English 3

Duration

45h Th

Number of credits

Lecturer

Clara Brereton, Véronique Doppagne, Ellen Harry, ISLV

Coordinator

Véronique Doppagne

Language(s) of instruction

English language

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

The course has a C1 CEFR level (for all language skills: listening and reading comprehension, writing, speaking and lecturing).

• It continues the development of reading, data gathering, and note-taking using texts or sets of texts (as started in the English Level 1 and English Level 2 courses).
  
• It also focuses on research, analysis and synthesis, and report-writing capacities as well as oral presentation and listening skills.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

At the end of this course, students will be able to:

• analyze and synthesize English scientific literature,
  
• follow oral presentations in English, take accurate notes, and synthesize them,
  
• present scientific information in correct and consistent English.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

English Level 2 (taught in the third year of the Bachelor's Degree in Sciences).

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

The course features about 25 classes.
Each class requires a long preparation which is essential and mandatory. There are no ex-cathedra lectures but rather language seminars in which students will be asked to take part regularly and actively.
Besides, there will be one oral presentation and one written assignment (critical review, end-of-cycle dissertation synthesis or other, as a function of the students' orientation). These are compulsory tasks. Should students fail to do their presentation and/or to hand in their report in due time, they will not be allowed to sit the first-session exam.

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

The in-class course is taught to 25 students for three hours (on average) each week.
Together, preparation, active participation, oral presentations and written assignments during the year account for 50% of the final grade.

Recommended or required readings

Level 3 English for Mathematics (2017-2018) course notes compulsory. Internet access recommended.

Assessment methods and criteria

Oral and written exam in January (listening, note-taking and writing) and continuous assessment of progress (through class participation, oral presentations and various written assignments) accounting for 50% of the final grade.
Class attendance is compulsory. Any student absent for more than 30% of class sessions without valid justification (e.g., medical certificate) will NOT be allowed to sit the final exam in the first session. The student will thus be noted "Absent" for the entirety of the course.
The continuous assessment mark is always taken into account for the first session in which the student sits the exam (whether first or second session); this mark is taken into account a second time only if it is to the student's advantage. 

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Contacts

Dr. C. Bouvy, ISLV, Responsable des Cours de Langues Facultaires, cbouvy@ulg.ac.be, and Mrs V. Doppagne, V.Doppagne@ulg.ac.be; Ms. Ellen Harry, eharry@ulg.ac.be 

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