Language Teaching
Materials For
Electricians
Most of the units
below have been produced
by Kent Andersen,
Syddansk Erhvervsskole
(South Danish Vocational
College).
Comments are welcome:
ka@faz.dk
The texts,
audio and
exercises are
based on
original texts
from Siemens.com
dealing with PLC
(Programmable
Logic Control).
The units
contain
Technical
English and are
suitable for
e.g.
electricians and
engineers.
Each unit contains
text with audio followed
by exercises.
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Video and text
showing how to wire a
standard British 13 Amp
plug.
The video and text
are followed by
exercises based on the
tools and materials used
in the instruction.
The video and text
have been prepared in
two versions:
Intermediate level
with a
handout.
Download the
Intermediate English
handout (Adobe
Acrobat document .pdf)
Elementary level
with a handout.
Download the basic
English handout
(Adobe Acrobat document
.pdf)
If
you want to watch how a
class may work with the
units (in a Danish
language teaching
version) then
you can watch an
example by clicking here.
The voice over is in
English, the class in
the video is learning
Danish.
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Tired of mowing
your lawn?
Fed-up with your
lawn service? Or
relying on the
neighbor’s team?
Robomow is the
ultimate in lawn
mowing
convenience.
Especially
designed to mow
your lawn
completely
automatically.
Powered by a
rechargeable
battery, Robomow
is extremely
quiet and
environment
friendly.
While Robomow
automatically
cuts your lawn
you can enjoy
your free time
the way you like
most. All
Robomow models
traverse your
lawn in a
systematic
pattern of
zigzag lines,
which repeats it
self in several
different
angles.
The text with
video are
followed by
exercises
created with Hot
Potatoes.
Go to the unit here: http://multidict.net/cs/244
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A text
with audio demonstrating
some advantages of Electrical
Intelligent
House
Installations (DOMOTICS).
The text is
hyperlinked word
by word to
dictionaries.
The hyperlinking
has been done
automatically
through
a program
written by Kent
Andersen
The audio and text
are
followed by
exercises
created with Hot
Potatoes.
Go to the Domotics unit: http://multidict.net/cs/238
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Video showing a
huge spark with
text and
exercises. The
text is
hyperlinked word
by word to
dictionaries
The text is
followed by
exercises
created with Hot
Potatoes. Text
used with
permission from
Bert Hickman,
Stoneridge
Engineering,
http://www.teslamania.com
Go to the unit here: http://multidict.net/cs/243
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Text with audio
telling about
the problems
with electrical
safety in the
UK.
The text is
hyperlinked word
by word to
either
ordbogen.com
English-Danish
or to m-w.com
English-English. The text is
followed by
exercises
created with Hot
Potatoes.
Text used with
permission from
the
National
Inspection
Council for
Electrical
Installation
Contracting -
NICEIC.
Go to the unit here: http://multidict.net/cs/242
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Text and audio.
What is the risk
of injury?
Level of text B2
/ C1.
The text is
hyperlinked word
by word to
online
dictionaries.
The hyperlinking
has been done
automatically
through a
program written
by Kent
Andersen.
The text is
followed by
exercises
created with Hot
Potatoes.
Go to the unit here: http://multidict.net/cs/850
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A text about the
Danish
educational
system for
electricians'
apprentices. The
text is
hyperlinked word
by word to
either
ordbogen.com
English-Danish
or to m-w.com
English-English.
The hyperlinking
has been done
automatically
through
a program
written by Kent
Andersen.
Choose between
the
English-Danish
version,
English-English
version, or the
English-German
version
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Text with audio with
descriptions of the
European Language
Portfolio Levels. .
European Language
Portfolio: http://multidict.net/cs/247
After reading and
listening to the above
you may chose to
Fill in online
assessment of your
language skills and CV
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The Electrotechnical Certification
Scheme (ECS). The text is linked word by word to ten different
online dictionaries and is followed by
drag-and-drop exercises, a puzzle, and
cloze exercises: http://multidict.net/cs/239
Original Text:
http://www.sjib.org.uk/ecs-faqs.htm
Used with permission from
www.select.org.uk Tel: 0131 445 5577
Fax: 0131 445 5548 The Walled Garden,
Bush Estate, Midlothian EH26 0SB
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The text is
linked word by word to ten different
online dictionaries and is followed by
drag-and-drop exercises, a puzzle, and
cloze exercises.
Original Text: http://www.sjib.org.uk/ecs-questions.htm
Used with permission from
www.select.org.uk Tel: 0131 445 5577
Fax: 0131 445 5548 The Walled Garden,
Bush Estate, Midlothian EH26 0SB
Safe Working in the Electrotechnical
Industry - ECS FAQ.
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Selection of 40 and 43 questions
used for assessment. The
tests are based on an
original text from SJIB
with the quiz made with
the "Hot Potatoes"
software. The tests do not resemble
the ECS tests; the
percentage given is not
a true percentage and
the number of questions
in test B
is 43 (the real ECS test
has 40 questions).
Sample ECS test A
Sample ECS test B
Original Text: http://www.sjib.org.uk/ecs-questions.htm
Used with permission
from www.select.org.uk
Tel: 0131 445 5577 Fax:
0131 445 5548 The Walled
Garden, Bush Estate,
Midlothian EH26 0SB
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London Underground is a
set of seven units full
of information (and
humour) about the Tube,
lines, tickets,
tourists, and
Americans!-)
Each unit has exercises,
audio and text where all
words are linked to 118
languages.
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In News at 10 your task
is to prepare a 5
minutes news broadcast
to be sent live at 10 o’
clock a.m.
Before collecting and
selecting the news for
the broadcast you must
decide on an editorial
line for your
broadcasting company.
E.g. is it a youth based
program, a music based
program, or perhaps a
sports based program?
The editorial line must
be stated in writing
before you proceed to
finding the news.
You may use the Internet
for finding and
selecting news, but it
is also acceptable to
use what you personally
know has happened, as
long as the news is real
and not invented!
In your news broadcast
you may also include
interviews (i.e. you may
interview one another)
but everything must be
sent live!
You are not allowed to
read from printouts, you
should rephrase the news
and use keywords to
remember what to say.
This way the news will
sound more interesting
and live to your
listeners.
Go to the task
description with links
and teacher notes
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Airport is a simulation
that can be used by
students with a language
competence around level
B1 (European Language
Portfolio).
The simulation can be
played in groups with
three to five students
(if less than five in a
group then some students
will have to have more
than one profile in the
simulation).
The simulation is self
explanatory; each
student is given a text
with a personal profile,
the students read and
inform the other group
members about the
content.
When all members of a
group know the given
information the success
of the group in the
simulation depends on
following the
information and having a
proper strategy.
The students should not
be allowed to speak
their own language
during the simulation.
To play the simulation
the students need 81 map
squares. Each square has
a top side with a
number, the squares
represent parts of a
land map. The students
can move across the map
by choosing squares,
when a square is chosen
the students turn around
the map square to see
the bottom side which
has information.
Before class the teacher
should print the file
with the map squares and
cut out these.
Download the files below
to use the simulation in
your class:
Airport_squares.pdf
(file with 81 squares,
table side)
Airport_top_numbers.pdf
( 81 squares top view)
One of the students has
to fill in a diary /
time table. This paper
should also be printed
before class:
airport_table.pdf
(The time table that the
students fill in during
the simulation)
To play the simulation
the students need the
following profiles in
print:
Personal_profiles_en.pdf
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Last edit:
21-12-2010
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