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Module Number:
| 12805
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| Module Title: | Technical English for Electrical Engineers |
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Fachsprache Englisch für Elektrotechnik
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| Department: |
ZES - Language Centre
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| Responsible Staff Member: | |
| Language of Teaching / Examination: | English |
| Duration: | 1 semester |
| Frequency of Offer: |
Every winter semester
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| Credits: |
5
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| Learning Outcome: | Introducing the students to the foreign language in the professional context of electrical engineering. The main goal is the development of advanced communication skills in the special field. In the process all spheres of competence (reception, production, interaction, mediation) will be trained. |
| Contents: | Thematic focus:
- Business communication skills
- Principles in basic electricity
- Electrical measurements
- Elecrical power generation and distribution
- Power electronics
- Semiconductor devices
- Microelectronics and integrated circuits
- Data communication and networks
- Radio communications
- GPS systems and application
- Robotics
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| Recommended Prerequisites: | Abitur, English language skills level B2 |
| Mandatory Prerequisites: | None |
| Forms of Teaching and Proportion: | -
Exercise
/ 4 Hours per Week per Semester
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Self organised studies
/ 90 Hours
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| Teaching Materials and Literature: | - Benford, Micheal, K. Thomson und W-R.Windisch. Electricity Matters – English für elektrotechnische Berufe. Cornelson: Berlin,2013.
- Bonamy, David. Technical English 4 - Course Book. Pearson: Harlow, 2011.
- Duckworth, Michael. Business Grammar &Practice. Oxford University Press. Oxford, 2003
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| Module Examination: | Continuous Assessment (MCA) |
| Assessment Mode for Module Examination: | distributed throughout the semester (as scheduled during the course)
- total 13 assessment modes: Tests, Homework (1-3 pages), presentations (5-15 min)
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| Evaluation of Module Examination: | Performance Verification – graded |
| Limited Number of Participants: | None |
| Part of the Study Programme: | -
Abschluss im Ausland /
Elektrotechnik /
keine PO
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Bachelor (applied) /
Elektrotechnik /
PO 2018
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Bachelor (applied) - Co-Op Programme with Integrated Vocational Training /
Elektrotechnik - dual /
PO 2018
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Bachelor (applied) - Co-Op Programme with Practical Placement /
Elektrotechnik - dual /
PO 2018
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Bachelor (research-oriented) /
Medizintechnik /
PO 2022
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Bachelor (research-oriented) - Co-Op Programme with Practical Placement /
Medizintechnik - dual /
PO 2022
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| Remarks: | |
| Module Components: | Übung Technical English for Electrical Engineers (B.A.) |
| Components to be offered in the Current Semester: | |
