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| LANG0041-1 | English (Level A)
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| Duration : | 30h Th |
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| Holder(s) : | ISLV, Nathalie Schraepen |
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| Language : | Langue française |
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| Course contents : | Oral and written activities based on texts and audio and/or video recordings dealing with psychology. Students will be required to participate actively in class, which implies that they must have prepared some assignments before coming to class.
The main language skills will be practised through discussing psychology-related topics. Here is the detail of the CEFRL levels of the course : listening (B2), reading (B2), speaking (B2), lecturing (B2), writing (B2) |
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| Course objective : | - Communicating in English about themes connected to the fields of psychology.
- Activating listening and reading strategies such as skimming, scanning, detecting text coherence
- Developing the skills needed to make a good presentation and oral skills in general.
- Expanding the vocabulary related to the fields of psychology
- Revising and consolidating students' grammatical knowledge.
- Producing clear, detailed text (e.g. short essays or reports, letters and e-mails) on subjects related to psychology. |
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| Prerequisites : | Good basic knowledge of English (equivalent to the B1-level of the CEFR)
Thorough knowledge of the vocabulary and linguistic principles seen in the first-year course (LANG0040) |
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| Organization : | Weekly 2-hour class in average-sized groups
Thorough preparation of the given assignments is key to students' progress. Here is an overview of the different tasks students will need to perform:
1° Focus on some grammar points that were touched on in the first-year refresher course and introduction of new elements. A few grammar tests will be organised to assess students' assimilation of the grammar rules.
2° For BAC2-students only: An oral presentation dealing with a psychology-related topic. The presentation will be based on a powerpoint slideshow.
3° Communicative teaching/learning entails interacting a lot. This means that students are expected to participate actively in in-class discussions. And this is only possible if students prepare classes by doing some homework. |
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| Written notes : |
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Course book Level-A English Course in BAC 1 advanced level and Level-A English course in BAC 2 FAPSE;
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English Grammar for Psychology Students - Level-A Course (BAC 2) (Grammar);
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Text File for Psychology Students - Level-A Course (BAC2) (Reading file for the oral exam); available at Intercopy
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| Assessment : | 1° Attendance and active participation are extremely important and will be taken into account in the final mark. They will account for 20% of it, i.e. 4 marks out of 20:
- One mark will be awarded to students who attend at least 75% of all classes AND take part actively in the different activities. In other words, students who are just 'physically present' (presenteeism), but fail to get involved in the course will NOT get the mark.
- The oral presentation will count for two marks.
- Finally one mark will go to any other marked assignments.
1²° The breakdown of these four marks will be different for BAC1-students who attend the Level A course:
- One mark will go to attendance and active participation.
- Three marks will go to the grammar tests and any other marked assignments.
2° The oral exam will be about the contents and the language from the different modules seen in class as well as about one article the students will have selected from the text file and prepared at home. The oral exam will count for 6 marks out of the final mark.
3° The listening test will assess students' ability to understand extended speech (e.g. lectures, TV news, current affairs programmes) and follow complex lines of argument. The theme of the recording used will be connected with the topics dealt with in class. The listening test will count for 2 marks out of the final mark.
4° The written exam will be based on all the chapters of the coursebook. It will assess students' reading skills and ability to synthesize given information as well as their knowledge of the grammar and vocabulary. The written exam will count for 8 marks out of the final score.
NB: There might be a few differences between the exam aimed at BAC 1 students who are part of the "advanced" level group and the exam aimed at BAC 2 students for whom this course is the follow-up of the Remedial English Course. |
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| Contacts : | BAC1 Level A:
Ms N. Schraepen, ISLV, English Teacher and Coordinator for English Courses in the Faculty of Psychology, N.Schraepen@ulg.ac.be
Ms D. Bui, ISLV, English Teacher, Daphne.Bui@ulg.ac.be
BAC2 Level A:
Mr. P. Geron, ISLV, English Teacher, Pierre.Geron@ulg.ac.be
Ms. F. Novakovic, ISLV, English Teacher, Fanny.Novakovic@ulg.ac.be
Mr. S. Schoenmaeckers, ISLV, English Teacher, Sebastien.Schoenmaeckers@ulg.ac.be
Mr. J. Stevens, ISLV, English Teacher, Julien.Stevens@ulg.ac.be |
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