English: Reading comprehension
[ANGL1853]
[30h] 3 credits
This course is taught in the 2d semester.
Teacher(s): Estelle Dagneaux(coord.), Anne-Julie Toubeau(supplée null)
Language: English
Level: First
Aims
Reading comprehension
At the end of the course, the students should be able to:- grasp the content and significance of articles and reports on topics connected with their interests or their jobs.- summarise the main ideas of these texts.
Level B1 of the " Common European Framework of References for Languages "
Usage :
(1) reinforcement of basic vocabulary + (general and medical) vocabulary building
(2) grammatical and lexical difficulties
Main themes
The texts chosen will introduce students to a wide variety of topics of interest to students of Hospital Management.
The grammatical and lexical difficulties covered are:
- tenses (active and passive voices)
- modal auxiliaries
- compounds
- false friends
- prepositions
- link words
Content and teaching methods
- Year of study : HONU 1EP.
- Number of hours, rhythm, terms : 30h, 2h/week, second quadrimester.
- Aim: reading comprehension of texts in hospital management, study of general and specific vocabulary and basic
grammar.
- Evaluation : written exam
Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)
Portfolio of authentic texts relating to Hospital Management (newspapers, magazines, encyclopedias, ).
TEACHING METHODS
Extensive reading of texts at home using reading strategies.
Content-based activities in class.
Analysis of and comments on the texts.
Lexical extension exercises and comments on language points.
Teachers :
Estelle Dagneaux, Sandrine Mulkers
Target group:
HONU 1EP students.
Language :
English
Prerequisites
none
Assessment
Written Exam :
- vocabulary exercises
- summary
- reading comprehension activities on seen and unseen passages.
- translations
Course material
- Course notes ANGL 1853
- ILV CD-Rom (for additional exercises) (optional)