Study Programmes 2015-2016
LANG1953-1  
English 2
Duration :
80h Th
Number of credits :
Bachelor in economics and business management7
Lecturer :
Lucie Gillet, Xuan Giang Nguyen, Jonathan Solheid
Coordinator :
Jonathan Solheid
Language(s) of instruction :
French language
Organisation and examination :
All year long, with partial in January
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Course contents :
- Various subjects presented as "files", including vocabulary and different types of exercises in order to make the students familiar with the themes broached.
- Business vocabulary (intermediate level) as well as some vocabulary units retrieved from BLED (thematic voabulary).
- Frequent grammar revisions.
- Listening comprehensions often based on actual radio podcasts.
- Oral skills: presenting a company or a news topic, holding a conversation, giving one's opinion, ...
- Academic writing.
- Press file (compiled individually by the students)
Learning outcomes of the course :
- 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.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
- B1 level.
- Lower intermediate English MUST be acquired at this level. Everyday vocabulary and structures must be acquired too as well as some knowledge of business vocabulary.
- Obtaining the credits allocated to the course of English Level 1
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
- Various reading and exercise files based on business-related topids. 
- 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 a company and newspaper articles, followed by a debate on the topic chosen by the students that will be assessed as continuous evaluation, on the part of the presenting students as well as this of those you will take part in the debate.
- Rephrasing.
- Learning of academic writing ending up in the writing of a marked essay.
- Inidividual preparation of a press file including articles chosen by the students themselves, which will function as the basis for the oral exam in June.
- Speaking (discussions on different topics, case studies etc.)
- Watching a movie in class about which questions will be asked at the written exam in January. 
- Reading of a book / extracts of a book about which questions will be asked at the written exam in June.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
- 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.
Recommended or required readings :
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:
CROSS, B., PERRIN, I., SUSSEL, A. "Le Bled: anglais vocabulaire", (Hachette éducation: Paris, 2014).
Recommended:
COTTON D., FALVEY, D., KENT, S. "Market Leader Intermediate", 3rd edition,(Pearson Education Limited: Harlow, 2010).
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 
Assessment methods and criteria :
Important notice: The final mark comprises more than just the June exam:
- January exam (written): 27,5%
(Exam 17,5% + Essay 10%)
- June exam (written): 17,5%
- Oral part: 40%
(June oral exam 25% + presentation Q1 5% + presentation Q2 / debate 10%)
- Mid-term tests and Bled tests: 10% 
- Continuous evaluation: 5%
Work placement(s) :
No training course.
Organizational remarks :
Contacts :
- Ms Gillet : Lucie.gillet@ulg.ac.be
- Ms Nguyen: xg.nguyen@ulg.ac.be
- Mr Solheid : Jonathan.solheid@ulg.ac.be
Office 207 in N1