General aspects of the english ii course

1. English II
Systems Engineering
Online Course
General Aspects
Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería
Facultad de Ciencias y Sistemas

2. Hello dear student!
Here you have information related to the most relevant aspects about the English II
course:
Units and
contents
Sections
Evaluation
format
Extra material
Communication Suggestions

3. Units and Contents

4. This course is divided into
4 units which will be developed during 16 weeks.
On each week you will find interesting learning
activities related to systems engineering topics.

5. These are the four units:
Unit 1: Cause and Effect
Unit 2: Comparison and
Contrast
Unit 3: Descriptions Unit 4: Conclusion

6. Cause and Effect
Cause and Effect
Graphic
Organizers
Grammar:
Subject and
Verb Agreement
Writing:
The paragraph
Unit 1 has the
following
content:

7. Grammar:
Comparative
and Superlative
Comparison and
contrast
Comparison and
contrast graphic
organizers
Writing:
Types of
paragraph
Unit 2 consists of:

8. Descriptions
Physical
Description
Process
Description
Grammar:
Perfect Tenses
Writing:
Writing a
Paragraph
In unit 3 we will
develop the
following
content:

9. Conclusion
Technical
Instructions
Technical Report
Unit 4 is divided
into:

10. Sections

11. Each week has the following sections in the platform:
In this section you will find all the information necessary to do
the learning activity such as: the name of the activity, the
learning objectives, the steps to follow and the assessment
criteria.
In this section you will have access to the material with the
content to study as well as the documents with the exercises
you will do according to the weekly activity assigned.
This is the section where you can find the
questionnaires to be solved or the place to upload your
activity assignment. It can vary from one week to
another.

12. Evaluation Format

13.  Each week has a learning activity to submit in the Moodle
platform.
 This activities are designed to be done individually and they
have a specific score that will be sum until you get 100
points.

14. Extra Material

15.  Some weeks also contain extra material such as websites, PDF
documents and games that you can do in case you want to learn
deeply about a specific topic.
 Just take into account that the activities given in this part are not
evaluated, that means they do not have a score.

16. Suggestions

17. Get in touch with your tutor during the time assigned
Ask for help if you do not understand an activity
Read the instructions given in the guideline carefully
Organize well your time creating a schedule to study
Submit your activities on time
Here are some suggestions to take into account to be
successful in the course

18. Communication

19. You can get in contact with your tutor in two different ways:
1. There is a forum in the platform where you can write any doubt
you have about the course.
2. You can write an e-mail to your tutor in the specified schedule.