2021-2022 / HULG9192-1

English, First Part

Duration

36h Th

Number of credits

 Bachelor in landscape architect3 crédits 

Lecturer

Aurélie Frankinet

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

This course mainly rests on the grammatical and contextual study and analysis of texts and media materials regarding landscape architecture.  Scientifical, journalistic, general or official, all materials used within the scope of this course will address the professional reality and the relevant issues of landscape architecture.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

The objective of this course is to give the student all the grammatical and contextual skills needed so that he can approach and understand all kinds of supports, rendering their content and appropriate them to make up his own opinion. 
In the scope of this course, the student will have to: - know and understand the language studied, - communicate and discuss diverse issues,  - express himself, speaking as well as writing, about different topics. 

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Level B1

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Prescriptive exercises Application exercises Papers preparation Group work

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Blended learning

Recommended or required readings

Journaux anglosaxons, presse, médias - Time, Post, Guardian, Huffington Post, CNN, BBC, ABC, CBS...
Ted Talks, Ted Ideas,...
British Council for Professionals
Dictionary and Thesaurus - Merriam Webster  Linguee Wordreference Termium Plus
Biber, Conrad, Leech, Student Grammar of Spoken and Written English, Longman, 2008. Eastwood, Oxford Learner's Grammar, Oxford University Press, 2009.

Assessment methods and criteria

Exam(s) in session

Any session

- In-person

written exam AND oral exam

Written work / report


Additional information:

Oral presentation of analytical writing. Written (40%) and oral (60%). 

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Distance learning followed by grouped sessions with M0 and BAP1 students. Those grouped sessions are for beginner/intermediate students. A level test done at the beginning of the semester will determine the following of this class. 
Warning, BAP3 students have their own assessment, see Assessment method. 

Contacts

Aurélie Frankinet, assistant professor, English
aurelie.frankinet@hech.be