The goal | Understanding native speakers talking about their work and study related to software engineering. Communicating about computing topics. Understanding a wide variety of text including diagrams, tables, and advertisements. Comparing different sources of written and spoken information. Writing descriptions and explanations of processes in software engineering. | |||
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The outcome | Upon the completion of this module students should be able to: - understand native speakers talking about their work and study related to software engineering, - communicate about software engineering topics, - understand a wide variety of text including diagrams, tables, and advertisements, - compare different sources of written and spoken information | |||
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Contents of lectures | Nouns, pronouns, determiners, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, conjunctions, simple sentences, sentences joined with a conjunction. Contextual reference, word formation (prefixes and suffixes), organising information, making comparisons, listing, the passive, explanations and definitions, compounds in the spoken and written discourse of software engineering. | |||
Contents of exercises | Talking and writing about computer applications. Oral practice: operating systems, principles of creating video games, programming languages Pascal, C++, C#. Group work: presentations and homework related to software engineering. | |||
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