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| LANG0074-1

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| Duration : | 30h Th | |
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| Holder(s) : | ISLV | |
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| Course contents :
| The course continues the development of reading skills, data gathering, and note-taking using texts or series of texts (as started during the MedEng 1 course), and focuses also on research capacities, oral understanding, and presentation skills. | |
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| Course objective :
| - allow students to read and understand English medical literature.
- allow students to understand short oral presentations in English.
- allow students to present in English scientific or medical information in a correct and consistent fashion. | |
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| Prerequisites :
| MedEng 1 (Medical English 1st part, 1st Candidature,) or equivalent (for example:. IELTS 5.5-6 or Cambridge Advanced English A- C). | |
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| Workshops :
| The course features 8 sessions (duration: 2 hours). Each session requires a long preparation (between 1.30 and 4 hours). This work is mandatory. There are no ex cathedra lectures. Students take part actively in the sessions. | |
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| Organization :
| Schedules and location will be available at a later stage. | |
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| Written notes :
| MEDENG2 course notes. Internet access is recommended. | |
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| Assessment :
| Written exam with multiple choice questions (lIELTS 6.0 level) and class presentations (25% of the grade). Students must demonstrate the ability to read and understand a wide selection of English medical texts (global and detailed understanding), to research information and to present in a consistent manner scientific information. They will also have to demonstrate the ability to understand oral information (presentations or conferences). | |
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| Contacts :
| Dr François Bonfond, telephone. 04 3665518 or F. Bonfond@ulg.ac.be(FBF.Bonfond@ulg.ac.be) Dr Christine Bouvy, telephone 043665756 or cbouvy@ulg.ac.be
Tim Hayward, telephone: 04- 3664652 or e-mail- tim.hayward@ulg.ac.be | |
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