For engineering professionals who want to improve their English skills in the workplace. The course includes entertaining and educational videos about tools, engineering concepts, unit conversions, and career options.
Major topics include: What is Engineering?, Simple Machines, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering
Course level: 2
Video Lesson: What is Engineering?
- Title: Today's Top Careers: Engineering
- Description: A woman explains what engineers do and why the world needs engineers.
- Level: 4
Video Lesson: What is Engineering?
- Title: What Is Engineering?
- Description: Engineers plan and build the things people use every day.
- Level: 4
Video Lesson: Shapes
- Title: The Roman Coliseum
- Description: A man explains the shapes used in one of the famous landmarks in Italy.
- Level: 4
Video Lesson: Shapes
- Title: A Problem with the Designs
- Description: A man asks a woman from an architecture firm about the designs she sent.
- Level: 2
Video Lesson: Materials
- Title: Alternative Materials
- Description: A man worries about the materials they will use in a project.
- Level: 4
Video Lesson: Materials
- Title: Materials
- Description: Different objects are made of different materials depending on their use.
- Level: 4
Video Lesson: Tools
- Title: Instructions for Lamp Repair
- Description: This video gives a step-by-step guide in repairing a broken lamp.
- Level: 4
Video Lesson: Tools
- Title: Tools Everywhere
- Description: Someone describes several tools and their uses.
- Level: 5
Video Lesson: Energy
- Title: A New Seatbelt Design
- Description: An engineer is explaining her new and safer seatbelt design to her coworker.
- Level: 4
Video Lesson: Energy
- Title: Bruce Willis Gives Hugs
- Description: An actor talks about the importance of choosing a trusted car brand.
- Level: 3
Video Lesson: Simple Machines
- Title: Simple Machines
- Description: Learn about simple machines and a few examples of them in this short video.
- Level: 4
Video Lesson: Simple Machines
- Title: Examples of Simple Machines
- Description: A student asks her teacher about examples of simple machines that we see every day.
- Level: 4
Video Lesson: Working with Numbers
- Title: Solving a Math Problem
- Description: An engineer is asking for help with her calculation.
- Level: 4
Video Lesson: Working with Numbers
- Title: A Happy Career with Numbers
- Description: What exactly does an actuary do?
- Level: 3
Video Lesson: Types of Measurement
- Title: Measurement Confusion
- Description: A manager sends an email about a mistake made by the American engineer they are working with.
- Level: 4
Video Lesson: Types of Measurement
- Title: A Simple Mistake
- Description: An engineer makes a mistake with the measurements he was using.
- Level: 3
Video Lesson: The Scientific Method
- Title: A Project Proposal
- Description: A science experiment is designed to find out what material is best to use for heat dispersal.
- Level: 4
Video Lesson: The Scientific Method
- Title: Finding Different Materials
- Description: A manager wants to expand an engineer's study by finding more materials to test.
- Level: 4
Video Lesson: Safety Precautions
- Title: Preventing Injury at Work
- Description: This video talks about the guidelines on how to be safe at a workplace.
- Level: 4
Video Lesson: Safety Precautions
- Title: Pumping It Up!
- Description: Air New Zealand demonstrates fun safety exercises for passengers on board the airplane.
- Level: 4
Video Lesson: Civil Engineering
- Title: A Job Interview
- Description: An applicant describes the projects she is currently working on.
- Level: 4
Video Lesson: Civil Engineering
- Title: China Builds Too Fast
- Description: Know the cost of the country's big infrastructure projects and learn a few examples of contractions and idioms.
- Level: 4
Video Lesson: Chemical Engineering
- Title: Improving Biodiesel
- Description: Learn about biodiesel in this short, informative video.
- Level: 6
Video Lesson: Chemical Engineering
- Title: Changing the Food System for the Better
- Description: (TED) 11-year-old Birke Baehr shares his ideas on how to improve the current food system.
- Level: 3
Video Lesson: Mechanical Engineering
- Title: Building Pressure Vessels
- Description: A company advertisement explains the services they offer regarding designing and building vessels pressure.
- Level: 6
Video Lesson: Mechanical Engineering
- Title: The Benefits of a Mechanical Engineering Degree
- Description: Educators and students explain career possibilities after completing a degree in this field.
- Level: 3
Video Lesson: Electrical Engineer
- Title: Changes in Production
- Description: A manager sends an email to inform his staff of the current changes in production.
- Level: 6
Video Lesson: Electrical Engineer
- Title: Nikola Tesla: Genius and Inventor
- Description: He has over 300 patents to his name but he's considered to be the most underrated genius of all time.
- Level: 4
Video Lesson: Aerospace Engineering
- Title: Tomorrow's Tech Challenge
- Description: A foundation launches it's annual challenge and its requirements and restrictions.
- Level: 6
Video Lesson: Aerospace Engineering
- Title: Hidden Figures
- Description: Behind the memorable flight of NASA's Friendship 7 were a team of colored women who fought to be recognized.
- Level: 4