Antonella Linsalata

Norma Masenga

Emanuela Simoncini

Argomento e obiettivi del testo
 It Works! è un corso di inglese tecnico per gli studenti dei corsi con indirizzo Elettronica, Elettrotecnica e Meccanica, con focus sulla Manutenzione e Assistenza Tecnica.
 
 I contenuti, veicolati attraverso testi di livelli di diversa complessità, vengono esplorati utilizzando le quattro abilità in modo omogeneo ed integrato. Il testo dà inoltre grande importanza alla pratica linguistica attraverso attività che agevolano la revisione e la ripetizione dei contenuti studiati, favorendone l'apprendimento e l'interiorizzazione.
 I brani offrono un assortimento di stili, registri e livelli di difficoltà, e sono tratti da fonti diverse ed autentiche: libri e manuali, riviste e quotidiani online e siti web, anche specialistici.
 
 Il testo si propone di:
 
 <ul><li>far acquisire le competenze necessarie per comprendere testi che presentano termini, espressioni, strutture sintattiche e modalità discorsive specifiche del linguaggio settoriale;
</li><li>migliorare le capacità di ricezione e produzione orale e scritta;
</li><li>consolidare abitudini grammaticali corrette;
</li><li>incoraggiare l'autonomia linguistica e la soluzione di problemi;
</li><li>stimolare l'interesse e la partecipazione attiva degli studenti, dando spazio alla loro esperienza personale e a problematiche di attualità.
</li></ul>La struttura
 It Works! è diviso in cinque Moduli, ognuno dei quali ripartito in un numero variabile di Unità.
 Ogni Unità è suddivisa in brevi Capitoli su due pagine – teoria ed esercizi – per favorire sia uno studio più parcellizzato, sia la scelta antologica da parte dell'insegnante.
 
 Brevi link (curiosità, ampliamenti, rimandi, attività o mini-approfondimenti) arricchiscono i brani per consentire una maggiore interattività. Il primo esercizio di ogni capitolo è sempre una mappa riepilogativa da completare che aiuta a focalizzarsi sulle key words e i contenuti chiavi del testo proposto.
 Un ricco apparato iconografico, infine, accompagna i brani di lettura, per ognuno dei quali è previsto un esauriente glossario.
 
 Ogni Unità si conclude con tre sezioni:
 
 <ul><li>Vocabulary and Praseology: attività di revisione e consolidamento del lessico;
</li><li>Case study: argomento di attualità corredato di esercizi mirati all'approfondimento e alla discussione;
</li><li>Mapping your Mind: mappa riepilogativa per rappresentare la rete di relazioni tra i vari argomenti delle unità e a fissare le key words.
</li></ul>Alla fine di ogni Modulo, il testo propone ulteriori attività:
 
 <ul><li>Real-Life skills: compiti di realtà reali e collaborativi, con un taglio di tipo pratico calato nella realtà;
</li><li>Clip: brevi filmati tratti da opere cinematografiche.
</li></ul>Contenuti digitali integrativi
 
 <ul><li>Video per attività di listening e speaking
</li><li>Tracce audio in formato mp3
</li><li>Schemi e mappe interattive
</li><li>Testi per attività di approfondimento e di esercitazione
</li><li>Schede di civiltà comparata UK vs US
</li></ul>Teacher's Book. Disponibile sia in formato cartaceo sia digitale.
 
 <ul><li>Programmazione didattica / Piano di lavoro
</li><li>Didattica inclusiva e BES
</li><li>Agenda 2030
</li><li>Test di verifica di tutte le Unità e i Moduli, in formato editabile
</li><li>Soluzioni degli esercizi e note didattiche
</li><li>Audioscript delle attività di ascolto e dei video</li></ul>

SECTION 1 – COMMON GROUND

Unit 1.1 – Health and safety

Safety rules and signs

Dealing with emergency: fire and chemicals

Dealing with emergency: electricity and machinery

Safety in an office

Data safety and security

VOCABULARY & PHRASEOLOGY

CASE STUDY – Deadly explosion at hydroelectric power plant

MAPPING YOUR MIND

Unit 1.2 – Common language

Systems of measurement

Reading numbers and formulae

Hand tools

Electrical tools

CASE STUDY – The comeback of DIY in Italy

REAL-LIFE SKILLS

CLIP FILM – Gran Torino

SECTION 2 – ELECTRICITY

Unit 2.1 – The basics of electricity

Electricity

Conductors and insulators

Electric circuits

DC and AC current

Energy sources

Batteries

Electricity and magnetism

Generators

CASE STUDY – Maglev trains

Unit 2.2 – Electricity production

Fossil fuels

Nuclear energy

Bioenergy

Wind power

Water power

Solar power

CASE STUDY – Air-gen technology

Unit 2.3 – Electricity distribution

The electrical grid

Transformers

Energy problems and the smart grid

CASE STUDY – Why America's outdated energy grid is a climate problem

Unit 2.4 – Applications

Electricity in use

Electric motors

Types of electric motors

Lighting

CASE STUDY – The environmental impact of led bulbs

CLIP FILM – Back to the Future

SECTION 3 – ELECTRONICS AND ELECTROTECHNOLOGY

Unit 3.1 – The basics of electronics

Electronics and electrotechnology

Semiconductors

Transistors

Other electronic components

Colour coding in electronic components

Integrated circuits

CASE STUDY – The global chip shortage

Unit 3.2 – Digital electronics

Analogue vs digital

The binary system and logic gates

From input to output

Microprocessors

Microchips

CASE STUDY – Microcontrollers: Arduino®

Unit 3.3 – Telecommunications

An introduction

Transmission via cables

Wireless transmission

Other forms of transmission

CASE STUDY – Mettler-Toledo International Inc.

