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| VETE1001-1 | Introduction to Scientific English and Information Literacy
- English
- Scientific Information Literacy
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| Duration : | English : 36h Th
Scientific Information Literacy : 4h Th, 5h Pr
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| Lecturer : | English : Christine Filot
Scientific Information Literacy : Sandrina Vandenput
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| Coordinator : | Sandrina Vandenput |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Course contents :
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| The course focuses on the development of reading and data-gathering skills using texts or sets of texts in the field of Veterinary Medicine.
It includes the following:
- Graded veterinary medicine texts for global and detailed understanding.
- An introduction to the terminology of veterinary and animal science.
- Exam-format exercises as well as reminders of grammatical patterns characteristic of medical English.
- Several listening comprehension exercises.
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| The objective of this theoretical and practical training is to optimize adequate scientific information search, making the most of different resources and tools available in libraries and on the web.
Acquired knowledge and skills will prove useful during university education and professional career. |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| The course mainly aims at :
(1) developing the global and selective reading comprehension of scientific documents, and
(2) the development of an extensive specialized vocabulary - both active and passive - of Veterinary and Animal Science.
Therefore, it starts from simple reviews for the general public and gradually progresses to genuine articles from reputed veterinary journals.
The skills acquired in the course should allow students to access veterinary literature easily and efficiently. |
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| This training will enable students to carry out literacy information research.
This training involves a two-pronged approach:
- a theoretical part, which will enable students (i) to describe the interest and functioning principles of the different resources and tools serving to optimize scientific information search in a large group, and (ii) to highlight the importance of critically assessing any information before using it;
- a practical part, which will allow students to test and get used to those tools in order to acquire the necessary independence to meet the numerous needs for information in the course of their studies and, later, during their professional life.
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| The first-year English course, which introduces the basic vocabulary of Veterinary Medicine and "forces" students to revise (or acquire) the basics of the general language, or any other equivalent (B1) course.
Therefore, second-year students already have a sufficient grounding in English grammar and vocabulary to start the second-year course. |
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| There are no prerequisites for this course. However, the habit of using computers and a minimum knowledge of scientific English are pluses. |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| The course includes explicit exam guidance and training and numerous exam-format tests which will give students repetitive exam practice enabling them to train and improve their skills.
Students are encouraged to prepare texts and do exercises seriously every week if they want to pass the terminology and reading comprehension exam. |
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| Four theoretical hours followed by five hours of practical exercises. The course starts on Friday 16 September 2011. It is organized so as to encourage students' active participation.
Two mandatory classes are held on computers in groups of 10 students in the Life Sciences Library. Those practical classes start in the second week of October 2011.
There is no automatic entitlement to exemption. |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| The in-class course is taught for 2 to 4 hours every week (on Wednesday & Friday) in the first half of the year. |
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| Presential course. |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| The Veterinary English course book is available in the Intercopy copy shop (Sart Tilman).
If necessary, students can also purchase the Grammaire Anglaise de Base with exercises and key (ISBN 978-2-87456-123-8 Les Editions de l'Université de Liège) or any other English grammar book. |
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| Course notes (Powerpoint slideshows used during the theoretical course) are available on MyULg.
The reference books listed in the course notes are library resources at the disposal of all students. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| The marks obtained for English and Literacy Search will be merged in a single grade out of 20, in which the English grade will account for 60% and the one for Literacy Search for 40%.
The pass grade for VETE1001 is 12/20 (weighted mean). In the event of failure, the pass grades of the two modules will have to validated separately. Any module grade of 10/20 or above can be carried over, but a fail grade (below 9/20) will entail a resit examination of that module even if the global mark is 12/20 or above.
Module grades of 12/20 or above will be carried over automatically from one academic year to another.
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| Written exam in January featuring multiple-choice questions on a sight text dealing with one of the aspects of veterinary medicine as well as vocabulary questions. |
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| Assessment takes place in January 2012 on library computers. In about 1.5 hours the students will have to demonstrate their ability to efficiently use information literacy tools. |
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Organizational remarks :
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| Students can also train and test themselves on line. To do so, simply log on to http://www.islv.ulg.ac.be (http://www.islv.ulg.ac.be/) > LES LANGUES > ANGLAIS > INTERFACE ETUDIANTS. |
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| Practical classes will be taught by Dr Jean-Marie Beduin, DVM. It is impossible to change the day and time assignments of practical classes, unless two students agree to shift their assignments and duly inform the lecturer of the shift by email (jm.beduin@ulg.ac.be(jm.beguin@ulg.ac.be) before the practical class.) |
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