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
 
 
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