New Oportunities Learning Centre

ENGLISH for TECHNICAL PURPOSES

NOLC offers a comprehensive course in technical English skills for students planning to enter a variety of technical and trades professions. Vocabulary and grammar are specific areas of study.

Sample topics include:

Vocabulary:

Professional activities
- production
- research and development
- information technology
- logistics
- quality
- health and safety
Industry specific terminology
- engineering/civil engineering
- automotive
- chemical
- pharmaceutical
- construction
- electrical
- electronics
- energy
- mining
- petroleum
- plastics
- telecom

Grammar:

Present tenses
- simple
- continuous
- perfect
Past tenses
- simple
- continuous
- perfect
Future forms
Conditionals
Verb phrases
Active vs. passive
Causation
Cause and effect
Obligation and requirements
Relative clauses
Subordinate clauses
Countable and uncountable nouns
Adjectives and adverbs
Prepositions of time and place