Duration
45h Th
Number of credits
| Bachelor in psychology and education : speech and language therapy | 5 crédits | |||
| Bachelor in psychology and education : general | 5 crédits |
Lecturer
Coordinator
Language(s) of instruction
English language
Organisation and examination
All year long, with partial in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
Oral and written activities based on texts and audio and/or video recordings dealing with psychology. Students will be required to participate actively in class, which implies that they must have prepared some assignments before coming to class.
The main language skills will be practised through discussing psychology-related topics. Here is the detail of the CEFRL levels of the course : listening (B1/B2), reading (B1/B2), speaking (B1/B2), lecturing (B1/B2), writing (B1/B2). However, only reading comprehension skills (as well as as vocabulary and grammar, which are necessary for reading comprehension) will be evaluated in the final exam.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
As this is a B1/B2-level course, at the end of the year, we would expect our students to be able to:
- understand the main points of a speech or conversation or of radio or television programmes on current events, or topics of personal or professional interest, as long as the language is clear and standard.
- understand articles about contemporary problems in which the writers adopt particular viewpoints as well as the description of events, feelings and wishes.
- communicate with a degree of fluency on topics that are familiar or of personal or professional interest and present and defend their point of view.
- write simple and clear connected text on topics that are familiar or of personal or professional interest, describe experiences and events, explain the advantages and disadvantages of various options and give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
This course is not a beginners' course. It is an intermediate-level English course that corresponds to Council of Europe level B1/B2. Therefore the level required for this course is a good basic knowledge of English grammar and vocabulary (equivalent to the A2-B1 level of the CEFR).
This course can be complemented by an evening class or an @lter course. For more information go to www.islv.ulg.ac.be.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
This class uses a dynamic, interactive and efficient approach to learning English for psychology and is based on psychology-related texts (ISLV Level-A coursebook) and an English grammar book (Murphy, CUP). In class a variety of activities enable the presentation, assimilation and practice of the language material from the books, such as powerpoint presentations, role-plays based on case studies, debates and listening comprehension exercises.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
Weekly 2-hour class in groups of about 30 students.
Thorough preparation of the given assignments is key to students' progress. Here is an overview of the different tasks students will need to perform:
1° Focus on some grammar points that were introduced in the first-year refresher course and introduction of new elements. Interactive grammar tests will be organised every week to assess students' assimilation of the grammar rules.
2° Communicative teaching/learning entails interacting a lot. This means that students are expected to participate actively in in-class discussions. And this is only possible if students prepare classes by doing some homework.
Recommended or required readings
- Level-A English Course in BLOC 1 (advanced level) and BLOC 2 FPLSE (ISLV), available online on ecampus and at Intercopy (Sart Tilman) from September 19h, 2019
- Level-A Readings File (ISLV) (readings file for the level-A written exam in BLOC 1 and BLOC 2 FAPSE), available at Intercopy from September 19th, 2019
- MURPHY, R. English Grammar in Use (intermediate), 4th edition with answers, Cambridge University Press
Assessment methods and criteria
1° Attendance and active participation are extremely important.
The speaking, writing, listening and reading comprehension and vocabulary exercises and the regular in-class grammar tests corrected in class as well as the other online exercises will prepare the students for the grammar, vocabulary and reading comprehension exercises included in the written exam.
2° Written exam (20 marks + 1 bonus mark)
- January exam* (4 marks) = exercises on the vocabulary and grammar studied in the first term.
- June/August exam (16 marks) = reading comprehension exercises based on an unseen text and on the texts from the readings file + exercises on the grammar & vocabulary studied in the second term.
The pass mark is at least 10/20. Marks between 9.5 and 10 will not be rounded up.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
IMPORTANT!!!
All 1st "BLOC" students who registered for the first time at the FPLSE in September 2019 (except see N.B. below) will have to take a placement test which will be organised from 4.30 to 6.30 on September 30th 2019 in Sart Tilman.
This test will include writing, vocabulary, grammar and reading comprehension exercises.
The students who obtain the highest marks will be allowed to take the level-A class in 1st "BLOC". The other students will take the remedial class LANG0040-1.
N.B.: Students who have never studied English or have an official certificate attesting that they have reached the European level B1 or B2 in English (e.g. TOEFL or FCE) should still come (with their certificate if they have one) and write their name and student ID on a SMART answer sheet on the day of the test. If they really cannot come, they must send me a copy (scan or picture) of their certificate (with their name, results & the date of the test) for the end of September at the latest.
Contacts
BAC1 Level A:
- Ms N. Schraepen, English Teacher at the ISLV (Institut Supérieur des langues Vivantes), Uliège and Coordinator for English Courses at the Faculty of Psychology and Education, N.Schraepen@uliege.be
- Mr J. Gaillard, English teacher at the ISLV (Institut Supérieur des langues Vivantes), Uliège, jgaillard@uliege.be
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the May-June 2020 session
Teaching methods implemented : distance-learning
The following elements have been implemented and are centralized on the eCampus page of the course:
- Interactive exercises (Wooclap, Quizlet & Padlet)
- Keys to some exercises and glossaries
- Q&A sessions via video conference
- A document listing what the students need to revise for the exam as well as the resources provided and where to find them has been sent to the students and posted on ecampus.
Assessment subjects
No change
Assessment methods
Online exam on eCampus of maximum 2 hours, which will be made up of two parts (each part will have a specific time limit):
- Reading comprehension of excerpts taken from the reading file:
This questionnaire will be made up of multiple choice and true or false questions.
- Language:
MCQ based on the vocabulary and grammar points covered.
This exam will account for 80% of your final grade, as initially planned.
There will also be an extra section on the vocabulary and grammar covered in the first term for the students who obtained less than 10/20 for the January exam. This section will count for 20% of the final mark, as initially planned.
Contacts
Ms N. Schraepen, ISLV, English Teacher and Coordinator for English Courses at the Faculty of Psychology and Education, N.Schraepen@uliege.be
Mr J. Gaillard, ISLV, English Teacher, jgaillard@uliege.be
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the Aug-Sept 2020 session
Assessment subjects
The criteria are the same as for the first session of exams in June 2020.
Assessment methods
The criteria are the same as for the first session of exams in June 2020.
Contacts
The contacts are the same as for the first session of exams in June 2020.