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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) as well as some vocabulary units retrieved from BLED (thematic voabulary).
- No systematic grammatical revision, but a few punctual revisions.
- Listening comprehensions.
- Expressing oneself, giving one's opinion, communicating.
- Academic writing.
- Press file (compiled individually by the students) |
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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.
Here are the books needed to be able to follow the course:
Compulsory:
COTTON D., FALVEY, D., KENT, S. "Market Leader Intermediate", 3rd edition,(Pearson Education Limited: Harlow, 2010).
CROSS, B., PERRIN, I., SUSSEL, A. "Le Bled: anglais vocabulaire", (Hachette éducation: Paris, 2014).
Recommended:
MURPHY R., "English Grammar in Use", 3rd edition, (Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, 2004).
Dictionary ROBERT & COLLINS
"Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English" or "The Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary of Current English"
"The Oxford Dictionary of Business English for Learners of English", Oxford University |
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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): 20%
- June written exam: 20%
- Oral part: 40%
(June oral exam 30% + presentations 10%)
- Year: 20%
(Mid-term tests + March Essay) |
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Work placement(s) :
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| No training course. |
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Organizational remarks :
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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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