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English for STEM: Understanding Engineering Vocabulary
Macquarie University
  • Start Date: 30 May, 2022
  • 3 weeks
  • Study Content: Videos


Improve your English language skills as you learn the essential vocabulary to help you understand key engineering subjects.

Course Fee: Free
Certificate Cost: See Fees and Eligibility
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Course Description

This course is made available through the eLearnAfrica and FutureLearn partnership.

Develop your English vocabulary in civil, industrial, and mechanical engineering


This three-week course from Macquarie University EMI Centre will help you improve your English language ability in the context of engineering.


You’ll delve into key concepts in civil, industrial and mechanical engineering. Through this exploration, you’ll learn essential vocabulary in topics such as sustainable building, occupational health and safety, and robotics.


Throughout the course, you’ll also master pronunciation, word form, and use to ensure you can use engineering vocabulary in the right way.


Improve your English language skills using effective strategies


You’ll learn from videos, quizzes, and reading texts designed specifically for English language learners to help you understand different engineering subjects.


You’ll also discover interactive tools, such as Quizlet, as a strategy for recording and revising new vocabulary.


Develop your academic skills to help you study engineering


Each week, you’ll explore group work and problem-solving skills to help prepare you for studying in English. You’ll learn useful language for group discussions such as language to make suggestions, analyse solutions, and evaluate outcomes.


Learn from the experts at Macquarie University


Throughout the course, you’ll be guided by a language trainer and an engineering trainer from Macquarie University EMI centre.


With their expertise, and frequent opportunities to practise your new language skills, you’ll finish the course with the confidence to use engineering vocabulary in real-life settings.


This course is designed for anyone who is going to be studying engineering and would like to develop their English language ability.


It will be most useful for learners who have an Intermediate CEFR B1 level of English.


Certificate cost may vary. You will be redirected to the host page for cost and payment options.

Macquarie University

This university is part of the partnership between eLearnAfrica and FutureLearn.

This institution is available on eLearnAfrica through partnership with FutureLearn.

You may be able to download course materials after enrolling in this course. If not, all of the necessary course materials provided by the course instructor will be available on the provider's course page.
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