English for Architecture and Urban Planning - USB - ID3125
Prof. Dafne González
April - July. 2005

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TIMETABLE

Weeks
F2F Classes (Tuesdays)
Online Component (Thursdays)
Week 1
April 26 & 28

Welcome and Introductions
Check rooms and schedules
Syllabus
Creation of groups
Assigning readings

Introduction to Webtools to be used and online component
Registration in Moodle
Uploading pics - creating a profile
Computer use survey
Introducing blogs - Looking at examples
UP: Introducing the project

Week 2
May 3 & 5

Rhythm in Architecture

-Pre-reading
-Reading
-Postreading

UP: Group Work
-Brainstorm session
-Title

Vocabulary building interactive exercises
Reading: Rhythm and Ritual: A Motive for Design by Ralph L. Knowles
Creating blog - first entries
Creating glossary in Moodle
UP: Looking for UP links - description of page content

Week 3
May 10 & 12

Acoustics
Hearing Structure

UP: Group Work:

-Justification
-Objectives
-Target Audience

Vocabulary building exercises

Guest Speaker: Cora Chen (ESL teacher at City College of San Francsico in the U.S). This is Cora's blog. Topic: Rhythm and Acoustics in Architecture

Comments about presentation: blog

Introducing wikis

Week 4
May 17 & 19

Students' class simulation:
Circulation: Vertical, Horizontal

UP: Group Work

-Content
-Methodology

Vocabulary building exercises


Quiz 1 on vocabulary and content

Reading: Access To And Use Of Buildings (pdf)

Blog entry

Week 5
May 24 & 26

Students' class simulation:


Space: Elements of Space, The formation of exterior space, Positive and negative space

UP: Group Work - Brainstorming ideas for units

Webquest: House Plans part 1
Lesson ID: lsn1676
Lesson password: id3125

UP: Working on Wiki - unit development

Week 6
May 31 & June 2

Video: Montreal

-Pre-viewing
-While-viewing
-Post-viewing

Vocabulary building exercises

Webquest: House Plans part 1 - Writing the report

Introducing House Plans part 2 (optional group final project)

UP: Activies development

Week 7
June 7 & 9

Students' class simulation:

Scale: Human harmonies, The Golden section


UP: Presentation of units withing each group

Introduction to Bridges

A literary intermezzo based on "Albert's bridge", a radio-play by Tom Stoppard by guest tutor Arnold Mühren - part 1
Venue: Alado

Week 8
June 14 & 16

Students' class simulation:

-Structure: The technology of structure
-Museum of the Arts and the Sciences (Valencia, Spain)

UP: Final discussion on program

Online activities about bridges
Guest speakers will talk about bridges from different parts of the world:

Section B: Teresa Almeida d'Eça (Portugal) and Rita Zeistejer (Argentina)

Blog entries

Glossary entries

UP: Uploading final version of program

Week 9
June 21 & 23

Video: Seattle

-Pre-viewing
-While-viewing
-Post-viewing

Quiz 2on vocabulary and content

Guest speakers will talk about bridges from different parts of the world.

Section A: Elisabeth Fernadez (Japan) and Barbara Chap (Germany) and Susan Nyrop (Denmark)

Section B: Barbara Chap (Germany) and Stewart Nelson (Canada)

Blog entry with comments on presentations.

Week 10
June 28 & 30

UP: Groups present their programs to the class

A literary intermezzo based on "Albert's bridge", a radio-play by Tom Stoppard by guest tutor Arnold Mühren - part 2
Week 11
July 5 & 7
Day Off
Students' presentations
Week 12
July 12 & 14
Students' presentations

Group work evaluation

Self-evaluation

Students' presentations

Course evaluation