English for mechanical engineering in higher education studies, Marian Dunn, David Howey and Amanda Ilic ; with Nicholas Regan ; series editor, Terry Phillips Course book /

Dunn, Marian

English for mechanical engineering in higher education studies, Course book / Marian Dunn, David Howey and Amanda Ilic ; with Nicholas Regan ; series editor, Terry Phillips - Reading : Garnet Education, 2010 - 131 p. : il. ; 28 cm. + 2 Audios-cd

English for Mechanical Engineering is a skills-based course designed specifically for students of mechanical engineering who are about to enter English-medium tertiary level studies. It provides carefully graded practice and progressions in the key academic skills that all students need, such as listening to lectures and speaking in seminars. It also equips students with the specialist mechanical engineering language they need to participate successfully within amechanical engineering faculty. Extensive listening exercises come from mechanical engineering lectures, and all reading texts are taken from the same field of study. There is also a focus throughout on the key mechanical engineeringvocabulary that students will need.
INDICE: Unit 1: What is engineering?. Unit 2: Engineering achievements. Unit 3: Forces on materials. Unit 4: Computers in engineering. Unit 5: MEMS and nanotechnology. Unit 6: Friction. Unit 7: The future of cars: Battery power. Unit 8: Engineering and sustainability. Unit 9: Health and safety. Unit 10: Accident analysis in construction. Unit 11: Wind turbines. Unit 12: Water engineering.

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