Duration
45h Th
Number of credits
| Bachelor in political sciences : general | 3 crédits |
Lecturer
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
This course has a B2 CEFRL level (B2+ for reading skills). The aim of the course is to consolidate and extend the students' general language understanding and use and the specific features of the language related to politics. This is done in the four language skills, i.e.reading, listening, speaking and writing. Concretely students will deal with:
- selected articles & documents, and the book Collateral Language: A User's Guide to America's New War
- discussions and oral presentations
- writing exercises (formal argumentative essays)
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
The dual purpose of the course is
- to consolidate and extend the students' general language understanding and use
- to develop and consolidate students' mastery of the specific features of the language related to politics
- to introduce to academic English
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
- Intermediate level, B1 CEFRL level
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
In addition to regular preparation work, students will have to do oral presentations.
These will be taken into account and will make up 10% of the final grade.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
2h/week dealing mainly with the activities in the syllabus and oral presentations.
Weekly preparation work is expected, the work load this represents is variable and depends on the students' level of competence.
We strongly advise students to read articles about the themes discussed in class, on their own and to practice their listening skills at home.
We might have to move our classes online because of the COVID-19 pandemic. We might therefore transition to a mix of in-person, hybrid, and online classes.
Organisational adjustments related to the current health context
In case of code red due to Covid, the sessions will be taught online. In case of code orange due to Covid, the LANG8032 sessions will be taught online or face-to-face provided the context allows this. All information will be send by mail if this should be the case. If necessary, the exam will be organized online but priority will be given to in-class assessment. Details will be communicated in due course.
Recommended or required readings
- Course book: Political Science - LANG8032-1 & LANG8033, available online, on eCampus.
- Book: John Collins and Ross Glover, eds., Collateral Language: A User's Guide to America's New War (New York & London: New York University Press, 2002.) The comprehension exercises on this book will be available online.
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 ) AND oral exam
- Remote
written exam AND oral exam
- If evaluation in "hybrid"
preferred in-person
Additional information:
The students will have to take two exams in June: one written exam (= 50% final note) and an oral exam (= 40% final note). The written exam in June is composed of several papers (listening and reading comprehension MCQs). The oral exam will deal with texts from the readings file and the book Collateral Language: A User's Guide to America's New War. The written and oral exams in June are two inseparable parts.
The assessment grid for the oral exam takes into account content and language skills. In case the student did not get at least 4.5/10 for each part, the final grade for the oral exam cannot be equal or above 10/20.
Continuous assessment of progress (class participation and oral presentations) accounts for 10% of the final grade.
Work done during the year will be assessed according to a number of criteria including their content and internal cohesion, the accuracy of grammar, vocabulary, spelling and punctuation, and the range of vocabulary and structure.
To pass this course, students will have to obtain a real 10/20, which means that grades between 9,5 and 9,99 will not be rounded up.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
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Contacts
- Stéphane Ghijsen - s.ghijsen@uliege.be
- Julien Stevens - julien.stevens@uliege.be