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| VETE1001-1 | Introduction to Scientific English and Scientific Literature Search
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- Recherche documentaire
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| Duration : | Anglais : 36h Th
Recherche documentaire : 4h Th, 5h Pr
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| Holder(s) : | Anglais : Christine Filot
Recherche documentaire : Sandrina Vandenput
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| Coordinator : | Sandrina Vandenput |
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| Language : | Langue française |
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| Course contents : |
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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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| Course objective : |
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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 literature easily and efficiently. |
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| Prerequisites : |
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| Considering its objectives, the course cannot be an introduction to the basics of the English language. The course has a B2-C1 level (for reading).
The first-year self-study English course serves to introduce the basic vocabulary of Veterinary Medicine and "force" students to revise (or acquire) the bases of the general language. As a result, all second-year students should already have a good basic grounding in English grammar and vocabulary. |
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| Workshops : |
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| Considering the significant differences between student knowledge, 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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| Organization : |
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| The in-class course is taught for 2 to 4 hours every week (on Wednesday & Friday) in the first half of the year. |
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| Written notes : |
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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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| Assessment : |
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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.
The mark obtained for this course will be associated with the Documentary Research mark in a single grade out of 20. The English course will account for 60% of the global grade. The pass grade is 12/20 (weighted mean/average). However, marks under 10 out of 20 will not be carried over. Students will have to resit that part of the course if the total final grade is below 12.
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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.islv.ulg.ac.be (http://www.islv.ulg.ac.be/ > LES LANGUES > ANGLAIS > INTERFACE ETUDIANTS.) |
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