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| VETE1001-1 | Introduction to scientific literature search, English and Farm Animal Breeding
- Scientific literature search
- English
- Farm Animal Breeding
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| Duration : | Scientific literature search : 5h Th, 5h Pr
English : 45h Th
Farm Animal Breeding : 4h Pr
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| Holder(s) : | Scientific literature search : Sandrina Vandenput
English : Christine Filot
Farm Animal Breeding : Isabelle Dufrasne
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| Coordinator : | Sandrina Vandenput |
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| Language : | Langue française |
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| Course contents : |
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| Theoretical approach: available information resources (books, journals, Internet), tools making information search possible (i.e. bibliographic databases, search engines) and tools for locating information (i.e. catalogues).
Practical approach: making optimal use of all these tools.
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| | English |
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| The course focuses on the development of reading and data-gathering skills using texts or sets of texts in the field of Veterinary Medicine.
It includes the following:
- Graded veterinary medicine texts for reading and understanding.
- An introduction to the terminology of veterinary and animal science.
- Exam-format exercises as well as reminders of grammatical patterns characteristic of medical English.
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| | Farm Animal Breeding |
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| This course consists in an introduction to breeding methods of farm animals. After a lecture on the structure and management of farm businesses, activities including the handling and husbandry of cattle and visits to milking parlours will be organized. |
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| Course objective : |
| | Scientific literature search |
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| The aim of this theoretical and practical training is to optimise the search for relevant scientific information making the best of the various resources and tools available at the Faculty Library and on the Web. |
| | English |
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| The course mainly aims at (1) developing the global and selective reading comprehension of scientific documents, and (2) the development of an extensive specialized vocabulary - both active and passive - of Veterinary and Animal Science.
Therefore, it starts from simple reviews for the general public and gradually progresses to genuine articles from reputed veterinary journals.
The skills acquired in the course should allow students to access veterinary literarure easily and efficiently. |
| | Farm Animal Breeding |
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| This course aims to introduce students to life on the farm and its traditional activities related to the breeding cycle of livestock. The students will also participate actively in the management of animals and learn the basics of animal breeding and husbandry. |
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| Prerequisites : |
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| None, but being comfortable using a computer and having a basic knowledge of scientific English are certainly assets. |
| | English |
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| Considering its objectives, the course cannot be an introduction to the basics of the English language. As a result, students should already have a good basic grounding in English grammar and vocabulary.
Hopefully, all future veterinary students should know that they need to have become familiar with English during prior general education. |
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| None |
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| Workshops : |
| | Scientific literature search |
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| Two mandatory sessions, taught to groups of 10 students using the Faculty Library computers. These workshops should start in the week of 8 October 2007. |
| | English |
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| Considering the significant differences between students, the limited teaching time and the number of students, supervised self-learning and remedial work should be given due attention.
The course includes explicit exam guidance and training and numerous exam-format tests which will give students repetitive exam practice enabling them to train and improve their skills.
Students are encouraged to prepare texts and do exercises seriously every week if they want to pass the terminology and reading comprehension exam. |
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| The workshops are comprised of two compulsory sessions. The first one will be held in a University amphitheatre and the second at the "Experimental Station" in groups of 10 students. These should take place as of early October 2007. |
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| Organization : |
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| Five theoretical hours followed by 5 workshop hours. The course starts in the week of 17th September 2007. Students will have to take part actively in the workshop sessions. Workshop schedules and groups will be posted up on the Library noticeboard in due time. In principle, no student can be excused from the course. |
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| The in-class course is taught for 2 hours twice each week (on Wednesday & Friday) in the first half of the year. |
| | Farm Animal Breeding |
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| The first part of the course (60 minutes) will consist of a lecture followed by a general discussion with the class.
The second part (3 hours) will consist of practical activities at the Experimental Station. The schedules and groups will be posted at the Faculty library in due time. |
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| Written notes : |
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| The course notes are available on the Library website http://www.ulg.ac.be/fmv/bib/bibcours.htm .
The reference books mentioned in the course notes are all available at the Library.
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| | English |
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| The Veterinary English course book is available in the Intercopy copy shop (Sart Tilman).
If necessary, students can also purchase the Grammaire Anglaise de Base (with exercises and key) ISLV. It is written in French and is also available in the Intercopy copy shop. |
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| The course notes will be available from the Office des Cours. |
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| Assessment : | Not available
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| The course assessment is held in the January exam session. It will test the students' ability to make optimal use of computing tools of information research (using the library computers - duration 1.5 hours) |
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| Written exam in January featuring multiple-choice questions on a sight text dealing with one of the aspects of veterinary medicine as well as vocabulary questions. |
| | Farm Animal Breeding |
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| Active participation will be assessed and marked. |
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| Remarks : |
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| Students can also train and test themselves on line. To do so, simply log on to http://www.ulg.ac.be/islvle. Then click on travaux pratiques and anglais and type in student (identifiant) and olec (password). |
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