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| LANG2950-1 | English language : level 1
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| Duration : | 24h Pr, 48h E-Lrng |
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| Lecturer : | Estelle Mayard |
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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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| Level 1 consists in bringing the students up to the required level of general English as well as basic specialty English.
The main topics we are going to deal with are :
1/ Energy
2/ Environment
3/ Food |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| At the end of the course, the student will reach the Level B1+ of the Council of Europe's Common European Framework of Reference for Languages as far as listening, reading and summary writing skills are concerned. |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| It is recommended to have at least the A2 level in English on the reference levels of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| Each of the 3 topics includes many activities such as:
a. reading and listening comprehension
b. summary of scientific articles
c. grammar and vocabulary exercises. |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| The course will include face-to-face teaching as well as self-learning activities (e-campus). |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| We strongly recommend that Level-1 students get the following reference books:
MURPHY, Essential Grammar in Use. English Edition with Answers and CD Rom (ISBN 978 05 21 67 54 37)
MC CARTHY & O DELL, English Vocabulary in Use Elementary with Answers and CR Rom
(ISBN 978 05 21 13 62 04) |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| The final Level 1 grade (in June) will be calculated as follows:
November tests (MCQ gram, voc) : 2%
January exam (MCQ gram, voc, LC, RC): 18%
Personal work: 10%
June written exam: 70% including
Part 1:
-reading 10%
-listening 10%
-grammar 10%
-vocabulary 10%
Part 2: writing a summary 30%*
*The summary (June and September exams) will only be corrected if the student reaches minimum 10/20 for the first part of the exam. |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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| A precise description of the course organization will be handed out to students at the first course. (Introductory Document) |
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Contacts :
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| Estelle MAYARD
Language Laboratory
Office: Espace Mohimont, 123-0-3 Ex
081 62 24 46
emayard@ulg.ac.be(sdepoterre@ulg.ac.be) |
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| Items online : |
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| Source Documents |
| The necessary material is available on the following web-link. |
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