Duration
45h Pr
Number of credits
| Extra courses intended for exchange students (Erasmus, ...) (Faculty of social sciences) | 6 crédits | |||
| Master in education (120 ECTS) | 4 crédits |
Lecturer
Jérôme Gaillard, ISLV, Martin Polson
Language(s) of instruction
French 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
Oral and written activities based on texts and audio and/or video recordings dealing with education. Students will be required to participate actively in class, which implies that they must have prepared some assignments before coming to class.
The main language skills will be practised through discussing education-related topics. Here is the detail of the CEFRL levels of the course : listening (B1/B2), reading (B1/B2), speaking (B1/B2), lecturing (B1/B2), writing (B1/B2). However, only reading comprehension skills (as well as as the vocabulary and grammar necessary for reading comprehension) will be evaluated in the final exam.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
As this is a B1/B2-level course, at the end of the year, we would expect our students to be able to:
- understand the main points of a speech or conversation or of radio or television programmes on current events, or topics of personal or professional interest, as long as the language is clear and standard.
- understand articles about contemporary problems in which the writers adopt particular viewpoints as well as the description of events, feelings and wishes.
- communicate with a degree of fluency on topics that are familiar or of personal or professional interest and present and defend their point of view.
- write simple and clear connected text on topics that are familiar or of personal or professional interest, describe experiences and events, explain the advantages and disadvantages of various options and give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
This course is not a beginners' course. It is an intermediate-level business English course that corresponds to Council of Europe level B1/B2. Therefore the level required for this course is a good basic knowledge of English grammar and vocabulary (equivalent to the A2-B1 level of the CEFR).
This course can be completed by an evening class or an @lter course. For more information go to www.islv.ulg.ac.be.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
This class uses a dynamic, interactive and efficient approach to learning English for educational science and is based on education-related texts (ISLV Level-A coursebook for students in the master's in educational science) and an English grammar book (GAB ISLV or GABi). In class a variety of activities enable the presentation, assimilation and practice of the language material from the books, such as powerpoint presentations, role-plays, debates and listening comprehension exercises.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Additional information:
Biweekly 3 hour-class.
Thorough preparation of the given assignments is key to students' progress. Here is an overview of the different tasks students will need to perform:
1° Focus on some grammar points and introduction of new elements.
2° Communicative teaching/learning entails interacting a lot. This means that students are expected to participate actively in in-class discussions. And this is only possible if students prepare classes by doing some homework.
Recommended or required readings
- Level-A English for students in the Master's in Educational Science (ISLV), available on eCampus.
- Reading File for students in the Master's in Educational Science (ISLV) (Readings file for the written exam in January); available on eCampus.
Assessment methods and criteria
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam ( multiple-choice questionnaire )
Additional information:
Written exam in January
- Vocabulary and grammar questions based on the chapters seen during the first semester.
- Reading comprehension questions based on a text from the reading file.
- This exam represents 40% of the final grade.
- Students who fail the January part will get a second chance in May/June only.
- Vocabulary and grammar questions based on the chapters seen during the second semester.
- Reading comprehension questions based on an unseen text. .
- This exam represents 60% of the final grade.
Students pass the class if their final grade is at least 10/20, no matter their results for each part. However, it is necessary to have taken both parts in order to pass the class.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Contacts
Jérôme GAILLARD, ISLV, English teacher, jgaillard@uliege.be Martin POLSON, ISLV, English teacher, mpolson@uliege.be ISLV Office: Trifac building (B33) Level -1 04 366 46 52