Duration
24h Pr
Number of credits
| Bachelor in physiotherapy and rehabilitation | 1 crédit |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
English language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
English for Physiotherapy and Sports Sciences develops skills in reading, collecting information and note taking through a corpus of scientific papers. This class articulates around authentic articles in English used for the activation and assimilation of language notions essential to academic research.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
- allow students to read and understand anglophone scientific literature in their field of specialty.
- allow students to understand short oral presentations in English.
- allow students to briefly present the tenets of a given scientific article in English.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
A B1 level in English (reading) and basic grammatical notions.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
The course features two-hour in-class sessions in which the students' active participation is required (through listening and reading comprehension exercises).
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
The course is taught in groups. Class attendance is highly encouraged.
Recommended or required readings
English for Physiotherapy and Sports Sciences course notes are available in digital format through eCampus.
Assessment methods and criteria
Written exam with multiple choice questions (IELTS 6.0 level) based on a research article, theory and language revised in the course.
Students must demonstrate the ability to fully understand an unabridged and unsimplified paper from a specialized journal.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
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Contacts
Christine Bouvy cbouvy@ulg.ac.be
Julien Dubois jdubois@ulg.ac.be
Sébastien Schoenmaeckers Sebastien.Schoenmaeckers@ulg.ac.be