TU Wien:Technical English Communication VU (Crowder)

Daten

Vortragende	Jeff Crowder
ECTS	3,0
Letzte Abhaltung	2024W
Sprache	English
Mattermost	technical-english-communication • Register • Mattermost-Infos
Links	tiss:064020, tiss:015112, tiss:015115

Zuordnungen

Masterstudium Biomedical Engineering	Modul Fachübergreifende Qualifikationen
Masterstudium Data Science	Modul English TSK
Masterstudium Business Informatics	Modul English TSK
Katalog Transferable Skills

Contents

• Pronunciation of difficult (technical) words
• Elimination of typical mistakes of german-speaking people
• Improve ability to communicate information
• Understanding of difficult written material
• Learn to debate in English

Previous Knowledge

Your English should be quite good. The better your English, the easier the course will be for you.

Lecture

The lecture is more like a workshop. You often have to discuss a subject in groups and present it afterwards or you get an article to read and discuss. The course is usually fun.

Exam / Grading

There's a maximum of 1000 points which are distributed as follows:

• Project Propsal (team up and think of a project and present it to the class, 100)
• Team Debate (team up and debate about a topic in front of the class, 100)
• Midteam exam (written + pronounciation part, 200)
• 3-page Techical Term Paper (choose your own topic, 200)
• Final Exam (written/no oral part, 200)
• Class Participation and Attendance (is always checked, 200)

Before each exam you get a study guide with a list of everything you need to know for the exam.

WS 2019/20

Maximum of 400 points, distributed as follows:

• CV & Cover letter (50)
• Word differentiation (Explaining the difference between two similar words) (50)
• Mid-term exam (Written and oral) (100)
• Job interview (50)
• Team debate, project proposal or "Bullshit detector" (Analysing the scientific validity of pseudoscientific claims) (50)
• Final exam (100)

Every absence beyond 2 results in the drop of one grade.

Grades

• Sehr Gut (360-400)
• Gut (320-359)
• Befriedigend (280-319)
• Genügend (201-279)
• Nicht Genügend (0-200)

Time and Effort

For a 3 ECTS (= 75 hours) course it's rather time-consuming. The course takes 2 full hours every week and starts quite early (from 8-10 a.m.). You have to do one small presentation, plan your debate and write two exams. In addition to that you have to plan and write a 3-page technical paper before Christmas.

Documents

• Are handed out during the course. You will receive a LOT of paper.
• Materialien

Notes

• Register EARLY for this course. All places are usually taken one minute after registration opens.
• Mr. Crowder said, the takes up to 40 people in class. So if you are on the waiting list, you can come in the first lecture and hope for a place.

See also

• TU Wien:Technical English Presentation VU (Crowder) (also recommended)

Materialien

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