ENGINEERING ENGLISH
English for engineers and technical teams
Build the technical English to write a precise spec, run a design review and explain a trade-off.
Carna scores writing and speaking among eight skills, each from 0 to 100 Carna for Business shows a trainer every course with its score today Teams roll out Carna for Business today; individuals join the early-access list
Engineering at a glance
Where it sits on the CEFR scale
What the tutor will practise
- Specs and incident reports
- Design reviews
- Technical vocabulary
What runs today Carna for Business: practice a trainer assigns, due dates and attempt caps, and a report per group.
— THE PROBLEM, THE PRACTICE
What gets in the way, and the practice for it.
Three things that stop people at this goal, each beside the practice planned to remove it. Each row says whether it runs today or waits for the tutor's early access.
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Technical precision in English is hard — a vague specification or imprecise email costs more than the time saved by not proofreading it.
Technical writing precision
The tutor will work on engineering documents — specifications, RFCs, incident reports, change requests — with feedback on clarity, formality and technical register.
Specs and incident reports Early access
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Presenting findings to non-technical stakeholders in English requires translation skills that purely technical practice doesn't develop.
Meetings and presentations
The tutor will practise stand-ups, design reviews and stakeholder presentations, with feedback on how well a technical idea lands with a mixed audience.
Design reviews Early access
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International engineering teams move fast; hesitation in English during a stand-up or design review slows everyone down.
Domain vocabulary
Repeated practice will build the technical vocabulary your discipline uses, so the terms come without a pause in a meeting.
Technical vocabulary Early access
— WHAT YOU GET
Every score on one scale.
Whatever the goal, the engine underneath is the one schools and teams run today: eight skills, each with its own score, on the CEFR scale from A1 to C2.
- rules on every assignment in Carna for Business: a due date, an attempt cap, and whether late work counts
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- where this path sits on the CEFR scale
- B2–C1 of A1–C2
- skills Carna scores, each from 0 to 100
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Running in teams today
The team's English, in one view.
- The courses at 80% or above
- How many learners are assigned
- Every course, ranked by its average score
Carna for Business runs on the same engine today. A trainer sees the group's average, how much has been handed in, and every course with its score, the strongest called out at 80% and up, in one view. Engineering organisations can book a demo now.
A group report, opened at its insight cards: the courses at 80% or above, and how many learners are assigned. Carna's trainer and learner app, shown with a sample school's demo data.
FAQ
Common questions.
Straight answers for the person doing the job, and for whoever rolls it out to the team.
Will Carna cover software engineering English specifically?
The writing and speaking practice on this path is technical communication for a mixed audience, which is where software teams spend their English: reviews, incident write-ups and stand-ups. Software-specific scenario sets are not something we promise yet.
How will Carna help with writing clearer technical documentation?
The tutor's writing feedback will cover task achievement, coherence, lexical resource and grammatical range, so a draft spec or incident report comes back with where the language is unclear and what would make it precise.
Is Carna for Business the right version for engineering teams?
Yes, and it runs today. Carna for Business gives trainers group reports — the average, what has been handed in, every course with its score — and a record per learner, so L&D can see where each team stands.
CARNA FOR BUSINESS
See it with your own team.
Carna for Business runs today: assign practice from its library, in beta, set a due date and an attempt cap, and read the group's report. Book a demo for the floor, or join the early-access list for the individual tutor.