![]() | Guía Docente 2020-21 INGLÉS TÉCNICO |
BASIC DETAILS:
Subject: | INGLÉS TÉCNICO | ||
Id.: | 33498 | ||
Programme: | GRADUADO EN DISEÑO DIGITAL Y TECNOLOGÍAS CREATIVAS. PLAN 2020 | ||
Module: | FORMACIÓN BÁSICA | ||
Subject type: | MATERIA BASICA | ||
Year: | 1 | Teaching period: | Anual |
Credits: | 6 | Total hours: | 150 |
Classroom activities: | 68 | Individual study: | 82 |
Main teaching language: | Inglés | Secondary teaching language: | Inglés |
Lecturer: | MEENAN , KARLA (T) | Email: | kmeenan@usj.es |
PRESENTATION:
This subject is focused on specific (not general) English in the field of Architecture. In this way, the content will have as its main objective to consolidate and improve the students' skills in English within an international professional environment where English is the lingua franca. This will allow students to communicate with clients and other professionals in the area as well as accessing texts written in the English language (level B1-B2).
PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCES ACQUIRED IN THE SUBJECT:
General programme competences | G04 | Proponer, crear y expresar (material y verbalmente) soluciones concretas a los retos del diseño digital de la sociedad actual. |
G06 | Usar la lengua inglesa con propiedad según la terminología científica y académica propia del mundo del arte, del diseño digital y de las artes aplicadas. | |
Specific programme competences | E17 | Demostrar cconocimiento de la deontología, las organizaciones y las estructuras profesionales y la responsabilidad civil. |
Learning outcomes | R01 | Conocer convenientemente el vocabulario técnico empleado en lengua inglesa para el desarrollo de la actividad profesional el campo del diseño digital y la creatividad. |
R02 | Tener conocimientos suficientes de la lengua inglesa para poder acceder a la información profesional registrada en este idioma. | |
R03 | Expresar con claridad en lengua inglesa el pensamiento y las ideas necesarias para el ejercicio de la actividad profesional demandada. | |
R04 | Estar capacitado para el intercambio de datos e información en el marco laboral internacional. | |
R05 | Concurrir a convocatorias de empleo o de encargo emitidas en lengua inglesa. |
PRE-REQUISITES:
SUBJECT PROGRAMME:
Subject contents:
1 - Arquitecture Design Process |
2 - Describing a Project |
3 - Academic English |
4 - Applying for a Job |
5 - Presentation skills |
6 - Project Management |
7 - History of design |
8 - Virtual and Augmented reality |
9 - Programming language |
10 - IT editing tools |
11 - Design projects |
Subject planning could be modified due unforeseen circumstances (group performance, availability of resources, changes to academic calendar etc.) and should not, therefore, be considered to be definitive.
TEACHING AND LEARNING METHODOLOGIES AND ACTIVITIES:
Teaching and learning methodologies and activities applied:
Teaching-learning methodologies:
Student work load:
Teaching mode | Teaching methods | Estimated hours |
Classroom activities | ||
Master classes | 22 | |
Practical exercises | 10 | |
Practical work, exercises, problem-solving etc. | 10 | |
Debates | 8 | |
Coursework presentations | 8 | |
Films, videos, documentaries etc. | 2 | |
Assessment activities | 8 | |
Individual study | ||
Tutorials | 8 | |
Individual study | 20 | |
Individual coursework preparation | 12 | |
Group cousework preparation | 10 | |
Project work | 12 | |
Research work | 4 | |
Compulsory reading | 4 | |
Recommended reading | 4 | |
Other individual study activities | 8 | |
Total hours: | 150 |
ASSESSMENT SCHEME:
Calculation of final mark:
Written tests: | 20 | % |
Individual coursework: | 40 | % |
Group coursework: | 10 | % |
Final exam: | 30 | % |
TOTAL | 100 | % |
*Las observaciones específicas sobre el sistema de evaluación serán comunicadas por escrito a los alumnos al inicio de la materia.
BIBLIOGRAPHY AND DOCUMENTATION:
Basic bibliography:
CHING, Francis: A Visual Dictionary. New York: John Wiley, 1995. |
OLGIATI, Valerio: The Images of Architects. Luzern: Quart, 2013. |
Oxford English for Careers - Technology 2. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007. |
PUTNAM, R.E.; CARLSON, G.E.: Diccionario de Arquitectura, Construccion y Obras Publicas. Madrid: Paraninfo 2009. |
Recommended bibliography:
Revistas/ Journals Croquis: Go to the recommended website below. |
ARNHEIM, Rudolf: Visual Thinking. Los Angeles and London: University of California Press 2014 (first published 1969). |
Recommended websites:
Arcspace | http://www.arcspace.com/ |
El Croquis | http://www.elcroquis.es/Shop |
TED | http://www.ted.com/topics/architecture |
Brikbase | https://www.brikbase.org |
American Institute of Architects | http://www.aia.org/index.htm |
Archello | http://www.archello.com/en/project/okm |
Cambridge Advanced Learner\\\'s Dictionary | http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/ |
Oxford Advanced Learner\\\'s Dictionary | http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/ |
Visual Dictionary Online | http://visual.merriam-webster.com/index.php |