Educational guide
IDENTIFYING DATA 2024_25
Subject ENGLISH FOR ICT STUDIES Code 00709005
Study programme
0709 - GRADO EN INGENIERÍA INFORMÁTICA
Descriptors Credit. Type Year Period
6 Compulsory First Second
Language
Ingles
Prerequisites
Department FILOLOGIA MODERNA
Coordinador
MARKEY -, ALFRED MICHAEL
 E-mail ammar@unileon.es
slobs@unileon.es
Lecturers
LOBEJÓN SANTOS , SERGIO
MARKEY -, ALFRED MICHAEL
Web http://agora.es
General description This ESP (English for Specific Purposes) course focuses on the cognitive functions most commonly used in technical English, i.e. classifying, defining, describing, giving instructions and expressing conditions and hypotheses. Students will be exposed to a wide range of ICT texts and explanations of the most important textual, grammatical and terminological conventions will be provided. By the end of the course students should be able to understand what they read and listen to and they should be able to speak and write about topics related to their field.
Tribunales de Revisión
Tribunal titular
Cargo Departamento Profesor
Presidente FILOLOGIA MODERNA GUZMAN GONZALEZ , TRINIDAD
Secretario FILOLOGIA MODERNA RODRIGUEZ DE LERA , JUAN RAMON
Vocal FILOLOGIA MODERNA RAMON GARCIA , NOELIA
Tribunal suplente
Cargo Departamento Profesor
Presidente FILOLOGIA MODERNA MORENO FERNANDEZ , ANA ISABEL
Secretario FILOLOGIA MODERNA GUTIERREZ LANZA , MARIA DEL CAMINO
Vocal FILOLOGIA MODERNA DIAZ MARTINEZ , MARIO

Competencias
Code  
A18139
A18140
B5618
B5619
B5625
C4 CMECES4 That students can transmit information, ideas, problems and solutions to both a specialised and non-specialised audience

Learning aims
Competences
A18139
A18140
 B5619
B5625
 C4
Know how to transmit ideas, problems and solutions in English through different transmission media, adapting the language to the purpose, interlocutors and medium used.
Know how to apply structural, grammatical and terminological knowledge and the strategies that enable the understanding of English texts, oral and written, related to Computer Engineering.
A18139
A18140
 B5618
B5619
B5625
 C4
A18139
A18140
 C4
Know how to prepare and manage specifications, technical reports, process descriptions, etc. in English language.

Contents
Topic Sub-topic
See version in Spanish where this content is in English.

Planning
Methodologies  ::  Tests
  Class hours Hours outside the classroom Total hours
Lecture 24 20 44
 
Problem solving, classroom exercises 26 40 66
 
Personal tuition 1 0 1
 
Mixed tests 9 30 39
 
(*)The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies
Methodologies   ::  
  Description
Lecture Explanations of the textual types, grammar and terminology of the English language characteristic of Computer Engineering with visual and audiovisual support of PowerPoint presentations, Moodle platform, photocopies and textbook. In accordance with the most relevant current methodologies, the sessions will always combine theory and active practice of the language. During the sessions, students will have to solve problems and do activities related to both the field of computer engineering and the world of work and academia. Much importance will be given to the active participation of the student as well as the development of communication skills that will allow the student to use English beyond the classroom, especially in future work contexts.
Problem solving, classroom exercises Practice of communication skills: speaking, reading and listening, as well as solving grammar and technical vocabulary exercises. To make language learning more practical, the sessions will work with teaching through tasks, the so-called "task-based approach" to enhance the students' communicative capacity.
Personal tuition Resolution of doubts and review of the works corrected and scored during the course.

Personalized attention
 
Personal tuition
Description
Tutorials constitute a basic element for monitoring the teaching-learning process and, with this objective in mind, they will fundamentally focus on resolving doubts that may arise throughout the course.

Assessment
  Description Qualification
Lecture 80%
Problem solving, classroom exercises 20%
 
Other comments and second call 
ABOUT THE EVALUATION:

In order to pass the subject it will be necessary to have obtained at least 40% of the total 80% that corresponds to the 2 written evaluation tests and a minimum of 50% in the subject as a whole.

Without the minimum 40% average of the written tests, the percentage corresponding to the continuous evaluation cannot be added.
ABOUT THE SECOND CALL:

Students who do not pass in the first call may take a final exam in the second call with a value of 80% and the grade obtained in the continuous evaluation (20%) will be saved, which cannot be taken again.


ABOUT PLAGIARISM:
It is totally prohibited to bring any electronic device into the classroom during evaluation tests. In the event of any attempt at plagiarism, copying or fraud in the exams (use of electronic devices, exchange of information with classmates...), the action guidelines approved by the University will be implemented.

Sources of information
Access to Recommended Bibliography in the Catalog ULE

Basic Santiago Remacha Esteras , Infotech. English for Computer Users, Cambridge. Professional English, Cambridge, 2008

Complementary Eric H. Glendinning and John Mc Ewan, Basic English for Computing, Oxford University Press, 2000
Virginia Evans Jenny Dooley Will Kennedy, Career Paths: Computing, Express Publishing,
Virginia Evans, Jenny Dooley, Stanley Wright, Career Paths: Information Technology, Express Publishing ,
Patrick Fitzgerald, Marie McCullagh & Carol Tabor , English for ICT Studies in Higher Education Studies, Garnet Education, 2011
Keith Boeckner and P.Charles Brown, Oxford English for Computing, Oxford University Press , 1997
Santiago Remacha Esteras and Elena Marco Fabré, Professional English in Use, Cambridge University Press, 2007
COMPUTER SCIENCE DICTIONARIES:

Computer Science and Communications Dictionary: http://link.springer.com/referencework/10.1007%2F1-4020-0613-6

John Daintith and Edmund Wright. 2014. A Dictionary of Computing (6th edition). Oxford University Press.

GENERAL GRAMMAR: 

Murphy, R. 2014. English Grammar in Use with answers. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

WRITING SKILLS: 

Fortanet Gómez, I. (coordinadora). 2002. Cómo escribir un artículo de investigación en inglés. Madrid: Alianza Editorial.

Norman, G. 1999. Cómo escribir un artículo científico en inglés. Madrid: Editorial Hélice

Pickett, N.A. & Laster, A.A. 1996 (7th ed.) Technical English. Writing, Reading & Speaking. New York:Harper Collins.

Sherman, J. 1994. Feedback. Essential writing skills for intermediate students. Oxford: Oxford University Press

Winthrow,  J. 1987. Effective Writing. Cambridge:Cambridge University Press.

VOCABULARY:

Lambert, V. 2003. Everyday Technical English. Harlow (Essex): Pearson Education.

Redman, S. 1997. English Vocabulary in Use. Pre-Intermediate & Intermediate. Cambridge:Cambridge University Press.

Recommendations


 
Other comments
It is recommended to have knowledge of English at an intermediate level and to regularly work on the contents of the subject.