Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
| Bachelor in pharmacy | 4 crédits |
Lecturer
Coordinator
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
The Advanced English for Pharmacy students course continues the development of reading skills, data gathering, and note-taking using texts or series of texts (as started during the MedEng 1 course), and focuses also on research capacities as well as understanding of short video documents.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
- allow students to read and understand medical literature in English.
- allow students to understand short videos in English.
- allow students to briefly debate several issues addressed in the textbook.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
MedEng 1 (Medical English -1st part, in 1st year of the Bachelor's Degree in Medicine or Dentistry) 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 listening and reading comprehension exercises) alternating with mandatory online modules (enhancing vocabulary, reading and listening skills).
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
The course is taught in groups after a plenary introductory lecture given in an amphitheater. Class attendance is highly recommended. Students will also be given a bonus point for actively participating in a conference that will take place on the day of the last class. The online learning modules are prepared at home by students between courses and must be completed before attending the next class.
Recommended or required readings
The Advanced English for Pharmacy students course notes are available in digital format through eCampus.
3 modules with exercises on eCampus.
Assessment methods and criteria
The final mark is 100 % based on the January exam.
Written exam with multiple choice questions (IELTS 6.0 level) based on a medical article, theory and vocabulary revised thoughout the year - both in class and online - and a listening comprehension exercise.
Students must demonstrate the ability to fully understand an unabridged and unsimplified paper from a medical journal, and medical data presented orally (through global and detailed understanding), as well as their knowledge of scientific English stylistic features.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
We insist on the fact that you can train and test yourself online on the ISLV Website: https://www.islv.uliege.be
Contacts
Christine Bouvy cbouvy@uliege.be
David Lombard David.Lombard@uliege.be
Ellen Harry eharry@uliege.be
Kevin Noiroux K.Noiroux@uliege.be
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the May-June 2020 session
Teaching methods implemented : distance-learning
Assessment subjects
Assessment methods
Contacts
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the Aug-Sept 2020 session
Assessment subjects
The material to cover for the final exam remains the same, except for the listening comprehension which is cancelled.
Assessment methods
The exam will take place on eCampus and will consist of:
- a 'reading comprehension' of a medical research paper (MCQ, True/False, in-context language);
- a 'language' section based on the material seen in class and online.
Contacts
cbouvy@uliege.be
K.Noiroux@uliege.be
eharry@uliege.be
David.Lombard@uliege.be
Items online
Advanced English for Pharmacy Students 2019-2020
This is the course book used for LANG0074-1 (the second-year English course in Pharmacy).