English (Level C)

Duration

90h Th

Number of credits

Lecturer

Pascale Drianne

Coordinator

Pascale Drianne

Language(s) of instruction

English language

Organisation and examination

All year long, with partial in January

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

This course has a B2-C1 CEFRL level. The aim of the course is to consolidate and extend the students' general language understanding and use and the specific features of the language related to politics. This is done in the four language skills, i.e.reading, listening, speaking and writing. Concretely students will deal with:

• selected articles
• books
• discussions and oral presentations
• IELTS or TOEFL type writing exercises
• videos

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

The purpose of the course is

• to consolidate and extend the students' general language and the use of the language related to politics.

• to develop and consolidate students' mastery of active skills (speaking and writing)

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

• Intermediate level, B2 CEFRL level
• English course "Political Science Level A" (LANG1960-1)
• English course "Political Science Level B" (LANG1994-1)

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

In addition to regular preparation work, students will have to:

• take 2 progress tests (focusing on reading, writing and listening)
• 2 oral presentations
• 2 written tasks (book summary and critical review)

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

The course is taught in one 2-hour session and one 1-hour session weekly from September to May.
Weekly preparation work is expected, the work load this represents is variable and depends on the students' level of competence.
Students are expected to participate actively in class as the course will focus on taking their active skills to a higher level (speaking-writing)
Participation + the tests, the written tasks and the oral presentations will make up 20% of the final grade.

Recommended or required readings

• Course notes available on eCampus
• Book: The Clash of Civilizations: The debate, Huntington, The Council on Foreign Relations, 2010
• Book:The geopolitics of Emotion, D.Moisi, First Anchor Books Edition, 2010.

Assessment methods and criteria

Written exam in January:The exam will focus on reading comprehension and language in use (15% of the final grade)
Written and oral exam in June (two inseparable parts). The written exam (50% of the final grade) will include essay writing, reading and listening comprehension exercises, language in use exercises. The oral exam (15%) will deal with articles from a readings file (available by early April), the presentations and the books The Clash of Civilizations: The Debate. & The Geopolitics of Emotion
Continuous assessment of progress (class participation and tasks). Accounts for 20% of the final grade.
Work done during the year will be assessed according to a number of criteria including their content and internal cohesion, the accuracy of grammar, vocabulary, spelling and punctuation, and the range of vocabulary and structure.
NB:The classwork mark will be taken into account when students sit the exam for the first time, either in June or in September. If resitting the exam, students will not be penalized more than once for faring poorly in class; indeed the classwork  mark  cannot be improved once the course is over. However, the mark will be taken into account again if it benefits the student.

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

The course is based on discussing the contents of articles or audio/video documents, it is thus essential that students should have read or heard or seen the documents BEFORE coming to class. These will be available on MyUlg and e-Campus

Contacts

Pascale Drianne - p.drianne@ulg.ac.be ISLV

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