Practice of specialized English for forests and natural areas: part 2 (level C1 - Presentation)

Duration

12h Pr, 36h AUTR

Number of credits

Lecturer

Sophie Depoterre, Estelle Mayard, 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/ MT presentation OR Internship Interview (presentation & interaction)

4/ Continuous assessment (vocabulary tests)

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

At the end of the course, for interaction 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 during the first semester 

- Presentations related to the topics of the MT/internship followed by a discussion

- Pronunciation exercises

- Job interview exercises

Online modules with theory and exerices 

Coaching sessions by student assistants

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

Face-to-face course

Course materials and recommended or required readings

Platform(s) used for course materials:
- eCampus


Further information:

All the material and documents are available on ecampus. 

Exam(s) in session

Any session

- In-person

oral exam

Continuous assessment


Further information:

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/ MT + interaction : 40%

- Debate: 30%

- Full-English course : 10%

- Vocabulary tests: 20%

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

- Internship/MT + interaction : 50%

- Debate: 30%

- Vocabulary tests: 20%

For Erasmus students Q1:

- January interaction : 50%

- June MT/internship + interaction : 50%

For Erasmus students Q2:

- Regular weighing

 
Students that are absent for the tests will get a 0 for the test. 

Students absent for the exam (January or June) will be marked A for the final grade. 

Students signing the exam (January or June) will receive a 0 for the final grade.

If a student signs the evaluation linked to the full-English course, his/her final grade will be calculated based the weighing for students that do not have any FE course on their Curriculum. 

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. Certain adaptations can be put in place provided that the exchange/trip is officially supervised by the faculty. 

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

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

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