What's Electrical Engineering?: Week 01 - English I

Week 01_English I
What’s Electrical Engineering?
by Rumondang Miranda Marsaulina

Hp: 08128970747
Institut Teknologi Del
Jl. Sisingamangaraja, Laguboti-Sitoluama
Tobasa-Sumatera Utara
09/02/2021 Week01_Session01-rmm 1
Today’s agenda
1. Teaching course plan (see details in your RPS from cis.del.ac.id)
2. Self-enroll at ecourse.del.ac.id for: Quizzes and exams
Super aware of putting proper punctuations in writing your
sentences.
3. Assignments: collaborative a] Diagram presentation
b] Opinion essay writing
(one team : 2-3 students)
4. - Reading for texts and a diagram; task activities
- Sentence writing: Vocabulary and grammar (Simple Present Tense)
- Speaking (grammar: Simple Present Tense) and listening
Read text 1
Task activity for reading text 1:
1. List the main branches of engineering

2. Sum how many branches listed are mentioned
3. Complete the blanks in this diagram using the text in previous slide
Read text 2 with the pictures on the right
Task activity for reading text 2:
1. Study these pictures. They show some of the areas in which engineers work. Can you identify them? What
kinds of engineers are concerned with these areas - electrical, mechanical, or both?
2. Now match each text to one of the pictures below.
Task activity 3 (reading a diagram)
Fill in the gaps in the description of the different branches of engineering on the right column
using information from this diagram.
Vocabulary:
Match each item in column A with an appropriate
item from column B
Grammar: Simple Present Tense (1)
Active sentence forms with the action verb in Simple Present Tense
(+) S+V1 (verb-s/-es/-ies) + O + Complement
(-) S+ doesn’t/don’t + Vo (base-form verb) +O + Complement
(Y/N question) Do/Does + S + Vo (base-form verb) +O+ Complement?
Yes, S + do/does.
No, S + don’t/doesn’t).
(Wh’s word question) Wh’s word + do/does +Vo (base-form verb) + O+
Complement?
Wh’s words : What, who, whom, which, where, when, whose, why
how/how many/how much/how long
Remember for the Wh’s question sentence:

If the answer to the Wh’s question is as the Subject (usually begins with “who”
and sometimes “what, which”), then the Wh’s question form in Simple Present
Tense must be as follows:
Wh’s word +V1 ?

e.g. : Who heads the Electrical Engineering department?
Active sentence forms with “be” verb in Simple Present Tense
(+) S+ be (am/is/are) + adjective/ a/an-singular Noun/plural Noun.

e.g.: She is an engineer.
They are talented in electrical engineering.
Both of them are electrical engineers.
(-) S + am not/isn’t/aren’t + adjective/ a/an-singular Noun/plural Noun.
(Y/N question) Is/Are + S + adjective/ a/an-singular Noun/plural Noun?
Yes, S + is/are.
No, S + isn’t/aren’t.
(Wh’s word question) Wh’s word + is/are +S + adjective/ a/an-singular
Noun/plural Noun?
Now, do you know how to build Present Continuous Tense sentences?
Formula:
(+) S + is/are + V-ing + O + Complement.
(-) S+ isn’t/aren’t + V-ing + O + Complement.
(Y/N question ) Is/Are + S + V-ing + O + Complement?
Yes, S + is/are./ No, S+isn’t/aren’t.
Writing: Vocabulary and Simple Present
Tense use in sentences
Link the items from previous slide that you have matched in sentences
using one of these phrasal verbs:
deal with/concern with/ the concern of
Examples:
• Electrical installation deals with cables and switchgear.
• Roads and bridges are the concern of civil area.
• Automobile is concerned with cars and trucks.
Speaking and Listening
Pair with your friend and talk each other about this schedule. Use Simple Present
Tense when expressing your scheduled activities.
Speaking and Listening: In your
conversation, discuss these topics
1. What time does a course start each day?
2. When does it finish?
3. How long is a class?
4. How many classes are delivered each week?
5. What do the numbers mean after each class. e.g. 150?
6. How often does a class have breaks?
Next week
Mathematics
Calculation of circumference and area
Any questions?
Thank you.
Reference:
Glendinning,E.H. & N. Glendinning.1995. Oxford English for Electrical
and Mechanical Engineering, Oxford: Oxford University Press

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Week 01_English I

What’s Electrical Engineering?

by Rumondang Miranda Marsaulina

1. List the main branches of engineering

Remember for the Wh’s question sentence:

Wh’s word +V1 ?

(+) S+ be (am/is/are) + adjective/ a/an-singular Noun/plural Noun.

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