Educational guide
IDENTIFYING DATA 2018_19
Subject ENGLISH FOR ICT STUDIES Code 00709005
Study programme
GRADO EN INGENIERÍA INFORMÁTICA
Descriptors Credit. Type Year Period
6 Compulsory First First
Language
Ingles
Prerequisites
Department FILOLOGIA MODERNA
Coordinador
GÓMEZ CASTRO , CRISTINA
E-mail cgomc@unileon.es
mperb@unileon.es
Lecturers
GÓMEZ CASTRO , CRISTINA
PÉREZ BLANCO , MARÍA
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  
A8387
A8463
A8480
A8576
A8622
B950
C4
C5

Learning aims
Competences
A8387
A8463
A8576
A8622
B950
C4
A8387
A8480
C5

Contents
Topic Sub-topic

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
Problem solving, classroom exercises
Personal tuition

Personalized attention
 
Personal tuition
Description

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

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


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