LANG0003-1 : English level 2


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LANG0003-1

English level 2

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Duration :

60h Th

Credits/ECTS :

2nd year of a Bachelor's degree in human and social sciences		6
2nd year of a Bachelor's degree in sociology and anthropology		6

Holder(s) :

ISLV

Course contents :

For business students:

The course is based on the intermediate business English course book "Market leader" published by Longman (new edition).
The course includes:

-authentic texts from sources such as The Financial Times,

-grammar exercises,

-discussion topics,

-role plays,

-presentations.

For sociology students:

This course is an upper-intermediate level course for sociology students.

It is based on the coursebook entitled "Academic Encounters: Human Behavior," which exercises study skills such as note taking on top of the four basic language skills (listening, speaking, writing and reading).

Course objective :

For business students:

-Develop reading, listening, data gathering and communication skills.

-Teach and reinforce more advanced grammar and sentence structures.

-Allow students to discuss in English and make presentations in front of the whole class.

For sociology students:

The course provides a variety of challenging tasks and communicative activities for practising the language.

It also enables students to practice all four language skills: reading, speaking, listening and writing.

Prerequisites :

For business students and sociology students:

Only a small proportion of teaching time will be devoted to grammar revision. This implies that basic grammatical structures are considered part of the A-level curriculum and should be mastered.

Should students need to revise grammar at home, we suggest using either "La Grammaire anglaise de base" (available at Intercopy, Sart Tilman), Eastwood's "Practice Grammar (OUP)" or Murphy's "English Grammar in Use" (CUP).

For sociology students:

Students will have the opportunity to ask for further explanations in class and tests will be organised regularly to enable them to check their progress.

Workshops :

For business students and sociology students:

In addition to attending class regularly, students will be expected to undertake three hours study in English per week outside the classroom throughout the academic year i.e research and prepare for upcoming classes as required, organise and acquire a considerable volume of relevant vocabulary, organise their work themselves, either alone or in small teams and do the exercises from the exercise section. Students will be asked to write essays on the different topics discussed in class. Classwork throughout the year will be taken into account in the final marking.

For business students:

Students will be asked to make a compulsory and marked oral presentation to the class (pair work).

Organization :

2 hours per week.

Schedules and location will be available at a later date.

Written notes :

For business students:

Market Leader (new edition) Longman.

This course book will be on sale, at a discount, on the 25th September between 12-14.00 in front of the amphis 300 and 500 in the Sart Tilman.

English level B - Business supplement.
Available from Intercopy , Sart Tilman

For sociology students:

"Academic Encouters: Human Behavior" published by Cambridge University Press

This course book will be on sale, at a discount, on September 25th between 11:30 and 14:00 in front of amphis 300 and 500 on the Sart Tilman campus.

Assessment :

For business students:

A self-assessment grammar test (in February)as well as a reading comprehension test and 3 writing tests will be organised during the year. During the weeks of 13th November, 11th December, 12th March, 16th April.

The presentations will takes place in the weeks: 13th November, 11th December, 12th March, 16th April.

All tests and essays will be taken into account as classwork.

The final exam, testing the language and skills taught, includes a written and an oral exam and a listening comprehension.. They are all compulsory. Students failing the final exam will have to resit both the written and oral exams.

The final marks (20 marks) will be awarded as follows:

Written exam - 8 marks

Oral exam - 6 marks

Presentation - 2 marks

Classwork - 2 marks

Listening - 2 marks

NB: The marks obtained for work done during the year count for both exam sessions in May and August.

For sociology students:

Compulsory grammar, reading comprehension, writing and listening tests will be organised during the year.

All compulsory tests and essays will be taken into account as classwork.

The final exam, testing the language and skills taught, includes a written and an oral exam. They are both compulsory. Students failing the final exam will have to resit both the written and oral exams.

The oral exam will be about the book entitled "Nickel and Dimed" by Barbara Ehrenreich or about "Slave" by Mende Nazer.

The final marks (20 marks) will be awarded as follows:

Written exam - 8 marks

Oral exam - 6 marks

Listening test - 2 marks

Classwork - 4 marks

Contacts :

For business students:

Emma Desforges (E.Desforges@ulg.ac.be)

Adnan VESSEUR(helblazr@hotmail.com)

Ellen Harry (eharry@ulg.ac.be)

For sociology students:

Frederic Depas (F.Depas@ulg.ac.be)

Dorothy Mathews (D.Mathews@ulg.ac.be)

Remarks :

The language and skills content of this course cannot be acquired over a short revision period because they require regular work over the academic year.

ULg : Students and Studies Administration - Academic Affairs
Contact : Monique Marcourt, direction A.E.E.
Date of data : 18/05/2007
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