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| LANG0074-1 | English
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| Duration : | 30h Th |
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| Holder(s) : | ISLV |
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| Language : | Langue française |
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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 year of the Bachelor's degree in pharmaceutical or biomedical sciences) or equivalent (e.g. 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). 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 Christine Bouvy, ISLV, Responsable des Cours de Langues Facultaires, cbouvy@ulg.ac.be and Mrs P. Drianne, coordinator of English courses in the Faculty of Medicine, P.Drianne@ulg.ac.be. |
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