English 3

Duration

60h Th

Number of credits

Lecturer

Ellen Harry, Anastasia Iltubaeva-Bopelet, Martin Polson

Coordinator

Emma Desforges

Language(s) of instruction

English language

Organisation and examination

All year long, with partial in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

In-class course (60 hours): This course is based on the Level 3 English Course Book for Business Engineers. The subjects covered include communication, international marketing, team building, customer satisfaction, management styles, and raising finance. There is also a section on graph description and another on writing business letters. The course includes the following:

• Speaking and communication activities in business English: discussions, dialogues, role-plays, oral presentations, etc.
• Reading comprehension of texts from the Internet or the English-speaking press dealing with economics- and business-related topics.
• Quick revision of some grammar points and improvement of the students' command of the language regarding more advanced grammar (C1-level).
• Interactive grammar tests to be done on Lol@.
• Further study of business and advanced English vocabulary (e.g., phrasal verbs and idiomatic expressions).
• Writing tasks: business correspondence, graph descriptions, etc.
• Listening comprehension and speaking activities based on audio recordings dealing with economics- and business-related topics.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

As this is a C1-level course, the intended key learning outcomes (compatible with the programme) are for students to be able to:

• understand extended speech, even when it is not clearly structured and when relationships are only implied and not signalled explicitly.

• understand long and complex factual and/or opinion-based texts and specialized articles.

• express themselves fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions.

• use language flexibly and effectively for professional purposes, taking into account the multicultural and international features of their environment.

• orally present clear, detailed descriptions of complex subjects, developing particular points and rounding off with an appropriate conclusion.

• express themselves in clear, well-structured texts, expressing points of view at some length.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

This is an upper-intermediate to advanced level business course. It corresponds to Council of Europe level C1. The level required to take this course is intermediate to upper-intermediate, Council of Europe level B2, which corresponds to the level of the Level-2 English course ("Anglais 2").

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

This class uses a dynamic, interactive and effective approach to learning business English.
The methods and activities used will involve:

• the transmission of advanced grammar and vocabulary through practice and interactive formative tests corrected in class.
• the transmission of relevant grammar and vocabulary through the Level 3 Course book, using material from authentic business sources.
• interactive role plays based on real-life scenarios which will put into practice the students' oral skills and business knowledge.
• listening activities using authentic business material.
• group presentations on business-related topics to improve the students' public speaking skills (including a graph description).
• business writing practice testing the students' vocabulary, formality and organisational skills, focusing on writing business correspondence and definitions of key business concepts.
• reading a non-fiction business-related book at home, being able to outline key ideas, define key concepts, and give one's opinion on passages selected by the instructor. 

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

Face-to-face course


Further information:

The in-class course is taught to about 30 students for three hours every week, then one-and-a-half hours from March. Students are required to prepare the exercises, vocabulary and texts from the coursebook every week. This preparation work varies in time depending on the students' previous knowledge. Regular work is essential as students are expected to participate actively in class discussions and debates.

Course materials and recommended or required readings

Platform(s) used for course materials:
- eCampus
- LOL@


Further information:

Compulsory:

• The Level-3 English Coursebook for Business Engineers. The different units will be available on Lola.
• Students will also have to read one of the following books: The Human Edge by Greg Orme (Pearson Business, 2019) or Loonshots by Safi Bahcall (St Martin's Press, 2019 or 2020).

• Grammaire anglaise de base (with exercises and key), Editions Ulg, available at the Point de Vue (Sart Tilman);
• English Grammar in Use (Advanced), Cambridge University Press;
• Dictionnaire ROBERT & COLLINS;
• Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English or The Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary of Current English;
• Longman Dictionary of Business English or Oxford Business English Dictionary.

Exam(s) in session

Any session

- In-person

written exam ( multiple-choice questionnaire, open-ended questions ) AND oral exam

Continuous assessment

Other : Oral presentation


Further information:

1. Letter of complaint: 2/20

• Students will be required to write a letter of complaint in January for 2 marks.
• Students who do not pass the exam in January (i.e., have less than 50%) have to retake it in August. 

• Reading comprehension exercises based on an unseen text.
• Written exercises based on vocabulary and grammar from Q1 and Q2.

• 20-minute discussion about the book chosen for the oral exam (5/20).
• Students who do not pass the exam in January (i.e., have less than 50%) have to retake it in August. 

• Students who do not pass the Listening Comprehension exam in January (i.e., have less than 50%) have to retake it in August. 

Work placement(s)

Organisational remarks and main changes to the course

Students can also train on-line on the ISLV (Institut Supérieur des Langues Vivantes) website thanks to the GABi (Grammaire anglaise de base interactive) and the EGIPT grammar test. To do so, simply log on to the ISLV website (http://www.islv.uliege.be). Students just have to click on "Les cours et les stages" and then on "Langues étrangères" for the GABi and on "Les Tests" for the EGIPT test. The GABi is available in your list of courses (ISLV0000-3.2) on ecampus (myuliege).

Students should make sure that they keep up to date with the messages and practice exercises on http://lola.hec.uliege.be.

Contacts

• Ellen HARRY eharry@uliege.be
• Anastasia ILTUBAEVA-BOPELET ailtubaeva@uliege.be
• Martin POLSON mpolson@uliege.be 
• ISLV office in Sart Tilman : Level -1 in Bât B33 (Trifac) 04 366 46 52

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