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| LANG0075-1 | English
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| Duration : | 15h Pr, 24h SEM |
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| Holder(s) : | Pascale Drianne, Christine Filot, ISLV |
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| Language : | Langue française |
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| Course contents : | The course is an ESP course of CEFRL level B2-C1 for redaing and B1 for all other linguistic skills but writing. The in-class course is taught to 40 to 50-student groups for 2 weekly hours.
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 : | 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 : | Considering its objectives, the 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 (e.g. through secondary education/evening classes). CEFRL levels B1 for reading and A2 for other skills are necessary.
All medical students should realize that they need to have become familiar with English during prior general education. |
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| Organization : | The in-class course is taught to 40 to 50-student groups for 2 hours each week.
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 : | The MedEng 1 and Premed course books will be available from the INTERCOPY shop as 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 the Faculty of Medicine. |
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| Assessment : | 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 Learning Module. |
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| Contacts : | 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 : | 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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