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| LANG1953-1 | English 2
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| Duration : | 80h Th |
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| Lecturer : | Anne Desirotte, Lucie Gillet, Jonathan Solheid |
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| Coordinator : | Anne Desirotte |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Organisation and examination :
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| All year long, with partial in January |
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Course contents :
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| - Business vocabulary (intermediate level).
- No systematic grammatical revision.
- Listening comprehensions.
- Expressing oneself, giving one's opinion, communicating.
- Academic writing. |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| - To reach the B2 European level of language proficiency.
- In practice: to be able to understand and to express oneself fluently on business and/or economic topics as well as to be able to write academically. |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| - B1 level.
- Lower intermediate English MUST be acquired at this level since there will be no grammatical revision. Everyday vocabulary and structures must be acquired too as well as some knowledge of business vocabulary. |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| - Reading of texts from the Market Leader (3rd edition) as well as texts from newspapers and books.
- Learning of texts vocabulary as well as derived vocabulary.
- Listening comprehensions from the Market Leader and from the BBC World Service + film.
- Group presentations in class of newspaper articles and of a company.
- Rephrasing.
- Learning of academic writing ending up in the writing of a marked essay.
- Speaking (discussions on different topics, case studies etc.) |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| - Essentially in class. There may be some homework such as research for the essay, exercises to do or finish at home or group preparation for the presentations. |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| - The notes will be provided on the school platform Lol@ (course code: LANG1953-1). However, it is desirable to come to class in order to take some notes regarding the content of the course which may be useful for answering the content questions in the exam. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Important notice: The final mark comprises more than just the June exam:
- January exam (written): 25%
- June written exam: 25%
June: 2/3; March Essay: 1/3
- June oral exam: 25%
Oral: 20%; April Presentation: 5%
- Year: 25%
Mini-tests: 10%; March Essay (counts twice): 10%; November Presentation: 5% |
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Work placement(s) :
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| No training course. |
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Organizational remarks :
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| The schedule and programme per term for this year is available on Lol@. |
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Contacts :
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| - Ms Désirotte : Anne.desirotte@ulg.ac.be
- Ms Gillet : Lucie.gillet@ulg.ac.be
- Mr Solheid : Jonathan.solheid@ulg.ac.be
Office 207 in N1 |
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