Study Programmes 2016-2017
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| English (Level C) | ||||||||
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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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| ISLV, Evgueniya Lyu, Sébastien Schoenmaeckers | ||||||||
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Coordinator :
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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 | ||||||||
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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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Learning unit 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 learning unit :
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| - Improving the four language skills, namely reading, listening, speaking and writing.
- Enhancing students' ability to cope with specialized English texts (understanding, summarizing, reacting to the content). - 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. |
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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:
-broaden their domain-specific vocabulary through a variety of exercises (e.g. drilling, fill-in-the-gaps, multiple-choice exercises);
-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 and films dealing with psychological issues; -develop their speaking skills through oral presentations, group work, role-play, debates, etc. -work on their writing skills (PPTs, summaries, comments, reports) - teach students the basics of a comparative analysis |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Students are required to prepare the units from the coursebook for the inclass course and do exercises marked "eCampus" online. This preparation work varies in time depending on the students' previous knowledge. | ||||||||
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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-Year Intermediate-Level Masters", available at Intercopy. - The hand-out "How to Write a Comparative Analysis", available at Intercopy Recommended: - GABi sur eCampus. - "Grammaire anglaise de Base" (with exercises and key) (ISLV): available at the Editions ULg. - 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). - "English Grammar in Use" (intermediate), Cambridge University Press. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| 1. Listening comprehension exam in January, May or August (4/20)
A 15-minute video followed by questions 2. Written assignment (2/20) Students will be asked to write a comparative analysis (1 page) 3. Oral presentation in class (2/20) Students will be asked to give a presentation on one of the texts from the textbook (in groups of 4-5 students) 4. Oral exam in May or August (4/20) 10-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. 6. Written exam in May or August (8/20) Reading comprehension exercises based on an unseen text. Writing exercises (students will be asked o comment on quotations, and/or to express their opinion on one of the given topics from the film/short story). N.B. The marks obtained for in-class work and the oral presentation count for both exam sessions in May and August. |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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Contacts :
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| 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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Items online :
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 | Studybook English C Studybook C |
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| Textbook C textbook c |
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