Duration
30h Th, 15h Pr
Number of credits
Lecturer
Coordinator
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
The course deals with the essentials of academic writing and presentation giving.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
At the end of the course students will:
- have improved their essay writing skills.
- have improved their understanding of more complex scientific texts.
- be able to write a literature review.
- be able to follow complex and precise instructions about style, citations and references from the APA manual.
- be able to give efficient and attractive oral presentations.
One of the fundamental ideas of this course is that students will be able to apply their English language skills to their core subject.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
This is an upper-intermediate to advanced level course (CEFRL C1). The level required to take this course is upper-intermediate (CEFRL B2/C1), which corresponds to the level of the Level-3 English course taught in the first term (LANG3016-1).
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
As this is a blended-learning course, students will have to be actively involved in choosing the topic of their literature review and getting the support of a promoter from members of their faculty.
The chapters have been designed to incorporate vocabulary from a range of sociological topics as well as to reinforce the language skills required to write academic English and to interact in an English-speaking academic and / or professional environment.
The class uses an exercise-based approach to learning how to write correct academic English in APA style and how to give a professional-looking presentation.
Students will be encouraged to hand in a short report in February, based on the unit "families and households," which will enable them to practice some of the skills which will be tested in the final assignment.
Students are encouraged to practice and rehearse in class.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
The class is taught for three hours every week in the second term. Students will all have to attend two hours of course every week. The third hour will be devoted to seminar sessions in smaller groups focusing on the students' literature reviews. For these seminar sessions, students will be divided into several groups, which will take place using a rota for which students will receive a timetable.
Attendance is essential.
Recommended or required readings
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th edition.
The course book will be made available online (on eCampus) and at Intercopy in the Sart Tilman.
Assessment methods and criteria
Students will be required to write a literature review (critical review) and give an oral presentation based on it. Students will be expected to follow the APA publication guidelines as specified in their handbook. Review articles will have to be double-spaced in Times New Roman 12, and be between 10 and 15 pages long, title and reference pages included.
Half the marks will be given for content by the faculty members on the jury. The other half will be given by the English teachers for language, presentation and writing skills.
A mark of less than 8/20 in any part of the final assignment will result in a final mark of 9/20 maximum for the course.
First session:
Two printed copies of the review article will have to be handed in before Tuesday, April 17th 2018 at 12.00. One of the printed copies must be handed in to Ms Salerno and the other put in the ISLV mailbox in B33 level -1. Students must also send an electronic version of the article to their supervisor and their English teacher on April 17th by 12.00 at the latest. Students have to use the official cover page provided on the website of the Faculty.
Be warned that students will not be allowed to present their work in the first session should the following occur:
- Non-respect of the deadline
- Plagiarism / Failing to cite sources properly
- Use of non-English sources
- Use of fewer than three different sources
- Writing fewer than 10 pages or more than 20 pages in the right format. (Reviews between 16 and 20 pages will be penalised.)
- Attending less than 70% of the lessons. (If exceptional circumstances prevail, the students will be required to contact their teacher in writing before the beginning of classes if the situation is already known to them or as soon as the situation occurs.)
- written literature review : 10/20
- oral presentation : 10/20
Students whose reviews have been refused for plagiarism, incorrect citing - which includes dishonest paraphrasing or misquoting - may also have to change topics for the second session and cannot expect further supervision.
The students will be responsible for finding a (new) promoter to validate their new topic, read their critical review and attend their presentation.
Two printed copies of the review article will have to be handed in before Thursday, August 16th at 12.00. One of the printed copies must be handed in to Ms Salerno and the other put in the ISLV mailbox in B33 level -1. Students must also send an electronic version of the article to their supervisor and their English teacher on August 16th at the latest.
Students should be aware that they will be given a 0/20 for the course in the second session should the following occur:
- Non-respect of the deadline.
- Plagiarism / Failing to cite sources properly
- Use of non-English sources
- Use of fewer than three different sources
- Writing fewer than 10 pages or more than 20 pages in the right format. (Essays between 15 and 20 pages will be penalised.)
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Contacts
- Frédéric DEPAS F.Depas@ulg.ac.be
- Emma DESFORGES E.Desforges@ulg.ac.be
- Victoria Lemaire vlemaire@ulg.ac.be
- Contact person for FaSS: Sébastien Fontaine sebastien.fontaine@ulg.ac.be
- Bureau des professeurs de langue de l'ISLV au Sart Tilman : niveau -1 au Bât B33 (Trifac) 04 366 46 52