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| HULG0190-1 | English Language Practice
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| Duration : | 90h Pr |
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| Holder(s) : | Valérie Bada, Magali Claeskens, Mélanie Cüpper, Frédéric Ruth |
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| Language : | Langue française |
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| Course contents : | Contents:
- Practical comprehension and listening exercises and note-taking based on authentic recorded material in UK English and US English.
- Practical comprehension exercises in reading texts and styles with different content (summary, critical commentary), using lexical, grammatical and cultural tools
- Practical exercises on some specific difficulties of the language to be mastered for practical use in the translation course
- Systematic exercises on word definition, search for synonyms, antonyms and paraphrasing
- Systematic initiation to Anglophone culture through the texts being addressed
- Optional, but highly recommended: weekly conversation tables in UK English and/or US English. |
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| Course objective : | By the end of the year, students will be able to:
- summarise and critically comment on texts with various styles and contents
- define certain words from the text, find their synonyms, antonyms and summarise paragraphs
- understand authentic recorded material (see above)
- be at ease with the Anglophone vocabulary and culture required to understand written and spoken media (history, politics, economics, a range of socio-cultural material, news, ...) |
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| Prerequisites : | Individual and group.
Reading and exercises at home.
Two hours of classes per week devoted to questions of understanding, debates and correcting exercises.
One hour of classes devoted to understanding of audio material and pronunciation.
Students will also have to individually study some specific subjects from "Vocabulary in Use" and "Collocations in Use" (self-study). |
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| Organization : | Good knowledge of English, with a sufficient level of grammar and vocabulary to enable the student to tackle moderately difficult texts.
Good understanding of the spoken word, enabling students to tackle non-simplified recorded material. |
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| Written notes : | Material News articles will be provided by the teacher at the start of the course and during the year.
Students will bring to each lesson their own preparation of texts.
During the collective correction session, students will themselves take notes of comments, corrections and suggestions made by the group and the teacher.
These corrected exercises will collectively form the course material.
Aural exercises will be provided by the teacher.
Bibliography Explanatory English dictionary (eg.: Collins Cobuilt Dictionary)
- English-French dictionary (eg.: Robert and Collins Senior) - Syllabus distributed at the start of the year - All texts distributed and tackled in class -
LIST OF READING BY TEACHER AND STUDENT GROUP:
V. Bada Group:
- Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea
- Ian McEwan, On Chesil Beach
- J.M. Coetzee, Disgrace
- Charlotte Perkins Gilman, The Yellow Wallpaper
M. Claeskens Group:
- Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea
- Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
- Fred D'Aguiar, The longest Memory
M. Cupper's Group:
- J.M. Coetzee, Disgrace
- Ian McEwan, The Cement Garden
- Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea
- Charlotte Perkins Gilman (http://webmail.skynet.be/s/charlotte+perkins+gilman,) The yellow Wallpaper
(online version:http://www.library.csi.cuny.edu/dept/history/lavender/yellowwallpaper.pdf)
F. Ruth Group:
- Paul Auster, Man in the Dark, Henry Holt and Co., 192 pp. (Compulsory reading)
+ one book chosen from the following:
- Joan Lingard, Across The Barricades
-Ian McEwan, The Cement Garden |
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| Assessment : | All individual preparations will be subject to group correction in class, which will enable students to orient themselves towards the course objectives.
Oral assessment in January: critical commentary + lexical exercises similar to those carried out in class + questions/exercises on the texts seen in class. This assessment will account for 20% of the final grade.
Written assessment in June
- An audio comprehension exercise similar to those carried out in class.
- Critical commentary + lexical exercises similar to those carried out in class + questions/exercises on the texts seen in class and self-study (see above)
Oral assessment in June. For the oral assessment in June, students should individually prepare the books given by the teacher and the syllabus texts. |
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| Contacts : | Valérie Bada, valeriebada@yahoo.fr
Magali Claeskens, magali.claeskens@swing.be
Melanie Cüpper, mecu65@hotmail.com
Frédéric Ruth, frederic.ruth@gmail.com |
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| Remarks : | Course language : English |
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