Duration
7,5h Th
Number of credits
| Master in speech and language therapy (120 ECTS) | 1 crédit | |||
| Master in psychology (120 ECTS) | 1 crédit |
Lecturer
Pascale Drianne, ISLV, Evgueniya Lyu
Language(s) of instruction
English language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
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 organised discussions.
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 (in relation to the topic of asylums);
-improve their reading skills through the FASP (Edgar Allan Poe's short story on the debate about asylums in the 19th century);
-enhance their listening skills by watching excerpts from the film based on Edgar Allan Poe's short story (Stonehearst Asylum, 2014);
-work on their writing skills (comments).
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
Two three-hour in-class sessions
One 1.5-hour in-class session
Recommended or required readings
The hand-out "II TERM", available online (MyUlg, eCampus)
Assessment methods and criteria
Written exam in May or August (20/20)
Reading comprehension exercises based on an unseen text.
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 and short story).
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