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| APPR0111-2 | Training in transdisciplinary approaches to biomedical problems
- English
- Scientific steps (including French and training technique)
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| Duration : | English : 2h Th, 18h Pr
Scientific steps (including French and training technique) : 10h Th, 30h Pr
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| Holder(s) : | English : Christine Filot, ISLV
Scientific steps (including French and training technique) : Adelin Albert, Pierre Bonnet, Vincent Bours, Vincenzo Castronovo, Michel Delhaxhe, Vinciane Despret, Maryse Hoebeke, Christine Jérôme, Philippe Mairiaux, Marielle Maréchal, N..., Jean‑Yves Reginster, Jean‑Pierre Schaaps
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| Substitute(s) : | English : /
Scientific steps (including French and training technique) : Jean‑François Brichant
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| Coordinator : | Vincenzo Castronovo |
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| Language : | Langue française |
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| Course contents : |
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| Yhe course is an ESP course of CEFRL level B2-C1 for writing and B1 for all other linguistic skills but writing.
The course is composed of a general introduction and 9 workshops of 2 hours taught to groups of about 30 students.
Students are asked to prepare the vocabulary and texts each week (a unit per week on average). Such preparation work varies in time depending on students' previous knowledge.
Practice is completed with in-class study/revision of the main difficulties of written English (action modality, time relationships, determination and quantification, etc.) and systematic vocabulary development (useful verbal collocations, prefixes and suffixes, etc.). |
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| Course objective : |
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| The course mainly aims at developing the global and selective reading comprehension of scientific documents (as well as listening comprehension to a lesser extent). It starts from simple reviews for the general public and gradually progresses to genuine articles from renowned medical journals (e.g. the British Medical Journal).
Acquired skills should allow students to access specific scientific literature easily and efficiently. |
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| Prerequisites : |
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| Considering its objectives (CEFRL level B2-C1 for reading), this course CANNOT be seen as an introduction to the basics of the English language. As a result, students should already have a basic grounding in English grammar and vocabulary (CEFRL level A2-B1).
All medical students should realize that they need to have become familiar with English during prior general education. |
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| Organization : |
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| The in-class course is taught to 30-student groups in January and February (rooms S24, S26, S28 and S30 in B5b).
A placement test is held in late September or early October 2008 to assess the level of knowledge of all students and give the weakest students the opportunity to follow an additional (PREMED) course from October to December.
The placement test is not compulsory but the students who will not have taken it won't be included in revision classes. |
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| Written notes : |
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| The MedEng 1 and Premed course books will be available from the INTERCOPY shop of September. All students are required to buy both course books, which together represent the English course for the 1st year of the Bachelor's Degree in Medicine and Dentistry. |
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| Assessment : |
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| Written exam.
Students will be asked to answer multiple-choice and T/F questions on the medical vocabulary listed in the MedEng1 course book as well as on a sight text dealing with a medical subject.
The grade for English is part of the global grade for the Module "Apprentissage à l'approche transdisciplinaire des problèmes biomédicaux". |
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| Contacts : |
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| Dr Christine BOUVY, ISLV, Responsable des Cours de Langues Facultaires, cbouvy@ulg.ac.be and Ms P. Drianne, coordinator of English courses for the Faculty of Medicine, P.Drianne@ulg.ac.be |
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| Remarks : |
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| 1. Considering the significant differences between 1st-year students, the limited teaching time and the number of students in each group, supervised self-learning and remedial work should be given due attention. Students are encouraged to prepare vocabulary and texts each week.
2. Students can also train online. To do so, simply log on to http://www.islv.ulg.ac.be (http://www.islv.ulg.ac.be/. Click on )ANGLAIS and INTERFACE ETUDIANTS in order to have access to the exercises.
The website also contains several exams and their key.
3. Grammar reference works will be presented in the coursebook. |
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