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| LANG0001-2 | English level 1
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| Duration : | 60h Th, 30h Pr |
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| Lecturer : | Pierre Geron, Kevin Heyeres, ISLV, Dorothy Mathews, Estelle Oger |
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| Coordinator : | Kevin Heyeres |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| English language |
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Course contents :
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| This English course is meant for students in their first year of the Bachelor's degree in human and social sciences or in sociology and anthropology as well as for students in their preparation year for masters' degrees at the ISHS.
The course is based on the book entitled "Academic Encounters : Life in Society" and its CEFRL levels are as follows:
- listening: B1
- reading: B2
- speaking: B1 interacting and B2 presenting content
- writing: B1.
The book, which is designed for sociology students, deals with the four basic language skills: reading, writing, listening and speaking. It also includes exercises about important study skills like note taking, skimming, reading critically or test taking. The topics dealt with are all in the field of sociology. |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| By the end of the term, students will have:
- developed their ability to read and understand texts dealing with common sociological concepts relating for instance to family structures or gender.
- increased their comprehension of spoken English when it is used to speak about sociological topics in seminars and lectures, presentations, interviews, discussions, etc.
- strengthened their speaking skills and become able to engage more effectively in a range of formal and informal speaking situations such as presentations, class discussions and debates, or common communication involving asking and answering questions.
- the capacity of writing clearly articulated texts about the different topics dealt with in class.
- been provided with the necessary vocabulary and grammar tools .
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| The class is taught in English from the start and is not meant for complete beginners.
We recommend that beginners and students requiring a deep revision of the basics of the English language take part in one of the many additional ISLV's English courses (@lter training & evening classes). Further information is available at http://www.islv.ulg.ac.be |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| The class is taught three hours a week over the two semesters.
Students will have to take part actively in three hours of class weekly. The third hour will be devoted to exercising oral skills.
When necessary, students will also benefit from remedial classes or tutorials with their teachers.
To be ready for this class, students should expect to have to work on average another three hours at home (self-study of grammar, preparation of the grammar and vocabulary exercises, writing exercises and listening practice, readings and information search). |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Students will have to buy the coursebook entitled "Academic Encounters: Life in Society" (two-book set). A text and exercise file "Anglais 1 Academic Encounters Coursebook Supplement" as well as a grammar book "Grammaire anglaise de base" will be required.
The readings file for the oral exam will be available in the second semester.
Practicalities will be discussed during the first class.
Students will also need a good bilingual dictionary (English/French, French/English) such as The New Collins Robert French Dictionary or Oxford/Hachette. A monolingual dictionary such as Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary (http://dictionary.cambridge.org/), Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English (http://www.ldoceonline.com/), Collins Cobuild English Dictionary for Advanced Learners or Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary is a plus. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Regular tests will be organised during the year to check how well students have prepared their course. These tests will account for 15% of the final mark and will allow the students to assess what they have learned, what they still need to improve, how much they have progressed and whether their method of working enables them to cope efficiently with the requirements of the course.
As active attendance is extremely important, it will count for 5% of the final mark. Students who, for some VALID reason, can't come to class regularly must
get in touch with their teacher as soon as possible.
The final exam consists of three compulsory parts: an oral exam, a written exam and a listening test.
The oral exam will be about the different chapters of the coursebook as well as about fifteen pages of text the students will have selected from the readings file and individually prepared at home.
The written exam will be based on all the chapters of the coursebook. It will assess students' reading and writing abilities as well as their grammar and vocabulary knowledge. Students will have to be able to write about all the topics dealt with in class.
The listening comprehension exam will take place on the same day as the written exam.
Students who fail the final exam have to resit all three parts of the final exam.
The points that make up the final mark will be distributed as follows:
- classwork: 3 marks
- attendance and participation: 1 mark
- written exam: 8 marks
- oral exam: 6 marks
- listening comprehension exam: 2 marks
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Organizational remarks :
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| We will test the students' level on September 16th.
Courses will start the week of September 26th. |
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Contacts :
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| Teachers:
Pierre Geron (Pierre.Geron@ulg.ac.be(SPierre.Geron@ulg.ac.be)
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Kevin Heyeres (K.Heyeres@ulg.ac.be)
Dorothy Mathews (D.Mathews@ulg.ac.be)
Estelle Oger (Estelle.Oger@ulg.ac.be) |
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