2025-2026

Inglés Técnico para la Ingeniería (B1)

(All degrees – 12991)

Amparo Díaz Tortosa

adiaz@upv.es – http://personales.upv.es/adiaz

APPOINTMENTS (tutorías): on request through TEAMS private chat to adiaz@upv.es (2 days in advance). Languages Office #5. ETSII 5H building

COURSE GROUPS TERM B

GROUP	TIMETABLE		ROOMS	TEACHER
EB1B1	Tuesday Wednesday	11.50-14.10	223 t 223 t/234^1 p	Amparo Díaz

^(*) see computer sessions calendar below Ê

COMPUTER SESSIONS – room 234-5H building-2^nd floor (opposite Oficina Internacional) (all groups. Any possible changes would be announced through PoliformaT)
Session N Instructions	GROUP		Time	Date		Additional material/links
1	EB1B1		11:50	11 FEB		Solutions Unit 1 Revision: Articles + exercises Expressing measurements (general theory) Video: The origin of the earth: (Section 1), (Sections 2-3) OR https://media.upv.es/player/?id=a97a98f0-021d-11e6-851a-656f7e06a374 Video: Optical fibre OR https://media.upv.es/#/portal/video/812dc360-161f-11ec-a2cd-3d48ff15c19f
2	EB1B1		11:50	25 FEB		Solutions Unit 2 Video: Liquids, solids and gases (not in the book) Solutions Unit 3 Revision: Comparison of ADJ/ADV; (a) few/(a) little; Expressions for comparison and contrast with examples Video: The Polymer Age (book, Unit 3), Introduction to USING MATERIALS + exercise
3	EB1B1		11:50	10 MAR* Room 124		Computer session 3 Date change Wednesday to Tuesday (11:50 room 124) Tuesday 10 March computer session 3; Wednesday 11 March Model Exam in class (12:00-13:00) (see PoliformaT-Announcements) Solutions Unit 4 Revision: Relative clauses Solutions Unit 5 Video: Using materials (Wood & metals) + (Plastics & composites) (not in the book)
WRITTEN EXAM PART I (Units 1-5) (25%) Date: Monday , 23 March Time: 12.00 (60 minutes) Room: 110 Parts: - Multiple choice questions (Grammar, usage, vocabulary) - Fill in the Gaps - Reading comprehension Exam model for class. Another model here
ORAL EXAM		(15% final grade) - INDIVIDUAL SPEAKING: Tips for describing a picture. Describing a picture for 3 minutes. Exercises to practise. The exam can be taken during EITHER computer session 5 OR 6 (Sign-up in PoliformaT open till 2^nd December). Students will be assigned a picture to describe and will have approximately 3 minutes to prepare the description. The topics will be related to ENERGY and THE ENVIRONMENT
WRITING 1	In-class submission week 6 in April (Tuesday 21 April) up to 0,3
4 (+Video test 1)	EB1B1		11:50	Tuesday 28 APR	521 (provisional)		Solutions Unit 6 Solutions Unit 6 Revision: Prepositions Purpose, The language of instructions exercises Video: How electromagnets work
WRITING 2	In-class submission up to 0,3 (Tuesday 5 May)
5	EB1B1		11:50	Tuesday 12 MAY	521 (provisional)		Solutions unit 7 Revision: Active/passive voice + (links to exercises in computersession5.pdf) Video: Coal power plant Book, page 83 Nuclear Reactor (only for writing 2 help not for Video Test II) book, page 86 Solutions Unit 8 Revision: conditionals + (links to exercises in computersession5.pdf) Video: Five forms of renewable energy book, page 94 20% renewable energy by 2020 book, page 104
WRITING 3	In-class submission up to 0,3 (Tuesday 19 May))
6 (+Video test 2) oral exam (last date)	EB1B1		11:50	Tuesday 26 MAY	520 (provisional)		Solutions unit 9 Solutions unit 10
WRITTEN EXAM PART II (Units 6-10) (30%) Date: Monday, 1 June Time: 12:00 pm Room(s): 112 Parts: - Multiple Choice -Fill in the Gaps - Writing Exam model for last class. Another model
FINAL EXAM (80%)* Date: Tuesday, 16^th June Time: 12:00 Room(s): (announced in due time) Parts:- Grammar & vocabulary = (Multiple Choice, Fill in the Gaps, Reading Comprehension, Composition) - Listening comprehension = - ORAL INTERVIEW = (You may keep your ORAL INTERVIEW mark or repeat it after the exam).
COURSE MATERIAL Coursebook (for use in the lessons): Introduction To Technical English For Engineering, 2^nd Edition. A. Jaime, A. Diaz, 2013, Ed UPV 840 Listenings folder in PoliformaT-Resources and TEAMS Archivos Computer session exercises (available online) ASSESSMENT

	Minimum score 35%
EXAM SECTION I 2.5 marks EXAM SECTION II 3.0 marks Model exams will be provided by teacher 10 days before due date.	Parts I+II = 1.93
ORAL INTERVIEW = 1.5 marks (Computer sessions 5 or 6)	0,53
VIDEO TEST I+2 1.0 marks (Computer sessions 4 & 6) ESSAYS (+PARTICIPATION) = 1 marks (3 writings) Essays will only get mark when done IN CLASS COMPUTER SESSIONS = 1 mark Computer sessions can only be done IN-CLASS

Retake Exam (16 June)

a) WRITTEN SECTION (70 points) :

Multiple choice / Fill in the Gaps/Correct the Mistakes / Reading Comprehension & COMPOSITION (about 150 words on a topic related to the topics of the book

b) LISTENING COMPREHENSION (10 points): to be done together with the written section

c) SPEAKING (20 points): Students will describe a picture and develop a topic related to the course during 3 minutes. You may keep the mark you got in the oral interview or you can repeat it just after the exam on 12^th June

EXAMS WILL ONLY BE HELD ON THE OFFICIAL DATES

SITTING RETAKE exam = RENOUNCING all marks obtained during the COURSE