effectively in the field of engineering.
Prerequisites
self-directed learning in the course N
Relevance of Course Objectives and Core Learning Outcomes(%) Teaching and Assessment Methods for Course Objectives
Course Objectives Competency Indicators Ratio(%) Teaching Methods Assessment Methods
• Develop a strong engineering-specific vocabulary.
• Improve your presentation skills.
• Enhance your ability to read and interpret technical literature.
• Collaborate more effectively in team-based engineering projects.
• Pre-prepare for professional communication in workplace scenarios.
Discussion
Lecturing
Attendance
Oral Presentation
Assignment
Quiz
Course Content and Homework/Schedule/Tests Schedule
Week Course Content
Week 1 9/9 Class orientation / Group work arrangement / Warm-up activity
Week 2 9/16 U1- L1 Defying Gravity / Heads up: vocabulary game / a mind map for reading comprehension
Week 3 9/23 U1- L1 From the movie, Maverick, which scene tells the problems that pilots encounter? / Design a device showing gravity and make a short speech, explaining it.
Week 4 9/30 U1-L3 Aerial Base Station / Discussion: Think of what an Aerial Base station needs to have multifunction services.
Week 5 10/7 U1-L3 Reading Comprehension / Any idea about Low Earth Orbit? / Vocabulary Test 1
Week 6 10/14 U2- L1 Facing the Freshwater Crisis I / Ted Talks: Fresh water scarcity: An introduction to the problem / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otrpxtAmDAk
Week 7 10/21 U2-L1 A “Drinkable Book” That Filters Water and Saves Lives / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJLMwHXUJFQ
A Short Conversation: Stop doing it! / Vocabulary Test 2
Week 8 10/28 U2-L3 Wading in Waste / Review U1-2
Week 9 11/4 Mid-term: A written exam, including listening comprehension, vocabulary, reading comprehension
Week 10 11/11 U2-L3 Red, Blue, Pink Oceans? Please introduce one of incredibly special coastal beaches and towns; for its famous sightseeing, tell us the plans of preventing from pollution.
Week 11 11/18 U3-L1 Artificial Muscles / Let us find more possible artificial devices
Week 12 11/25 U3-L1 3D printers create our human future, do they? / Debate: showing your agreement or disagreement
Week 13 12/2 U3-L3 Self-Cleaning Materials / Dualism (+ or -) for life circles / Vocabulary Test 3
Week 14 12/9 U3-L3 hydrophilic vs. hydrophobic / Heads up-guessing game
Week 15 12/16 U4-L3 Driving toward Crashless Cars / The safest car in the world because of its….
Week 16 12/23 U4-L3 Does the drone create better civilization, or not? / Conversation Practice / Vocabulary Test 4
Week 17 12/30 Final Exam: Please introduce one of transportation vehicles used in Logistics—Group work with innovative ideas and adding visual aids.
Week 18 1/6 Final Exam: Please introduce one of transportation vehicles used in Logistics—Group work with innovative ideas and adding visual aids.
Evaluation
Participation 20% // Oral Presentations & tasks & assignments in class 20% // Mid-term & Final presentations 30% // Attendance 30%
Textbook & other References
Shih, Wei-Ming, & Jhang, Jhih-Yuan. (Eds.). (2013). ESP: English for General Engineering. Taipei: Bookman Books, Ltd. ISBN: 978-957-445-386-3

Teaching Aids & Teacher's Website

Office Hours
By appointment Thursday 10:10-12:00
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