English Tutorial No. 3 Semester 4 2023
TOPIC 3 - Convince me
Choose an issue. Take a firm stance for or against a statement illustrating this issue, and support all your arguments with contextualised evidence.
Be prepared to react to questions and rebuttals at any time. Be creative about ways of presenting research that supports your arguments. Please contact your tutorial teacher at least 3 days before your Tutorial with your chosen subject.
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Track 11 Engineering is Understanding the World We Live In Land and Society |
Students will investigate geopolitical and socio-economic land use issues in today’s society Key topics: Geography, urban planning, Spatial justice & Sustainable development |
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Milestone |
Write a report on societal land use points to investigate around your future engineering internship/study abroad environment/ future employment environment |
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Transferrable Language skills sought
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· Listen actively for building connections, trust, solving problems and teamwork · Research, analyze and report on case studies · Write and speak clearly for effective classroom discussion and opinion pieces |
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Activities and Learning Styles
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· In-class group activities and group project · Read articles and watch/listen to media · Discuss and debate · Prepare a presentation |
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Application and assessment
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· Strengthen adaptability and work performance in current/future employment situations · Develop a pro-active response to challenging situations · Improve responsible decision-making |
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Performance and evaluation: What the student is expected to do in order to show acquisition of language skills |
10% European Countries & Nationalities Quiz (in English) 25% Present a 5 min status report on a city or region you are planning to do an internship in/study abroad/future employment location · How has the city/region evolved over time? · How does it compare to the rest of the country that it is located in? · Spatial justice issues and connection to SDGs · Linear or Circular economy? Signs of change? · Presentation skills (slides, grammar, syntax...) 15% Geography exam on continental region of choice (countries and nationalities in English) 50% Write a report on societal land use points to investigate around your future engineering internship/study abroad environment/employment environment |
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Track 10 Approaches to Ethics: Giving Voice to Values & unpacking workplace dilemmas using improvisation theatre |
Students will discover and apply Giving Voice To Values, a method aimed to: · show students that facing value conflicts is part of everyday work · develop students' confidence in anticipating reasons and rationalizations which might prevent them from acting on their values · underscore the importance of pre-scripting and peer coaching to make oneself heard effectively. This module will also involve guided improvisation theatre games/activities to explore verbal and nonverbal communication tools:
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Language skills sought |
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Activities and Learning Styles |
· 2 lectures · exchange of ideas in groups and in class · writing (individually and in pairs) and pre-scripting (individual) · role-play; improvisation games/activities, · scenes in pairs and groups. Most activities will NOT involve an audience as everyone will be taking part in activities at all times. |
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Application and assessment |
1) attain better adequacy between intention and intonation/body language 2) acquire greater fluency in interactions and monologues 3) develop better listening to partners |
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Evaluation of Performance : |
1) active class/group participation in class and group discussions, improvisation activities and debriefs (25%) 2) written journal entry on the outcome of a situation involving an ethical dilemma in an improvised scene (25%) 3) written report on a situation revisited using the Giving Voice to Values Method (50%) |
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Mary C. Gentile, Giving Voice to Values – How to Speak Your Mind When You Know What’s Right Keith Johnstone : 1979, Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre, 1999 Impro For Storytellers, 2016 Ted Talk - https://youtu.be/bz9mo4qW9bc |
TRACK 9 - Engineering is tuning in to language
The Sound(s) of Englishclass is about applying a range of techniques drawn from formal linguistics –
particularly phonology - to the analysis of spoken English. The goal is to lay the
foundation for a deeper awareness of the scope, variety, and subtleties of
English speech, as well as providing an opportunity for students to improve
their speaking skills. We will also consider some key areas where pronunciation
and grammar interact.
To achieve this, we will focus on two principal levels:
1. The segmental level (individual sounds called “phonemes”) – Accent
variation (using phonemic transcription)
2. The suprasegmental level (rhythm/intonation) – The ‘music’ of English
(analyzing phonological stress in speech and through metrical poetry)
transcriptions
- Analyzing everyday language variation
- Analyzing poetry and lyrics in terms of meter/scansion to better
understand natural English rhythm
- Using metrical patterns to understand the rhythm of spoken English
Transcribe key words in English using the IPA (in ‘the field’ with native
speakers from different places – England/Ireland/USA) to analyze
geographical variation. Deliver in the form of a short report
Scan a metrical poem/lyric (Choose then mediate to class)
Create a metrical piece according to a fixed pattern
Business Communication :
Relations had become so bad between the English and French teams working on a joint venture that all work had stopped. The French engineers had learned their grammar lessons at school and thought they were doing quite well as far as communication was concerned. The English team thought the French came across as being negative, unhelpful and very impolite. An activity from an English textbook? No, real life!
This module looks at a range of challenging, professional situations for engineers. How could the above have been avoided? What professional documents might I encounter as an engineer? What exactly is a status report, an executive summary, an abstract…? How do I write a research paper? How do I sound less like a high school student and more like an engineer?
This module aims to answer those questions and will be modified according to the students’ needs and career objectives.
Assignment:
Using the template provided, write a short status report on a project you have worked or are currently working on.
TRACK 7: OUR PLANET – OUR BUSINESS
“Engineers are encouraged to adhere to the principles of sustainable development in orderto protect the environment for future generations.” Code of Ethics for Engineers.
The XXIst century has been critical so far in terms of environmental issues, everywhere, with
mitigate future risks because we all are more and more exposed to ever-changing environments.
various scenarios that we are most likely to face in the decades to come. This module will also go
through the observed and projected Impacts and risks of Climate Change, how they have and will
increase our Vulnerability and Exposure. We will also analyse what future Adaptation options,
through transformative technologies, lie before us and talk of their feasibility and how they could help
module is to entertain dialogues, share views and perspectives, to go through regular reports on
of what causes Global Warming and Climate Change and their consequences and what we could do to
prevent a sinister scenario for the future. It will be your voice through the production of a fictional
short story illustrating the future effects of Global Warming and Climate Change.