ENGLISH FOR TECHNICAL AND INDUSTRIAL

Technical English is a four-level course for students in technical or vocational education, and for company employees in training at work. It covers the core language and skills that students need to communicate successfully in all technical and industrial specializations.

UNIT 1 CHECK UP

Basics

Verb be
I’m Danielle. I’m a technician.
Imperatives

Basic vocabulary:
say, write Tools, fixings, electrical parts, occupations

Letters and numbers

How do you spell …?

Personal details Cardinal
numbers Alphabet
Abbreviations of units: kg, m

Dates and times

LH three oh six. Monday the twenty-eighth of December.

Ordinal numbers Dates and times Decimal

UNIT 2 PARTS

Naming

What’s that? I think its’ a car. What’s this called? this, that, these, those

Parts: wheel, axle, plate …
Fixings: nuts, bolts, nails …
Vehicles: car, bike, plane ..

Assembling

I need some bolts.
What size?
Imperative + object
+location: Put the wheel on the axle.

Verbs: loosen, tighten, push
… Linear: mm, mil, millimeter

Ordering

How many do you need? What’s your name? Pease spell that.

Numbers: double 5, zero
Sizes: small, medium, large
Colors: red, blue, black …

UNIT 3 PARTS 2

Tools

Present simple of have My multi-tool has blades and a spanner

Tools: spanner, (a pair of) pliers
Parts of tools: shaft, blade, head …

Functions

Present simple
What does this handle do?
Where do you work?

Verbs: measure, grip, cu open …
Everyday tools: torch, alarm …
Occupations: operator, technician …

Locations

Adverbials and preposition of location Where is it? Its’ at the top.

Location: top, bottom, middle … Computer and electronic equipment

UNIT 4 MOVEMENT

Directions

Adverbs of direction
can, can’t, cannot
Cana helicopter fly
backwards? Yes, it can.

Direction: up, down, forwards …
Adverbs: straight, vertically Angles: degrees

Instructions

Imperative + present simple
Push the joystick upwards
and the plane accelerates.

Movement: ascend, descend …
Controls: joystick, slider …
Speed: km/h, m/s

Actions

When clause
When you pull the lever backwards, the truck reverses.

Movement drive, reverse …

UNIT 5 FLOW

Heating system

Present simple
The water flows through the
pipe into the tank.
Prepositions of movement

Direction: up, down, forwards …
Adverbs: straight, vertically Angles: degrees

Electrical circuit

Zero conditional
If the battery is empty, the
current doesn’t flow.

Circuit: battery, conductor …
Electrical units: ampere, watt

Foreign currency

Reference words: here, it, this Present simple in routines

Cooling system parts: engine, fan …
Temperature: degrees Celsius

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