Study Programmes 2016-2017
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| English part 2 (level C) | ||||||||
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Duration :
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| 7,5h 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 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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| Oral, written and listening activities based on a short stiry and a film dealing with psychology. Students will be required to participate actively in 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 a non-scientific text, namely a short story, related to psychology (understanding, analysing, summarizing, reacting to the content). - Improving listening skills basically with the help of a film (understanding the content, broadening the vocabulary, dealing with different accents). - Writing a comparative analysis of the short story and the film following the guidelines and rules given. |
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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 and C-level (1st part) courses. | ||||||||
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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 non-scientific psychology-related texts; -enhance their listening skills by watching films dealing with psychological issues; -develop their speaking skills through discussions; -work on their writing skills (comparative analysis and comments) |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| eCampus activities and three in-class sessions are planned. | ||||||||
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Compulsory:
- The hand-out "Writing 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. Written assignment (5/20)
Students will be asked to write a comparative analysis (1 page) 2. Written exam in May and August (15/20) Reading comprehension exercises based on an unseen text (12/20). Writing exercises (students will be asked to comment on quotations, and/or to express their opinion on one of the given topics from the film/short story) (3/20). |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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| There are two sessions of three hours each and one session of one and a half hours. The rest of the work should be done on eCampus. | ||||||||
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Contacts :
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| Evgueniya LYU: elyu@ulg.ac.be
Sébastien SCHOENMAECKERS: Sebastien.Schoenmaeckers@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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