English for Biomedical Science

Duration

25h Pr, 5h AUTR

Number of credits

Lecturer

Julien Dubois, Christine Filot, Sébastien Schoenmaeckers

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

English for Biomedical Sciences (LANG4001-1) keeps on developing the following skills/elements: reading; data gathering; note-taking; oral interventions; definition drafting;  listening comprehension of scientific lectures as introduced in English for medical sciences (LANG2002-1).

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

• allow students to read and understand the literature of their field written in English more easily and efficiently.
  
• allow students to understand short videos in English dealing with information specific to their field.
  
• allow students to briefly debate the issues introduced in the coursebook through texts and videos and through their own information research.
  
• develop students' ability to provide short answers to open questions based on reading and listening comprehension activities in their field.
  
• develop students' ability to spot, summarize and paraphrase relevant information in English in their field.
  
• familiarize students with the specific structure and terminology of academic research in English.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

English for medical sciences (LANG2002-1 or LANG2940) or equivalent (e.g. IELTS 5.5-6 or Cambridge Advanced English A- C).

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

The course features two-hour in-class sessions where the students' active participation is required (through discussions and listening and reading comprehension activities) complemented with three additional online modules (enhancing academic vocabulary, reading and listening skills).

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

The course is taught in groups; class attendance is compulsory. Two class sessions will be entirely devoted to listening and note taking, the second of which will comprise an assignment to be handed in which will be taken into account in the final mark. 
The three additional online learning modules are prepared at home following a schedule posted on eCampus. Regular and continuous work is required both in class and on eCampus.

Recommended or required readings

English for Biomedical Sciences (LANG4001-1) course notes are available in digital format through eCampus.
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The modules with exercises on the eCampus page of this course.

Assessment methods and criteria

In-class note-taking exercise (accounting for 10 % of the global grade) + written exam in May/June. Second session in August/September.
Multiple choice and short answer questionnaire (IELTS 6.0 level MCQ+SAQ) based on a medical article, vocabulary revised throughout the year -both in class and @nline- and an audio file.
Students must demonstrate the ability to fully understand an unabridged and unsimplified paper from a scientific journal and specific data presented orally (through global and detailed understanding), as well as their knowledge of the stylistic features of academic English and of the vocabulary highlighted both in class and online. They will also be required to draft a few brief definitions bearing on concepts previously developed in class.

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Contacts

Christine Bouvy cbouvy@ulg.ac.be Julien Dubois jdubois@ulg.ac.be(sebastien.schoenmaeckers@ulg.ac.be.)

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