Duration
12h Th, 12h Pr
Number of credits
Lecturer
Véronique Doppagne, ISLV
Substitute(s)
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
- Pesticides
- Recycling
- Preserving the environment
- Climate change
- Environmental issues
- Renewable energy
- Environmental protest groups
- World hunger
- Live greener
- Ecology terms
- Poor nutrition in the developing world
- The human development index
- Poverty
- Chemicals
- News on environmental issues
- Emerging environmental technologies
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
I can express myself fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions. I can use language flexibly and effectively for professional purposes (environment and sciences). I can formulate ideas and opinions with precision and relate my contribution skilfully to those of other speakers.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Group 1 - Level B2
Listening:
I can understand extended speech and lectures and follow even complex lines of argument provided the topic is reasonably familiar. I can understand most TV news and current affairs programmes. I can understand the majority of films in standard dialect.
Reading:
I can read articles and reports concerned with contemporary problems in which the writers adopt particular attitudes or viewpoints. I can understand contemporary literary prose
Spoken interaction:
I can interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible. I can take an active part in discussion in familiar contexts, accounting for and sustaining my views
Spoken production:
I can present clear, detailed descriptions on a wide range of subjects related to my field of interest. I can explain a viewpoint on a topical issue giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options.
Writing:
I can write clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects related to my interests. I can write an essay or report, passing on information or giving reasons in support of or against a particular point of view. I can write letters highlighting the personal significance of events and experiences.
Group 2 - Level A2:
Listening:
I can understand phrases and the highest frequency vocabulary related to areas of most immediate personal relevance (e.g. very basic personal and family information, shopping, local area, employment). I can catch the main point in short, clear, simple messages and announcements.
Reading:
I can read very short, simple texts. I can find specific, predictable information in simple everyday material such as advertisements, prospectuses, menus and timetables and I can understand short simple personal letters.
Spoken interaction:
I can communicate in simple and routine tasks requiring a simple and direct exchange of information on familiar topics and activities. I can handle very short social exchanges, even though I can't usually understand enough to keep the conversation going myself.
Spoken production:
I can use a series of phrases and sentences to describe in simple terms my family and other people, living conditions, my educational background and my present or most recent job.
Writing:
I can write short, simple notes and messages. I can write a very simple personal letter, for example thanking someone for something.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
- Class discussion
- Student reports
- Presentation by students
- Presentation by a panel of students
- Student-group reports
- Reading assignments
- Flashcards
- Case studies
- Slides
- Motion pictures
- Listening exercises
- News reports
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face
Organisational adjustments related to the current health context
Recommended or required readings
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 ( open-ended questions )
- Remote
written exam ( open-ended questions )
- If evaluation in "hybrid"
preferred in-person
Additional information:
50% class attendance
50% written exam
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Compulsory field trip.