GE2410 - English for Engineering

This course aims to provide students with opportunities to improve their English communication skills in the context of their own interests, disciplines and/or future career aspirations; to give them further opportunities to explore using English as a tool for inquiry, learning, thinking and communicating; help them master the conventions associated with communicating in English in their particular fields; encourage them to develop their critical and evaluative thinking within their disciplines; develop their capacity to become self-directed English language learners; and finally help them to understand the role of English communication in the development of professional identities and membership in disciplinary communities.

Students first learn how to choose and evaluate suitable sources critically, select the most appropriate ones, and identify main points from technical texts. They then apply these in preparing a short presentation that also demonstrates an appropriate use of referencing skills. Drawing on the materials produced for these presentations, students work in groups to identify technical discussion skills through consciousness-raising activities and apply these skills in planning and conducting a simulated technical team discussion, culminating in a plan for a research project. Through various guided activities and discussions, they then identify the structure and language characteristics of a number of different types of reports and apply the knowledge gained this way in producing a standard written incident report related to their project. At the final stage, students work alone or in groups to identify the text structures and language features characteristic of business correspondence typical of a technical setting through inquiry and self-discovery. This is then applied in producing simulated business correspondence on technical matters.

Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to identify various reading skills and apply them in reading, referencing and summarising literature on engineering; identify various skills of technical presentation and apply them in conducting short technical presentations based on information extracted from readings; identify technical discussion skills and apply these in planning and conducting simulated technical discussions characteristic of those that go on in electronic engineering firms; identify and compare the structures and language characteristics of various types of reports, focussing mainly on incident reports, and applying this knowledge in writing one; identify the text structures and language features characteristic of business correspondence, and apply them in producing a business letter; develop communication skills through active participation in class and group activities.

