Study Programmes 2015-2016
| LANG2984-1 | ||
| english part 1 (level C) | ||
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Duration :
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| 37,5h Th | ||
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Number of credits :
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Lecturer :
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| Pascale Drianne, ISLV, Evgueniya Lyu | ||
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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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| Teaching in the first semester, review 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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| Oral and written activities based on texts and articles dealing with psychology. Students will be required to participate actively in the course, which implies that they must have read the texts before coming to class. | ||
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| - Improving the four language skills, namely: reading, listening, speaking and writing.
- Allowing students to speak about various topics related to psychology through oral presentations and discussions based on the texts of the coursebook, videos and films. - Enhancing students' ability to cope with specialized English texts (understanding, summarizing, reacting to the content). |
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Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
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| The level of this course corresponds to the European level B2-C1. Students will thus need to have a good basic knowledge of English and a thorough knowledge of the vocabulary and grammar studied in the B-level course. | ||
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| The course was designed to help students:
-develop their speaking skills through oral presentations, group work, role-play, debates, etc.
-improve their reading skills through a selection of psychology-related texts in different registers (scientific texts and short stories); -enhance their listening skills by watching videos dealing with psychological issues; -work on their writing skills (PPTs, comments, etc.) |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| The course is taught for two and a half hours every week from September to December. | ||
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Compulsory:
- Coursebook "Level-C English for 3rd-Year Advanced-Level Bachelors and 1st and 2nd- Year Intermediate-Level Masters", available at Intercopy. - Textbook "Level-C English for 3rd-Year Advanced-Level Bachelors and 1st and 2nd-Year Intermediate-Level Masters", available at Intercopy. Recommended: - A good French-English dictionary & a good monolingual dictionary. - Dictionnaire ROBERT & COLLINS. - "Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English" or "The Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary of Current English"(online version is available). |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| 1. Oral presentation in class (10/20)
Students will be asked to give a presentation on one of the texts from the textbook (in groups of 4-5 students) 2. Oral exam in January and August (10/20) 15-minute discussion based on one text from the textbook and one text of your own choice related to one of the topics from the textbook. |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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| The class is taught for two and a half hours every week for 37h30 in total.
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Contacts :
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| Pascale DRIANNE: p.drianne@ulg.ac.be
Evgueniya LYU: elyu@ulg.ac.be Bureau des professeurs de langue de l'ISLV au Sart Tilman: niveau -1 au Bât B33 (Trifac), tel: 04 366 46 52 |
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