Study Programmes 2015-2016
LANG0778-1  
English level 3
Duration :
90h Th
Number of credits :
Master in management (60 ECTS) (evening classes)6
Lecturer :
ISLV, Kevin Noiroux
Language(s) of instruction :
French language
Organisation and examination :
Teaching in the second semester
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Course contents :
The course curriculum spans the first two years of the study programme and is based on an integrated course at intermediate level aimed at businesspeople and students of business English:
Cotton, Falvey and Kent. Market Leader. Intermediate Business English Course Book with MyEnglishLab. 3rd edition. Pearson Education, 2010.
This course book is organized around thematic units relating to management and economic life and offers a range of activities (articles from the Financial Times, expert interviews, speaking and writing skills, case studies, grammar and vocabulary exercices) dealt with and exploited in class.
Learning outcomes of the course :
Communication skills acquisition and practice in both everyday and business contexts, specialized terminology, reading and listening comprehension, written and oral communication (business meetings, interviews, phone calls, business correspondence, etc.).
Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
A working knowledge of everyday English (end of secondary school level), i.e. the level B1 of the Common European Framework of Reference. Students who haven't reached that level must bring their English back up to level on their own. 
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
written assignments (business reports, letters, emails, etc.) and oral presentations (role-plays, debates, etc.)
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
The course consists of 2/3 of class work and 1/3 of personal study. This is largely based on the exercices (listening comprehension, grammar and vocabulary) proposed by the DVD-Rom accompanying the course manual as well as the online plateform MyEnglishLab.
Recommended or required readings :
Assessment methods and criteria :
Oral and written examination at the end of the 2nd year, maybe in addition to a few assignments to hand in before the exam. The weighting, the content and the types of assessment will be specified in the course of the year.
Work placement(s) :
Organizational remarks :
Contacts :
Kevin Noiroux Chargé de cours k.noiroux@ulg.ac.be
Items online :
English Pronunciation and Spelling Rules (I.Peere)
The above mentioned course reader is available on line and can be downloaded.