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| LANG1965-1 | English 1
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| Duration : | 80h Th |
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| Holder(s) : | Fanny Novakovic, Nathalie Schraepen |
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| Language : | French language |
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| Course contents : |
- Further study of everyday English vocabulary and introduction to business English vocabulary.
- Review and study of grammar basics.
- Developing reading and listening comprehension skills.
- Communication practice in everyday and business English.
- Self-study on website.
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| Course objective : | Developing and strengthening the four skills (listening and reading comprehension, oral and written expression) in the field of everyday and business English. |
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| Prerequisites : | This course is not a beginners'course. Students should have a good basic knowledge (secondary/ high school level or ALTE level 1 or Council of Europe level A2) |
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| Workshops : | Language lab one hour a week. |
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| Organization : | The in-class course is taught to a maximum of 50 students for three hours every week (2 hours of class and 1 hour of lab activities). Students are required to prepare the units from the coursebook every week (about one unit every three weeks). This preparation work varies in time depending on the students' previous knowledge. There will be some tutorial hours to help the students prepare their business simulation. |
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| Written notes : | Compulsory:
- COTTON, D., "Market Leader", Longman, 2010 (NEW EDITION), available at the centrale des cours rue Louvrex.
- "Grammaire anglaise de base" (with exercises and key) (ISLV): available at the "Editions ULg" and the "Point de Vue" (ST) from October 2010.
- Grammar and vocabulary exercises and grammar tests: available at Intercopy after September 16th 2010.
- Readings file for the oral exam: available at Intercopy after September 16th, 2010.
Recommended:
- Dictionnaire ROBERT & COLLINS.
- "Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English" or "The Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary of Current English".
- "Oxford Business English Dictionary for Learners of English", Oxford University Press.
- "English Grammar in Use" (intermediate), Cambridge University Press.
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| Assessment : | 1. Continuous assessment (1/20):
- Assessment test at the beginning of the year.
- 4 computer-marked in-class grammar tests, which will count for 1 mark in the final mark.
- Written assignments.
2. Written exams (9/20):
January written exam (2/20) / May written exam (7/20)*
- Reading comprehension exercises based on an unseen text.
- Vocabulary exercises.
- Grammar exercises.
- Writing exercise.
*Students who get less than 1 out of 2 for the January written exam will have a written exam in May out of 9 instead of 7.
3. Oral exams (8/20):
- Business simulation in groups of 4 students based on one of the units from the coursebook (3/20).
- 15-minute discussion based on a few texts from the coursebook and 10 pages of texts from the British and American press chosen in the readings file (5/20)
4. Listening comprehension exam (2/20)
Second session: written and oral exam. Listening comprehension exam only if less than 1/2 in June. |
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| Remarks : | Students can also train on-line. To do so, simply log on the ISLV (Institut Supérieur des Langues Vivantes) website http://www.islv.ulg.ac.be. Click on ANGLAIS and then on INTERFACE ETUDIANTS in order to have access to the exercises. This website also contains several exams and their key. |
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