Study Programmes 2015-2016
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| Translation of Historical Texts : English 2 | ||
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Duration :
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| 45h Th | ||
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Number of credits :
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Lecturer :
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| Valérie Bada | ||
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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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| 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 mainly consists in translation exercises that students will prepare at home, and which will then be corrected and discussed in class. The exercises will be based on texts from different sources (specialized journals, general press, primary literature and academic journals) and dealing with various topics relating to the students' chosen curriculum. This course does not involve a systematic revision of grammar. | ||
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| Help students to understand and comment upon any academic text in English. The focus will be on the most complex structures of written language, as well as the lexical difficulties and elements of discourse that make the correct interpretation of an elaborate text difficult. | ||
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Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
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| Good knowledge of English. | ||
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| See course contents. | ||
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| 45 hours during the entire academic year. See http://cipl82.philo.ulg.ac.be/horaires |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Dictionaries:
Robert & Collins Senior, anglais-français, français-anglais, 2006.
Oxford English Dictionary Online. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Written exam consisting in the translation from English into French of a text that has not been studied in class as well as excerpts from texts translated in class. Students will be allowed to use a dictionary.
The mark of the midterm exam in January will count for 10% of the June final grade if > or = 10/20 (the mark will have no effect on the final grade if it doesn't reach 10/20). Please note that the final exam for this course is cumulative. |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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Contacts :
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| Lecturer in charge of the course
Valérie Bada, chargée de cours Département de Langues et littératures modernes, Traduction-interprétation Place Cockerill, 3-5 B-4000 LiègeFax 04 366 57 21 E-mail: vbada@ulg.ac.be Secrétariat Martine DELAVIGNETTE Tél. 04 366 53 96 |
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Items online :
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 | Churchill Friendship with Germany Winston Churchill's article published in 1937 in The Evening Standard |
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| coursepack texts to be translated during the academic year 2015-2016 |
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