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Academic year 2014-2015Value date : 12/05/2015
LANG0082-1  English 3

Duration :  45h Th
Number of credits :  
Bachelor in biological sciences, 3rd year4
Bachelor in chemical sciences, 3rd year4
Bachelor in geographical sciences, general orientation, 3rd year4
Bachelor in geological sciences, 3rd year4
Bachelor in mathematical sciences, 3rd year4
Bachelor in physics, 3rd year4
One-year preliminary programme leading to the Master in Biological Sciences4
One-year preliminary programme leading to the Master in Biochemistry, Cell and Molecule biology4
One-year preliminary programme leading to the Master in Biology of Organism and Ecology4
One-year preliminary programme leading to the Master in Chemical Sciences4
One-year preliminary programme leading to the Master Geographical Sciences, general orientation4
One-year preliminary programme leading to the Master in Space Sciences4
Lecturer :  Clara Brereton, Véronique Doppagne, Ellen Harry, ISLV
Coordinator :  Véronique Doppagne
Language(s) of instruction :  
English language
Organisation and examination :  
All year long
Course contents :  
The course has a C1 CEFR level (for all language skills: listening and reading comprehension, writing, speaking and lecturing).

  • It continues the development of reading, data gathering, and note-taking using texts or sets of texts (as started in the English Level A and English Level B courses).

  • It also focuses on research, analysis and synthesis, and report-writing capacities as well as oral understanding and presentation skills.
Learning outcomes of the course :  
At the end of this course, students will be able to:
  • analyze and synthesize English scientific literature,
  • follow oral presentations in English, take accurate notes, and synthesize them,
  • present scientific information in correct and consistent English.
Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :  
English Level B (taught in the second year of the Bachelor's Degree in Sciences).
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :  
The course features about 25 classes.
Each class requires a long preparation which is essential and mandatory. There are no ex cathedra lectures but rather language seminars in which students will be asked to take part regularly and actively.
Besides, there will be one oral presentation and one written assignment (lab report, field trip report or other, as a function of the students' orientation). These are compulsory tasks. Should students fail to do their presentation and/or to hand in their report in due time, they will not be allowed to sit the first-session exam.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :  
The in-class course is taught to 25 to 35 students for two hours each week.

Together, preparation, active participation, oral presentations and written assignments during the year account for 50% of the final grade.
Recommended or required readings :  
English for Sciences 3 (2013-2014) course notes compulsory. Internet access recommended.
Assessment methods and criteria :  
Written exam in June (listening, note-taking and writing), oral exam in June (on personal readings) and continuous assessment of progress through class participation, oral presentations and various written assignments accounting for 50% of the final grade.
Work placement(s) :  
Organizational remarks :  
Contacts :  
Dr. C. Bouvy, ISLV, Responsable des Cours de Langues Facultaires, cbouvy@ulg.ac.be, and Mrs V. Doppagne, V.Doppagne@ulg.ac.be

Items online :  
English for Scientists (Level 3)
Course book



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