Text study

(A) Exercise 1. Match the columns

(B) Exercise 2. Define whether the following statements are true or false. Correct the false ones.

1. A modern engineer must have good knowledge of physics and mathematics, chemistry, computers, computer-aided-design, management science, foreign languages, etc.

2. Engineering technologists work closely with engineers in coordinating people, material, and machinery.

3. The engineering technologist is often responsible for people and machinery.

4. The work of engineering technologists focuses on design and planning of engineering tasks.

5. University teaching is combined with work at the advanced enterprises.

6. Engineering technologists work in a variety of careers in both public and private sectors.

(B) Exercise 3. Work out answers to the following. Ask a friend the same questions.

1. What are modern engineers guided by?

2. What department do you study at?

3. What do the students of our department specialize in?

4. What is the engineering technologist responsible for?

5. Where are usually technologists employed?

6. What does the work of engineering technologists focus on?

7. What helps students turn into highly skilled engineers?

8. What variety of careers can engineering technologists choose?

(C) Exercise 4.Talk about the following aspects of your future career:

• factors that influenced the choice of your future profession

• the department you study at and the information you can give about it

• different kinds of jobs technological engineers fulfill

• the peculiarities of your future profession

• the ways of being employed in the job market