Course introduction
Course name Technical English for Electrical Engineering- Group 2
Credits 3
Instructor Bahram Vazirnezhad- Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering- Bio-Electric
Schedules Wednesdays 8:00-10:00
Office hours See office hours
General purpose To increase English language proficiency of students in reading, writting and expressing technical ideas in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Course outline Article review
Listening to technology reports
Oral presentation
Writting essays
Required material Electronic version of material are available HERE and hardcopies will be made available as required
Main reference IEEE Spectrum
Evaluation Class activity, effective presence, article review 20%
Translation 10%
Presented lecture quality 20%
Written essays and audio transcription 20%
Final exam 30%
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Course syllabus
Week Theme Description Activities Notes
1 Course introduction The purpose, content and organization of the course
Required material; Evaluation; Preparing schedule for presentations etc.
Course review
2 IEEE Spectrum Reading technical articles from IEEE Spectrum Article review
3 Science & technology Listening to audio files Listening and transcribing
4 Electrical Eng. Guidelines for writting essays Writting practice
5 IEEE Spectrum Reading technical articles from IEEE Spectrum Article review
6 Computing & IT Presenting lectures Oral presentation and class discussion
7 Electrical Eng. Writting essays Essay writing (1)
8 IEEE Spectrum Reading technical articles from IEEE Spectrum Article review
9 Biomedical & Bionics Presenting lectures Oral presentations and class discussion
10 Electrical Eng. Writting essays Essay writing (2)
11 IEEE Spectrum Reading technical articles from IEEE Spectrum Article review
12 Telecommunications Presenting lectures Oral presentations and class discussion
13 Electrical Eng. Writting essays Essay writing (3)
14 IEEE Spectrum Reading technical articles from IEEE Spectrum Article review
15 Control & Robotics Presenting lectures Oral presentations and class discussions