Duration
60h Th, 30h Pr
Number of credits
Lecturer
Pierre Geron, Kevin Heyeres, ISLV, Céline Leroy, Estelle Oger, Caroline Ziane
Coordinator
Language(s) of instruction
English language
Organisation and examination
All year long
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
This English course is meant for students in their first year of the Bachelor's degree in human and social sciences or in sociology and anthropology as well as for Master's students required to take additional credits of the bachelor's programme at the FaSS.
The course's CEFRL levels are as follows:
- listening: B1-B2
- reading: B2
- speaking: B1 interacting and B2 presenting content
- writing: B1-B2.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
By the end of the term, students will have:
- developed their ability to read and understand texts dealing with common sociological concepts relating for instance to family structures or gender.
- increased their comprehension of spoken English when it is used to speak about sociological topics in seminars and lectures, presentations, interviews, discussions, etc.
- strengthened their speaking skills and be able to engage more effectively in a range of formal and informal speaking situations such as presentations, class discussions and debates, or common communication involving asking and answering questions.
- the capacity of writing clearly articulated texts about the different topics dealt with in class.
- been provided with the necessary vocabulary and grammar tools.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
The class is taught in English from the start and is not meant for beginners.
We highly recommend that beginners and students requiring a deep revision of the basics of the English language take part in one of the many additional ISLV's English courses. Further information is available at https://www.islv.uliege.be/cms/c_10332480/fr/institut-superieur-des-langues-vivantes. One has to sign up online by September 27th.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Students will have to actively take part in the weekly three-hour class. One hour will be devoted to exercising oral/listening skills.
To be ready for this class, students should expect to have to work another three hours at home weekly (self-study of grammar, preparation of the grammar and vocabulary exercises, writing exercises and listening practice, reading and information searches).
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
The class is taught three hours a week over the two semesters. In-class teaching will be prioritized sujbect to sanitary conditions.
Organisational adjustments related to the current health context
Planned assessment methods determined by the evolution of the health context:
The examination includes multiple-choice questions, among others, and will take place face-to-face on the university campus for a duration of 1 hour 45 minutes.
If the authorities explicitly decide otherwise, the examination will be organised via the eCampus platform, for a duration of 2 hours.
Recommended or required readings
Course notes will be posted on the eCampus and myULiège platforms under the course code. These documents are important for those who wish to take the course.
The reading file for the oral exam will be available in the second semester.
Practicalities will be discussed during the first class.
The grammar book "Grammaire anglaise de base" may prove helpful. The grammar book is available at Point de vue (on the Sart-Tilman campus).
Students will also need a good bilingual dictionary (English/French, French/English) such as The New Collins Robert French Dictionary or Oxford/Hachette. A monolingual dictionary such as Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary (http://dictionary.cambridge.org/), Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English (http://www.ldoceonline.com/), Collins Cobuild English Dictionary for Advanced Learners or Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary is a plus.
Assessment methods and criteria
Below you will find information on the evaluation methods planned for in-person and remote exams as well as those planned for hybrid sessions. Depending on how the health crisis evolves, the chosen method will be communicated to you no later than one month before the start of the exam session.
Any session :
- In-person
written exam ( multiple-choice questionnaire, open-ended questions )
- Remote
oral exam
- If evaluation in "hybrid"
preferred in-person
Additional information:
Regular work is vital for success and required on a weekly basis. Students will have some assignments to do (writing assignment.s - oral presentation - grammar logbooks). Further information regarding deadlines and instructions will be given in class.
Evaluation will be in 2 main parts: A partial exam in January, and a final exam in May/June. Both exams will test the linguistic competences worked on in class throughout the academic year, in each semester. The logbooks must be handed in on the days of the written examinations in January (logbook I) and June (logbook II)
The final exam consists of three compulsory parts: an oral exam, a written exam and a listening test.
The oral exam will be about the different chapters of the coursebook as well as about twenty pages of texts the students will have selected from the reading file and individually prepared at home.
The listening comprehension exam will take place on the same day as the written exam.
If a student fails the January exam, i.e. if their score is less than 10/20 (marks are not rounded), they will need to retake it in June and/or during the second session. Should they fail to retake it, they will get a zero for that part. ALL the exams in the May/June session must be taken and successfully passed in the same academic year. For example, a student who takes the written part but who does not do the oral exam will receive a global mark of 0/20 on the principle that all the different evaluations are unified.
The points that make up the final mark will be distributed as follows:
- Classwork: 2 points (the classwork mark - oral assignment and grammar logbooks - will also be taken into account in the calculation of the final result for the second session)
- January exam: 4 points
- Final exam: 14 points, 7 points for the written part, 5 points for the oral and 2 points for the listening comprehension
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
We will test the students' level in room A204 (B4) on September 16th at 8.30.
The students that cannot be present at the test, and more generally the students in their master years, are invited to sign up for one of the groups during one of the following office hours:
- Wednesday 16th September (from 11.00 to 12.30 in Laboratoire 2 : -1/30 B33 -Sart Tilman)
- Friday18th September (from 11.00 to 13.00 in Laboratoire 2 : -1/30 B33 - Sart Tilman)
- Monday 21st September (from 16.30 to 17.30 in Laboratoire 2 : -1/30 B33 - Sart Tilman)
- Wednesday 23rd September (from 12.30 to 14.00 in Laboratoire 2 : -1/30 B33 - Sart Tilman)
- Friday 25th September (from 12.15 to 14.00 in Laboratoire 2 : -1/30 B33 - Sart Tilman)
Contacts
Teachers:
Kevin Heyeres (K.Heyeres@uliege.be) (coordinator)
Pierre Geron (Pierre.Geron@uliege.be)
Céline Leroy (C.Leroy@uliege.be)
Estelle Oger (Estelle.Oger@uliege.be)
Caroline Ziane (Caroline.Ziane@uliege.be)