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| LANG2966-1 | English language : level 3
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| Duration : | 48h Pr |
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| Lecturer : | Ingrid Bertrand |
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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, with partial in January |
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Course contents :
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| Level 3 is a specialty English course focusing on speaking skills. We will use complex authentic source documents.
The studied topics are directly linked to the students' field of study. Here are some examples: agricultural ethics; urban agriculture; renewable energies; food security; new technologies; etc. |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| At the end of the course, the student will have reached Level B2+ of the Council of Europe's Common European Framework of Reference for Languages as far as speaking, reading, listening and oral summarizing skills are concerned. |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| The student has to have a B2 level (cf. CEFR) before starting the course. |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| Each topic includes many different activities, such as reading and listening comprehensions, oral summaries of complex study-related sources, oral interaction, and specialty vocabulary exercises. Students are also required to revise specific grammar points.
Students are required to take part in all the speaking activities included in the course. |
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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 on ecampus and, if budgetary resources are sufficient, coaching sessions with student assistants. |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| We strongly recommend that Level 3 students get the following reference book:
Murphy, R. (2012). Essential Grammar in Use (fourth edition). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| The final Level 3 grade will be calculated as follows: written partial examination in January (20%), personal work (20%) and oral exam (60%).
Exemptions (even partial) cannot be granted. |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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Contacts :
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| Ingrid Bertrand
English Teachers' Office
081/62 24 46
ingrid.bertrand@ucl.ac.be |
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| Vous trouverez toutes les informations utiles et le matériel de cours sur e-campus. |
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