English 1

Duration

72h Th

Number of credits

Lecturer

Anastasia Iltubaeva-Bopelet, Philippe Jeukenne, Céline Leroy, Martin Polson, Julien Stevens

Coordinator

Nathalie Schraepen

Language(s) of instruction

English language

Organisation and examination

All year long, with partial in January

If a student fails an examination during the first term:

• They are permitted to resit the assessed subject during the second term (May-June);

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

This course aims to develop comprehension and communication skills in English in contexts related to business and organisations.

The course adopts an action-oriented approach centred on the completion of meaningful tasks. Students use English as a tool to understand and analyse written and audiovisual materials, summarise information, explain concepts, describe professional situations, define and solve problems, make recommendations and build an argument.

Activities draw primarily on written and spoken texts dealing with real-world business issues. Particular attention is paid to the development of specialised vocabulary, the consolidation of grammatical accuracy, and the acquisition of comprehension and communication strategies transferable to other academic and professional contexts.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

By the end of this course unit, students will be able to:

• Understand written and audiovisual materials relating to the business world (main ideas, key information, some detail, the organisation of ideas and the relationships between them). (CEFR level B2)
• Draw on general and specialised vocabulary from the fields covered in the course, including being able to define specialised terms.
• Use the grammatical structures targeted by the course with good control in order to communicate effectively (level B1-B2).
• Speak with AT MINIMUM sufficient fluency and accuracy to communicate effectively on familiar topics and on those covered in the course. (pass threshold: level B1)
• Identify, summarise and explain orally the key information and concepts contained in materials related to the themes covered in the course.
• Describe and analyse past, present, future and/or hypothetical situations, as well as problems, strategies or processes relating to the business world, in a clear and coherent manner.
• Express preferences and opinions, formulate hypotheses and recommendations, build an argument and share experiences in connection with the themes covered in the course.
• Interact orally in familiar academic and professional contexts.
• Write a short professional and/or academic text observing the appropriate conventions. (B1-B2)

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

This course is not intended for beginners. It is aimed at students who have mastered the exit competences for English at the end of general secondary education in the Wallonia-Brussels Federation, i.e. an independent user level (B1 to B2 depending on the skill, according to the CEFR), with an expected command of speaking close to B1-B1+.

Revision and/or catch-up materials are available for students at A2-A2+ level.

Additional courses are available through the ISLV: www.islv.uliege.be

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

This course takes an active approach to general and business English, combining language learning with hands-on practice. Students develop their skills through interactive exercises, the analysis of documents, case studies, professional role-plays, discussions, group work and a substantial amount of independent individual work.

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

Face-to-face course


Further information:

Teaching combines independent work with in-class activities. Students complete weekly work at home (exercises, vocabulary, preparation of documents), the volume of which is consistent with the workload associated with the ECTS credits allocated to the course. This workload may vary considerably depending on the student's initial command of English and prior learning. Preparatory activities generally extend the work carried out in class and are, in some cases, essential to understanding and taking an active part in the following sessions.

Course materials and recommended or required readings

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


Further information:

Compulsory:

• The 4 course units and their "follow-up activities" booklets (downloadable from Lola)
• GABi (Grammaire Anglaise de Base interactive) on eCampus (accessible via a link on Lola)
• Collection of texts for the oral exam: available on Lola in Q2

• MURPHY, R., "English Grammar in Use" (intermediate), 4th or 5th edition with answers, Cambridge University Press.
• "Grammaire anglaise de base", with exercises and answer keys (ISLV): available from "Editions ULg" and "Point de Vue" (Sart Tilman).

Exam(s) in session

Any session

- In-person

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

Written work / report

Continuous assessment


Further information:

Continuous formative assessment

Continuous formative assessment includes:

• regular grammar and vocabulary tests carried out in class;
• written assignments;
• a mock run of the certificative assessments.

• vocabulary and grammar exercises covering the content of the first term.

• vocabulary and grammar exercises covering the content of the second term;
• reading comprehension of an unseen text;
• listening comprehension;
• written expression.

• The final pass mark is set at a minimum of 10/20.
• Marks between 9.50/20 and 9.99/20 are not rounded up, in any session.
• Absence from any component of the assessment results in an attendance mark (P or 0/20) for the course unit as a whole.
• Students who do not pass the January exam (i.e. who score below 50%) must resit it at the same time as the May/June exam.

• from the oral exam if they scored at least 10/20 in the first session;
• from the "January" part of the written exam if they scored at least 10/20 in the first session.

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. In the "Tests" menu, there is also information on the Cambridge tests which the University of Liège organises in May every year. 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 Lola, or on other platforms used by their teacher (Teams group...).


Regarding the use of language-generating artificial intelligence:

Unless specific instructions are given by the teacher within the framework of well-defined activities, the ULiège Charter on the Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence in Academic Work applies.

Contacts

 

ILUBAEVA-BOPELET Anastasia ailtubaeva@uliege.be

Philippe JEUKENNE p.jeukenne@uliege.be

Céline LEROY c.leroy@uliege.be

Martin POLSON mpolson@uliege.be

Julien STEVENS julien.stevens@uliege.be (coordinateur)





 

Bureau des professeurs de langue de l'ISLV au Sart Tilman : niveau -1 au Bât B33 (Trifac) 04 366 46 52

 

 

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