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| LANG0130-1 | Scientific English Practice (note-taking)
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| Duration : | 5h Th, 25h Pr |
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| Lecturer : | Christine Filot, Vincent Seutin |
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| Coordinator : | Vincent Seutin |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Course contents :
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| This course aims to develop the students' skills in spoken scientific English (namely their note-taking and responding ability in lectures in the field of biomedical sciences) .
It is an advanced ESP course (CEFR) levels C1 for listening and note-taking skills, B2 for speaking). |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| The purpose of this course is to teach the students how to take notes efficiently during a scientific lecture in English in order to
(1) be able to answer accurate questions and/or
(2) respond on the subject of the lecture in English. |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| Pratique de l'Anglais Scientifique I (compulsory scientific English course in 3rd year of the Bachelor's Degree in Biomedical Sciences) or equivalent (e.g. IELTS 6 or Cambridge Advanced English A- C). |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| The course is comprised of:
- 5 hours of theory on academic note-taking in a foreign language taught to all students together,
- workshops (25 hours in all) in which the students will attend actual on-line and real lectures and take notes on the basis of which they will have to answer questions, provide syntheses and/or ask relevant questions. These workshops will be taught by researchers from the Faculty of Medicine.
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Recommended or required readings :
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| The theoretical introduction to the course will be posted online and part of it will be handed out on the first class day. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Exam in January. It consists in a listening comprehension and note-taking exercise on the basis of a scientific lecture. |
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Contacts :
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| Profs. V. Seutin V.Seutin@ulg.ac.be, Agnès Noel agnes.noel@ulg.ac.be and Dr. C. Bouvy, ISLV, Chargée d'Enseignement d'anglais, Responsable des Cours de Langues Facultaires, cbouvy@ulg.ac.be |
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