CRN	Section	Term	Type	Capacity	Day	Time	Building	Room	Instructor
11090	11090T01	2019-20 Sem A	Tutorial	25	Mon	19:00-21:50	YEUNG	B5-308	Mr. Kevin Wayne ELLIOTT
11091	11091T02	2019-20 Sem A	Tutorial	26	Wed	19:00-21:50	YEUNG	B5-210	Mr. ZHANG Wenhao
11315	11315T15	2019-20 Sem B	Tutorial	25	Mon	09:00-11:50	YEUNG	Y5-204	Ms. Alison Louise WOOD
16412	16412T30	2019-20 Sem B	Tutorial	25	Mon	09:00-11:50	YEUNG	B5-311	Mr. LAM Kai Chung Colin
16419	16419T38	2019-20 Sem B	Tutorial	25	Mon	12:00-14:50	YEUNG	G4702	Miss LAUW Swee Gim Mr. Allan Chu Lim CHEUNG
16417	16417T35	2019-20 Sem B	Tutorial	25	Mon	15:00-17:50	YEUNG	P4701	Mrs. Jenny WU
11097	11097T13	2019-20 Sem B	Tutorial	25	Mon	15:00-17:50	YEUNG	B5-211	Ms. Alison Louise WOOD
11319	11319T19	2019-20 Sem B	Tutorial	25	Mon	15:00-17:50	LI	2100	Mr. WONG John
16409	16409T27	2019-20 Sem B	Tutorial	25	Mon	17:00-19:50	LI	2308	Ms. Conny YAU
11320	11320T20	2019-20 Sem B	Tutorial	25	Mon	17:00-19:50	LI	2104	Mr. Jon MACKAY
10815	10815T06	2019-20 Sem B	Tutorial	25	Tue	09:00-11:50	LI	2200	Dr. WONG Mei Ha Hebe
10816	10816T07	2019-20 Sem B	Tutorial	25	Tue	12:00-14:50	LI	2100	CHEN Ching Hung Dr. Becky KWAN
11093	11093T09	2019-20 Sem B	Tutorial	25	Tue	12:00-14:50	YEUNG	B5-311	Mr. Jon MACKAY Miss LAUW Swee Gim
16410	16410T28	2019-20 Sem B	Tutorial	25	Tue	12:00-14:50	LI	2312	Mr. James Michael Francis KING
11316	11316T16	2019-20 Sem B	Tutorial	25	Tue	15:00-17:50	YEUNG	B5-211	Dr. WONG Mei Ha Hebe
10813	10813T04	2019-20 Sem B	Tutorial	25	Tue	15:00-17:50	LI	2312	Mr. Weith YUEN
11092	11092T08	2019-20 Sem B	Tutorial	25	Tue	18:00-20:50	YEUNG	Y5-203	Mr. John MC COLGAN
12976	12976T22	2019-20 Sem B	Tutorial	25	Tue	18:00-20:50	YEUNG	B5-210	Dr. SIU Fiona Kwai Peng Mr. Jayson LO
11098	11098T14	2019-20 Sem B	Tutorial	25	Wed	09:00-11:50	LI	2308	Dr. WONG Mei Ha Hebe
10814	10814T05	2019-20 Sem B	Tutorial	25	Wed	09:00-11:50	YEUNG	B5-308	Mr. Charles Alan LOCKHART
14920	14920T25	2019-20 Sem B	Tutorial	25	Wed	12:00-14:50	YEUNG	B5-211	Mr. LAM Kai Chung Colin
16422	16422T37	2019-20 Sem B	Tutorial	25	Wed	12:00-14:50	YEUNG	B5-308	Mr. Weith YUEN
16414	16414T32	2019-20 Sem B	Tutorial	25	Wed	15:00-17:50	LI	1312	Ms. Flora LEUNG
11094	11094T10	2019-20 Sem B	Tutorial	25	Wed	15:00-17:50	LI	2413	Mr. Charles Alan LOCKHART
13197	13197T23	2019-20 Sem B	Tutorial	25	Wed	15:00-17:50	YEUNG	Y5-204	Mr. Jon MACKAY
11318	11318T18	2019-20 Sem B	Tutorial	25	Wed	18:00-20:50	YEUNG	B5-307	Mr. John MC COLGAN
10812	10812T03	2019-20 Sem B	Tutorial	25	Thu	18:00-20:50	YEUNG	B5-308	Mr. WONG John
16418	16418T36	2019-20 Sem B	Tutorial	25	Fri	09:00-11:50	YEUNG	B5-207	Ms. Flora LEUNG
16415	16415T33	2019-20 Sem B	Tutorial	25	Fri	09:00-11:50	YEUNG	Y5-205	Ms. Conny YAU
14921	14921T26	2019-20 Sem B	Tutorial	25	Fri	15:00-17:50	LI	2308	Mr. Jayson LO Miss LAUW Swee Gim
11317	11317T17	2019-20 Sem B	Tutorial	25	Fri	15:00-17:50	LI	1110	Mr. Kevin Wayne ELLIOTT
16421	16421T40	2019-20 Sem B	Tutorial	25	Fri	15:00-17:50	LI	1312	Mr. James Michael Francis KING
10810	10810T01	2019-20 Sem B	Tutorial	25	Fri	18:00-20:50	YEUNG	Y5-203	Mr. John MC COLGAN
11096	11096T12	2019-20 Sem B	Tutorial	25	Fri	18:00-20:50	YEUNG	Y5-205	Mrs. Jenny WU
11095	11095T11	2019-20 Sem B	Tutorial	25	Sat	09:00-11:50	LI	2312	Mr. John Francis SMITH
13196	13196T24	2019-20 Sem B	Tutorial	25	Sat	09:00-11:50	YEUNG	B5-311	Mr. Kevin Wayne ELLIOTT
16420	16420T39	2019-20 Sem B	Tutorial	25	Sat	12:00-14:50	YEUNG	B5-311	Mr. Kevin Wayne ELLIOTT
10285	10285T03	2019-20 Summer	Tutorial	25	Mon	12:00-14:50	LI	1102	Mr. Weith YUEN
10128	10128T01	2019-20 Summer	Tutorial	25	Tue	12:00-14:50	LI	1110	Mr. Kevin Wayne ELLIOTT
10238	10238T02	2019-20 Summer	Tutorial	25	Wed	09:00-11:50	LI	1511	Mr. Kevin Wayne ELLIOTT
10285	10285T03	2019-20 Summer	Tutorial	25	Wed	12:00-14:50	LI	1305	Mr. Weith YUEN
10128	10128T01	2019-20 Summer	Tutorial	25	Thu	12:00-14:50	LI	1110	Mr. Kevin Wayne ELLIOTT
10238	10238T02	2019-20 Summer	Tutorial	25	Fri	09:00-11:50	LI	1511	Mr. Kevin Wayne ELLIOTT