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| LANG1023-2 | English (Level B)
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| Duration : | 45h Pr |
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| Lecturer : | Stéphane Ghijsen, ISLV, Julien Stevens |
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| Coordinator : | N... |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| English language |
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Organisation and examination :
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| All year long |
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Course contents :
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| Oral and written activities based on texts and articles dealing with psychology and educational matters. Students will be required to participate actively in the course, which implies that they must have read the texts before coming to class. |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| Improving the four language skills, mainly passive language skills such as reading and listening but there will also be some speaking and writing exercises.
Enhancing students' ability to cope with English texts (understanding, summarizing, reacting to the content).
Allowing students to speak about various topics related to educational sciences through oral presentations and discussions based on the texts of the coursebook. |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| The level of this course corresponds to the European levels B1-B2. Students will thus need to have a good basic knowledge of English and a thorough knowledge of the vocabulary and grammar studied in the first-year course. |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Weekly 3-hour class in a group of 25 students from September to May (Q1 + Q2, every other week).
Thorough preparation is required so as to enable students to progress throughout the year. |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Coursebook Anglais B en 1er master en sciences de l'éducation (the modules will be downloadable on MyULg).
How People Learn, Expanded Edition,National Academy Press
ISBN: 0-309-07036-8 |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Written exam:
Vocabulary and reading comprehension exercises based on an unseen text and on extracts from the texts studied in class.
Oral exam:
Discussion on chapters from the book "How People Learn". |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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| Students will have to present 1 chapter of the book How People Learn in groups of 4-5 students. |
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Contacts :
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| Julien STEVENS, ISLV
Julien.Stevens@ulg.ac.be
ISLV office in Sart Tilman: level -1 in B33 (Trifac), tel: 04 366 46 52 |
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