LANG2001-1 : English applied to physiotherapy and rehabilitation

Study Programmes 2016-2017

LANG2001-1

English applied to physiotherapy and rehabilitation

Duration :

24h Pr

Number of credits :

Bachelor in physiotherapy and rehabilitation		1

Lecturer :

Julien Dubois, Christine Filot

Language(s) of instruction :

French language

Organisation and examination :

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents :

English for Physiotherapy and Sports Sciences develops skills in reading, collecting information and note taking through a corpus of scientific papers. This class articulates around authentic articles in English used for the activation and assimilation of language notions essential to academic research.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit :

- allow students to read and understand anglophone scientific literature in their field of specialty.
- allow students to understand short oral presentations in English.
- allow students to briefly present the tenets of a given scientific article in English.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills :

A B1 level in English (reading) and basic grammatical notions.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods :

The course features two-hour in-class sessions in which the students' active participation is required (through listening and reading comprehension exercises).

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :

The course is taught in groups. Class attendance is highly encouraged.