Duration
25h Pr
Number of credits
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
English language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
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 articles dealing with educational matters. Students will be required to participate actively in the course, which implies that they must have read the texts before coming to class.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
Improving the four language skills, mainly passive language skills such as reading and listening but there will also be some speaking and writing exercises.
Enhancing students' ability to cope with English texts (understanding, summarizing, reacting to the content).
Allowing students to speak about various topics related to educational sciences through oral presentations and discussions based on the texts of the coursebook.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
The level of this course corresponds to the European levels B1-B2. Students will thus need to have a good basic knowledge of English and a thorough knowledge of the vocabulary and grammar studied in the first-year course.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
Weekly 3-hour class (every other week) in a group of 25 students from February to May (Partim 2).
Thorough preparation is required so as to enable students to progress throughout the year.
Recommended or required readings
Downloadable units on MyULiege.
Assessment methods and criteria
Written exam In June (70% of the final mark):
Vocabulary and reading comprehension exercises based on an unseen text.
Oral exam in June (30% of the final mark):
Discussion based on two oral presentations.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Students will have to make a presentation about academic papers related to an educational issue of their choice.
Contacts
Julien STEVENS, ISLV
Julien.Stevens@uliege.be
ISLV office in Sart Tilman: level -1 in B33 (Trifac), tel: 04 366 46 52
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the May-June 2020 session
Teaching methods implemented : distance-learning
-Keys to the exercises posted online
-Oral Presentation given via the Collaborate Platform
Assessment subjects
-2 modules seen in class (Motivation + Learning Foreign Languages)
-2 topics to be chosen among the oral presentation topics (4 articles in total)
Assessment methods
-Oral exam via videoconference ONLY
NB: Given the changes brought to the assessment methods, the oral presentation done during the year will account for 20% of the final mark ONLY IF IT BENEFITS THE STUDENT.
Contacts
p.maquinay@uliege.be
julien.stevens@uliege.be
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the Aug-Sept 2020 session
Assessment subjects
-2 modules seen in class (Motivation + Learning Foreign Languages)
-2 topics to be chosen among the oral presentation topics (4 articles in total)
Assessment methods
-Oral exam via videoconference ONLY
NB: Given the changes brought to the assessment methods, the oral presentation done during the year will account for 20% of the final mark ONLY IF IT BENEFITS THE STUDENT.
Contacts
p.maquinay@uliege.be
julien.stevens@uliege.be