English for Manufacturing
The aim of this elective is for students to learn about how stuff gets made in English, through Reading, Listening, Speaking and Writing. They will add to their general/cultural knowledge by becoming familiar with a wide range of processes:
Design cycles / Problem solving cycles;
Manufacturing processes;
Evaluation and authorization processes.
Students will learn language, including vocabulary, useful for reading, and writing/speaking about manufacture in English, through the lenses of:
Materials;
Process;
Products;
Improvement.
Assessment
100% One final exam on knowledge from the course of English used to describe manufacture.
Scope & Sequence
The language of cycles, processes and flow charts
The vocabulary of manufacturing processes
The vocabulary of manufacturing materials