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| LANG0310-1 | English
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| Duration : | 60h Th |
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| Holder(s) : | Christine Filot, ISLV, Adnan Vesseur |
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| Language : | English language |
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| Course contents : | This course continues the development of reading, data-gathering and -synthesizing, and note-taking using texts or sets of texts (as started during the first-year course English for Computing). It focuses also on research capacities, oral understanding and presentation skills. |
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| Course objective : | The purpose of the course is threefold:
- allow students to read, understand and discuss English texts or websites on computing,
- allow students to collect data and present it in a correct and consistent way in English (both orally and in writing),
- allow students to follow and take notes of short oral presentations.
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| Prerequisites : | English for Computing (English course taught in first year of the Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science) or equivalent (e.g. IELTS 5.5-6 or Cambridge Advanced (A-C). . |
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| Workshops : | There are no ex cathedra lectures. Each session requires individual preparation tasks which are mandatory.
Students will also be given several written assignments and have to do oral presentations during the year. Their regular and active participation in class sessions is essential and will be taken into account in the final grade. |
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| Organization : | The in-class course is taught for two hours a week from September to May. |
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| Written notes : | The coursebook Advanced English for Computing (2010-2011) is compulsory. If necessary, students can also purchase the Grammaire de Base de l'Anglais (with exercises and key) ISLV, written in French. It is available at the Point de Vue (on the Sart Tilman campus). |
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| Assessment : | Written exam in June including (a) multiple choice questions on a sight text, and (b) several written tasks (definitions, explanations ...).
Continuous assessment based on students' written assignments, oral presentations and active participation, which accounts for 40% of the final grade. |
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| Contacts : | Christine Bouvy - cbouvy@ulg.ac.be and Adnan Vesseur - adnan.vesseur@ulg.ac.be |
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