ENGL LANGUAGE & CULTURE [ LANGL1811 ]

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Level A2 of the « Common European Framework of References for Languages ».

The topics addressed in class aim at arousing the undergraduates' interests in English-speaking countries' culture and history, both past and present. 

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.

Level B1 of the « Common European Framework of References for Languages »

Listening comprehension

• At the end of the course, the students  should be able to understand the gist of TV  programmes concerning general topics and oriented towards their fields of interest in standard and clearly articulated English language.

Level B1 of the « Common European Framework of References for Languages »

Speaking

• At the end of the course the students  should be able to give their opinion on general topics (education, advertising, media, culture, ') covered in class.

Level B1-  of the « Common European Framework of References for Languages »

Usage

1.   revision and reinforcement of intermediate vocabulary in context
2.   grammar revision

Large-group Course

Written Exam

1. Targeted vocabulary testing such as substitution, matching, MCQ, fill-in exercises
2. Grammatical in-context translation and a matching exercise
3. Text analysis and source comparison

Tutorials

• Continuous assessment
• Listening comprehension exam
• Oral exam 

30 hours of teacher-led classes featuring pair and team work

• Training learners to become autonomous readers of authentic written documents
• Broadening the students' vocabulary scope
• Teaching key grammar points such as tenses, auxiliaries, connectives and the passive voice.

30 hours of organised tutorials (partly done in the language lab): speaking (15 hours) and listening exercises (15 hours).

• listening decoding strategies in a foreign language
• role plays, debates, discussions
• English pronunciation and stress patterns.

As regards speaking skills, the emphasis will be on fluency rather than accuracy.

Portfolio of texts and videos: the set texts range from historic/al sources to today's specialized literature and vary in language registers to include prose, speeches, poetry, songs, video scripts ' from several target-language countries.
 

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