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| LANG0082-1 | English 3
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| Duration : | 45h Th |
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| Holder(s) : | Véronique Doppagne, Christine Filot, ISLV |
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| Coordinator : | Véronique Doppagne |
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| Language : | English language |
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| Course contents : | The course has a C1 CEFR level (for all language skills: listening and reading comprehension, writing, speaking and lecturing).
- It continues the development of reading, data gathering, and note-taking using texts or sets of texts (as started in the English Level A and English Level B courses).
- It also focuses on research, analysis and synthesis, and report-writing capacities as well as oral understanding and presentation skills.
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| Course objective : | The purpose of this course is threefold:
- allow students to analyze and synthesize English scientific literature,
- allow students to follow oral presentations in English, take accurate notes, and synthesize them,
- allow students to present scientific information in correct and consistent English.
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| Prerequisites : | English Level B (taught in the second year of the Bachelor's Degree in Sciences). |
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| Workshops : | The course features about 25 classes.
Each class requires a long preparation which is essential and mandatory. There are no ex cathedra lectures but rather language seminars in which students will be asked to take part regularly and actively. |
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| Organization : | The in-class course is taught to 25 to 35 students for two hours each week.
Together, preparation, active participation, oral presentations and written assignments during the year account for 50% of the final grade. |
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| Written notes : | Academic English Writing, Lecturing and Note-taking (2010-2011) course notes compulsory. Internet access recommended. |
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| Assessment : | Written exam in June (listening, note-taking and writing), oral exam in June (on personal readings) and continuous assessment of progress through class participation, oral presentations and various written assignments accounting for 50% of the final grade. |
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| Contacts : | Dr. C. Bouvy, ISLV, Responsable des Cours de Langues Facultaires, cbouvy@ulg.ac.be, and Mrs V. Doppagne, V.Doppagne@ulg.ac.be |
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