Study Programmes 2016-2017
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| English 3 - 2nd part | ||||||||
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Duration :
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| 30h Th | ||||||||
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Number of credits :
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Lecturer :
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| Madeleine-Marie Hubin | ||||||||
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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 second semester | ||||||||
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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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| In order to be able to follow the courses taught in English in their future Master degree, students must be able to: - understand and summarise information - make presentations - take part in seminar activities - write a report By covering 4 units of Market Leader Upper-Intermediate and Advanced, students will have to practise the 4 skills (reading and listening comprehension, speaking and writing). The topics covered are the following: international marketing, crisis management, raising finance and management styles. | ||||||||
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Learning outcomes of the learning unit :
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| In agreement with the ILOs, the course aims at consolidating the B2 level and reach the C1 level thanks to a variety of activities covering the four skillss.
In practice: -Speaking: the student will be able to express themselves fluently on business and economic topics, hold a meeting and make a presentation. - Writing: the student will have to be able to deliver a high quality essay, using accurate and professional vocabulary and correct grammar structures. - Reading: the student will have to be able to understand an unseen press article, and summarize it, rephrase the information, comment on it and answer questions about its contents. - Listening: the student will have to be able to understand and extract the message of an unseen video or audio extract, and render the information in their own words or answer questions about the contents of the extract. |
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Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
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| Students must have a B2 level. | ||||||||
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| Variety of activities: discussions, vocabulary exercises, listening and reading comprehension, case studies and presentations. | ||||||||
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Face-to-face teaching. | ||||||||
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Recommended or required readings :
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| The course is based on 4 units of Market Leader Upper-Intermediate and Advanced (Longman). The notes are given in class as well as press articles for further reading found in the English-speaking press. Links to videos are also proposed on Lol@. | ||||||||
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| The final mark is calculated on the basis of the following assignments and tests:
In-class assignments: - a presentation and two case studies: 20% - a report and a pitch: 20% Written exam (listening and reading comprehension and an essay): 30% Oral exam (reading an unseen article followed by a discussion): 30% In second session, the written and the oral exams are both worth 50% of the total mark. |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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| Students are distributed in groups of 30. Groups 1 and 2 will meet in the first semester on Tuesday mornings (8:30 till 10:30 and 10:30 till 12:00), the other groups will meet in the second semester .
Important:Students taking English part 1 must take English part 2 in the second semester. The exam of groups 1, and 2 will take place in January, the exam of the other groups will be held in June. |
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Contacts :
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| Madeleine Hubin mmhubin@ulg.ac.be Office 207 14 rue Louvrex, 4000 Liège 04/ 232 72 86 | ||||||||