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| VETE1001-1 | Introduction to Scientific English and Information Literacy
- English
- Information Literacy
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| Duration : | English : 36h Th
Information Literacy : 4h Th, 5h Pr
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| Holder(s) : | English : Christine Filot
Information Literacy : 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 global and detailed 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.
- Several listening comprehension exercises.
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| | Information Literacy |
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| This training involves a two-pronged approach:
- a theoretical part which enables (i) to describe the interest and functioning principles of the different resources and tools serving to optimize scientific information search in a large group, and (ii) to highlight the importance of critically assessing any information before using it;
- a practical part which allows every student to test and get used to those tools in order to acquire the necessary independence to meet the numerous needs for information in the course of their studies and, later, during their professional life.
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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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| The objective of this theoretical and practical training is to optimize adequate information search, making the most of different resources and tools available in libraries and on the web. |
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| Prerequisites : |
| | English |
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| The first-year English course, which introduces the basic vocabulary of Veterinary Medicine and "forces" students to revise (or acquire) the basics of the general language, or any other equivalent (B1) course.
Therefore, second-year students already have a sufficient grounding in English grammar and vocabulary to start the second-year course. |
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| There are no prerequisites for this course. However, the habit of using computers and a minimum knowledge of scientific English are pluses. |
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| Workshops : |
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| 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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| Two mandatory classes which are held on computers in groups of 10 students in the Life Sciences Library. Those practical classes start in the second week of October 2009. |
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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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| Four theoretical hours followed by five hours of practical exercises. The course starts on Friday 17 September 2009. It is organized as to encourage students' active participation. Information on schedules and groups for practical classes will be posted on http://www2.ulg.ac.be/fmv/bib/bibetud.htm . There is no automatic entitlement to exemption. |
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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 : | The marks obtained for the two "modules" will be merged into a single mark as follows: Introduction to Information Literacy =40% and English =60%.
The pass grade is 12/20 (weighted mean). However, marks under 10 out of 20 will not be carried over. If the total final grade is not equal to 12 or over, the students will have to resit the part of the course for which their mark is under 10.
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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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| Assessment takes place in January 2010 on library computers. In about 1.5 hours the students will have to demonstrate their ability to efficiently use information literacy tools. |
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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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