Unit 3.4 – Automation

What is automation?

PLCs

Sensors and actuators

Mechatronics

Domotics

CASE STUDY – Apple Homekit

CLIP FILM – I, Robot

SECTION 4 – MECHANICS

34 Can you give examples of some utility companies in Italy? Overall, power losses occurring between the power plants and the final users are estimated at around 8-15%. Information about consumption can be provided by a smart meter every 30 minutes. PMUs take 30-60 measurements per second. ONLINE RESOURCES   Energy storage on the grid to adjust: correggere back-up: supporto to fulfil: soddisfare peak: picco smart meter: contatore intelligente worn-out: consumato Factories Smart houses ENERGY PROBLEMS AND THE SMART GRID   The smart grid The need to use electricity for a very large variety of purposes has made it necessary to create a transmission system which allows electricity to be constantly delivered even at times of peak demand or in bad weather   Power grids conditions. This system is the smart grid, a digitalised energy network that Power grids are susceptible to failure and uses computer technology to connect all not always completely efficient. The main the different components and utilities to causes of the inefficiency of power grids are: their consumers. Smart grids have great   transmission losses, i.e. the dispersion advantages over traditional grids, such as: of a big amount of power in the form of   real-time consumption information: heat. This is due both to cable the smart grid is able to monitor the resistance and to the bad conditions real demand of electricity at any time, of transmission and distribution cables, adjusting the electricity delivery. which are often old and worn-out. Smart meters give consumers Substituting old cables with more information about their consumption efficient ones and reducing transmission of electricity in real time and share distances could help solve this problem; it with the utility company.   weather conditions. Strong winds, Automated switches help in rehurricanes and floods, as well as distributing electricity where most exceptional heat waves can damage needed, balancing the current load; the lines, causing an interruption in   greater reliability of the power energy distribution. In addition, the supply: the smart grid system enables increased consumption of electricity utility companies to immediately see in summer, when temperatures are where a power outage or a failure has high, can create an excess of demand occurred thanks to devices called that the grid is not able to fulfil. This phasor measurement units (PMUs), problem can be solved by using backwhich monitor fluctuations in voltage up sources to ensure constant energy or current ; supply and by integrating the energy   smart grids have digital protective supply of the grid with other sources, relays that protect the grid from for example small home solar plants excess of current. Unlike the or wind farms. electromechanical relays of the Nuclear power plant traditional grids, digital ones can respond to danger in a Thermal power plant few seconds, activating circuit breakers to stop Hydraulic power generation the flow of current;   greater flexibility: Distribution stations the smart grid is able to integrate power from renewable Transmission stations sources such as wind and solar power. The transmission and distribution network of the power grid is managed by energy utility companies, which deliver electricity to homes and businesses. These companies are generally partly government-ruled and partly private. Cities and offices Solar power Electric vehicle Wind power plant 

7 O R D W S Complete the table with the correct words. GRID MANAGEMENT (performed by energy 1. ........................................... companies) Problems Causes   transmission   resistance 2. ...........................................   5. ........................................... conditions   3. ........................................... cables Solutions MAINTENANCE & REPAIRS   more efficient cables   reduction of MAPS VIEW 4. ........................................... distance GRID MONITORING   damage to power lines   7. ...........................................   higher energy sources 6. ...........................................   artificial intelligence   integration with other 8. ........................................... GRID SECURITY THE SMART GRID (9. ........................................... energy network) Advantages Instruments   real-time information on   12. ........................................... meters 10. ...........................................   13. ........................................... and relays   11. ...........................................   flexibility 8 9 10 ALERT SYSTEM ENERGY MANAGEMENT   integration of 14. ........................................... sources 35 Listen to a recording about energy security and decide if the sentences are true or false. Correct the false ones. T F 1. The power grid is a system of energy 5. The most vulnerable part of the grid distribution only. is production. 2. Energy security ensures that a constant 6. Extreme weather is one of the biggest amount of electricity is provided. risks for the grid. 3. Energy security also controls the price 7. In 2021, the Texas power grid was knocked of energy. out by an exceptional heat wave. 4. Diversifying energy sources does not 8. Grids are still not designed to integrate stop the increase of energy prices. alternative sources of energy. T F Read the sentences and say what problem of grid management they could solve. 1. Applying artificial energy to the grid. 4. Reducing transmission distances. 2. Using more efficient cables. 5. Integrating new power sources into the grid. 3. Storing energy using back-up sources. 6. Preferring small local energy sources. Give a definition of the following words. 5. Utility company 1. Power grid 6. Consumer 2. Peak 3. Renewable source 7. Back-up 4. Failure 8. To adjust POWER BLACKOUTS ALL OVER THE WORLD Power blackouts concerning large areas of a country frequently happen all over the world. In 2024, for example, 1.6 million people in Texas suffered a two-day power outage due to a hurricane which hit the state. In Italy, the most severe blackout of the 21st century was on 28th September 2003, when all the country except Sardinia was affected by a severe power outage. 2.3   ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION 87 

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