2023-2024 / LANG2957-1

Practice of specialized english in sciences and environmental technologies : part 2 (level C1 - presentation)

Duration

12h Pr, 36h AUTR

Number of credits

 Master in environmental bioengineering (120 ECTS)4 crédits 

Lecturer

Sophie Depoterre, Estelle Mayard

Substitute(s)

Fiona Thewissen

Coordinator

Estelle Mayard

Language(s) of instruction

French 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

The course is made up of 4 different parts:

1/ Full-English course

2/ Weekly speaking activities

3/ Internship Interview (presentation & interaction)

4/ Online learning modules

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

At the end of the course, the student will reach the Level B2+ of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages within his or her field of specialty, as well as the level C1 for oral presentation skills.
This course develops and assesses (certificative assessment) the competence 4.3.4 "Présenter en anglais un sujet complexe dans des termes adaptés au public visé."

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

The student has to have a B2+ level (cf. CEFR) before starting the course.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

One full-English course

Weekly speaking: 1h/week

Internship Interview

Online modules including theory and exercises

Coaching sessions by student assistants 

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

Face-to-face course

Recommended or required readings

Exam(s) in session

Any session

- In-person

oral exam

Continuous assessment

Out-of-session test(s)


Additional information:

The weighing will be spread as follows:

- Internship: 50%

- Debate: 40%

- Full-English course : 10%

For students that do not have the FE course on their program, it will be calculated as follows:

- Internship: 55%

- Debate: 45%



A student who is absent for one FE course and/or the January exam and/or the June exam, will automatically be considered ABSENT (A) in June for his or her English course.

Students signing the 'interaction' part and/or the 'internship' part will be given a final grade of 0/20 for the entire course. 

The students who sign a hybrid course will be given 0/20 for that hybrid course.

Exemptions, even partial, will not be granted.

Work placement(s)

Organisational remarks and main changes to the course

A student who leaves for one term/semester/year has to contact the Engilsh teachers before leaving.

A precise description of the course organization and contents as well as the evaluation criteria (Introductory Document + English course description) has been made available for the students on eCampus.

Contacts

Fiona Thewissen / Estelle Mayard
Language Laboratory
Office: Espace Mohimont, 123-0-3 Ex
081 62 24 46
fthewissen@uliege.be / emayard@uliege.be 

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