LANG0922-2

Duration

45h Th

Number of credits

	Bachelor in psychology and education : general	5 crédits
	Master in psychology (120 ECTS)	5 crédits

Lecturer

ISLV, Evgueniya Lyu, Sébastien Schoenmaeckers

Coordinator

N...

Language(s) of instruction

English language

Organisation and examination

All year long

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

Oral and written activities based on texts, articles and videos dealing with psychology. Students will be required to participate actively in the class, which implies reading the texts before coming to class.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

Improving the four language skills, namely reading, listening, speaking and writing.
Enhancing students' ability to cope with specialised English texts .
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.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

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.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

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)

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

Follow your teacher's instructions to prepare your work for in-class sessions which might vary from reading a text to doing eCampus exercises.

Assessment methods and criteria

Please note that in order to obtain a final mark in June, it is mandatory to take each of the four elements mentioned below:
1. Listening comprehension exam in January (4/20)
2. Oral presentation in class (3/20) Students will be asked to give a presentation on one of the texts from the textbook (in groups of 4-5 students)
3. Oral exam in May or August (5/20) 10-minute discussion based on a book.*
4. 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).
NB : if you fail your exam in May/June, in August, you will have to retake: - the written exam, - the oral exam, and - the listening comprehension (if you failed it in January). The mark for the oral presentation will be kept only in case it favours your final score.

*Choose one of the following books:
- The Pecking Order: A Bold New Look at how Family and Society Determine who we Become by Dalton Conley - Remembering our Past: Studies in Autobiographical Memory by David Rubin - The Gift of Dyslexia by Ronald Davis - The Moral Animal by Robert Wright - The Know-it-all: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the world by A. J. Jacobs - The Man who Mistook his Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver Sacks
-The Anatomy of Love by Helen Fisher

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Contacts

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

English (Level C)