Engineering Centre for Languages & Inter-Communication course timetable
July 2020
Tue 7 |
Chinese: Beginner Intensive
Finished
Introductory course to Chinese. This course is for those with no previous knowledge of Chinese. Communicative context, with videos, audio, texts and conversation. |
Spanish: Beginner Intensive
Finished
Fun introductory course to Spanish. This course is for those with little or no previous knowledge of Spanish. Communicative context, with videos, audio, texts and conversation. This course will be taught online: there will be three classes per week, each lasting for two hours. The classes will be taught over Zoom which is a user-friendly interface that is easy and free to use. It also allows for collaborative work. |
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French: Beginner Intensive
Finished
Introductory course to French. This course is for those with no previous knowledge of French. Communicative context, with videos, audio, texts and conversation. This course will be taught online: there will be three classes per week, each lasting for two hours. I have chosen to use Zoom which is a user-friendly interface that is easy and free to use. It also allows collaborative work. |
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Wed 8 |
Chinese: Beginner Intensive
Finished
Introductory course to Chinese. This course is for those with no previous knowledge of Chinese. Communicative context, with videos, audio, texts and conversation. |
Thu 9 |
Japanese: Beginner Intensive
Finished
Introductory course to Japanese. This course is for those with no previous knowledge of Japanese. Communicative context, with videos, audio, texts and conversation. |
Spanish: Beginner Intensive
Finished
Fun introductory course to Spanish. This course is for those with little or no previous knowledge of Spanish. Communicative context, with videos, audio, texts and conversation. This course will be taught online: there will be three classes per week, each lasting for two hours. The classes will be taught over Zoom which is a user-friendly interface that is easy and free to use. It also allows for collaborative work. |
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Fri 10 |
Chinese: Beginner Intensive
Finished
Introductory course to Chinese. This course is for those with no previous knowledge of Chinese. Communicative context, with videos, audio, texts and conversation. |
French: Beginner Intensive
Finished
Introductory course to French. This course is for those with no previous knowledge of French. Communicative context, with videos, audio, texts and conversation. This course will be taught online: there will be three classes per week, each lasting for two hours. I have chosen to use Zoom which is a user-friendly interface that is easy and free to use. It also allows collaborative work. |
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Mon 13 |
Chinese: Beginner Intensive
Finished
Introductory course to Chinese. This course is for those with no previous knowledge of Chinese. Communicative context, with videos, audio, texts and conversation. |
Japanese: Beginner Intensive
Finished
Introductory course to Japanese. This course is for those with no previous knowledge of Japanese. Communicative context, with videos, audio, texts and conversation. |
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Tue 14 |
Chinese: Beginner Intensive
Finished
Introductory course to Chinese. This course is for those with no previous knowledge of Chinese. Communicative context, with videos, audio, texts and conversation. |
Wed 15 |
Chinese: Beginner Intensive
Finished
Introductory course to Chinese. This course is for those with no previous knowledge of Chinese. Communicative context, with videos, audio, texts and conversation. |
Thu 16 |
Japanese: Beginner Intensive
Finished
Introductory course to Japanese. This course is for those with no previous knowledge of Japanese. Communicative context, with videos, audio, texts and conversation. |
Fri 17 |
Chinese: Beginner Intensive
Finished
Introductory course to Chinese. This course is for those with no previous knowledge of Chinese. Communicative context, with videos, audio, texts and conversation. |
Mon 20 |
Japanese: Beginner Intensive
Finished
Introductory course to Japanese. This course is for those with no previous knowledge of Japanese. Communicative context, with videos, audio, texts and conversation. |
October 2020
Thu 8 |
Come to this talk on Cambridge to find out more about the city's past and present and understand the context in which you live. Bring your questions. |
This online course is designed for non-native English speakers from the Department of Engineering. It will cover a variety of spoken English, ranging from the more formal language needed for seminars, discussions and conferences, to the more informal everyday language used in the office and the student house.
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Fri 9 |
We will focus on refining participants' language for correspondence, focusing on native-speakers norms and choice of words as well as register for formal versus casual correspondence
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Mon 12 |
The focus is on structure, logical flow, the effective development of ideas, accuracy and critical analysis.
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Tue 13 |
The course consists of 4 workshops followed by 1 individual supervision. The course focuses on common errors and problem areas for research students writing up dissertations and publishing papers. The supervision addresses individual areas for improvement at the end of the course.
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Writing for Engineers: Course for postdocs on refining papers for publishing. The course consists of four workshops followed by one individual supervision.
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Wed 14 |
This online course is designed for non-native English speakers from the Department of Engineering. It will cover a variety of spoken English, ranging from the more formal language needed for seminars, discussions and conferences, to the more informal everyday language used in the office and the student house.
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Thu 15 |
This online course is designed for non-native English speakers from the Department of Engineering. It will cover a variety of spoken English, ranging from the more formal language needed for seminars, discussions and conferences, to the more informal everyday language used in the office and the student house.
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Fri 16 |
Maximise your supervisions, as students and/or supervisors, by discussing the language, structure and style of effective Cambridge supervisions.
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Mon 19 |
The focus is on structure, logical flow, the effective development of ideas, accuracy and critical analysis.
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