Study Programmes 2015-2016
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| English language : level 3 | |||||
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Duration :
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| 24h Pr, 48h E-Lrng | |||||
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Number of credits :
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Lecturer :
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| Ingrid Bertrand, Sophie Depoterre | |||||
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Substitute(s) :
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| Fiona Thewissen | |||||
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Coordinator :
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| N... | |||||
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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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Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
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| Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program | |||||
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Course contents :
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| The course is taught in English.
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; renewable energies; geoengineering; cities; 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.
The first development trajectory ('Faire une lecture critique de textes scientifiques') of the professional situation 2.2.1 will be developed during this course. |
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Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
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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 of the course, including the coaching sessions with student assistants. |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| The course will include face-to-face teaching, self-learning activities on ecampus, as well as 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). English Grammar in Use (fourth edition). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| In June, the final Level 3 grade will be calculated as follows: written partial examination in January (20%), personal work (20%) and oral exam in June (60%; first development trajectory of professional situation 2.2.1).
In September, the Level 3 grade will be calculated as follows: written exam (on course contents from the first and second terms) (40%) and oral exam (60%; first development trajectory of professional situation 2.2.1). 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@ulg.ac.be(ingrid.bertrand@ucl.ac.be) |
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Items online :
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 | Documents and useful links You will find all the information you need (course material, weblinks, etc) on the eCampus page of the Level 3 course. |
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