Mechanical Engineering for the Green Transition

The course is structured on the consolidation of specific and functional vocabulary in relevant macro-areas. The grammatical notions necessary to follow the course require a minimum of a well-consolidated B1 level or preferably higher (B2). The course does not include the revision of morphological-syntactic and/or grammatical contents prominent in pre-university school curricula. VOCABULARY AREAS: IT, Economics, Networking, European Union, LAN/WAN, Intranet/Extranet, Topology, Cybersecurity, IT Labour Market, IoT-Internet of Things, Supply Chain, Logistics, Hardware & Software (general topics). Real and/or adapted linguistic material, video resources will be used. WRITTEN COMPREHENSION: cards, texts, appropriately adapted articles. LISTENING to increasingly complex passages, watching subtitled videos, comparing different accents (most common British, standard American, Canadian) and related comprehension tests. WRITTEN PRODUCTION: specific vocabulary of the relevant areas to produce statements ORAL PRODUCTION: Attending students will be encouraged to interact orally, according to the possibilities granted by the number in the classroom.

B1 level of the CEFR.

Bongsik Shin, A Practical Introduction to Enterprise Network and Security Management.

Weekly, 2 45' periods.

Reading comprehension of a text; open or semi-open comprehension questions; language and vocabulary tasks; writing tasks.

Whole-class communicative lesson, with activities proposed to students, e.g. reading and translation of passages, comprehension and language execises. Focus on vocabulary. Listening: videos and podcast. Writing lab.