English for Students in Sciences (Upper-Intermediate level)

Teacher(s)

Adrioueche Ahmed (coordinator) ; Avery Catherine ; Serbest Nevin ; Knorr Sabrina ; Stas Françoise (coordinator) ; Starrs Colleen ; Jacob Sandrine (coordinator) ; Meirlaen Sandrine (coordinator) ;

Language

Anglais

Online resources

> https://moodleucl.uclouvain.be/

Prerequisites

The student should have followed the intermediate-level course (LANG1862) or a course of a similar level, corresponding to the Upper B1 level of the 'Common European Framework for Languages' (European Council)

The prerequisite(s) for this Teaching Unit (Unité d’enseignement – UE) for the programmes/courses that offer this Teaching Unit are specified at the end of this sheet.

Aims

Reading Comprehension

Students should be able to read autonomously and understand in detail factual texts and specialised articles related to their field of studies.

Level: C1

Listening Comprehension - Individual

• Students should be able to understand conferences and extended speeches and follow complex argumentation.
• Students should be able to exploit the main points of a document in a conversation.

Listening Comprehension - Interactive

Students should be able to follow argumentation in an animated conversation between different interlocutors within the main socio-professional contexts.

Level: B2

Speaking Skills - Individual

Students should be able to present a complex topic in a clear and methodical way with only occasional reference to their notes.

Speaking Skills - Interactive

• Students should be able to communicate spontaneously and fluently to a degree that allows for normal interaction with a native-speaker interlocutor.
• Student should be able to express, articulate and defend their opinions and should be able to react to and interact with their interlocutors in conversations on both social and professional levels.

Level: B2

Writing Skills

• Students should be able to write a letter of application and a CV (GEO13 ' PHYS13 ' CHIM13)
• Students should be able to write a clear e-mail message while covering all of the necessary points (GEO13 ' PHYS13 ' CHIM13)
• Students should be able to produce a short written presentation on a subject related to their field of studies.
• Students should be able to express and develop their point of view on a subject related to their field of studies.

The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.

Evaluation methods

Continuous assessment (summative and formative):

• Classroom participation
• Classroom presentations

Oral exam

Teaching methods

• Courses and individual coaching sessions
• Use of an Elearning platform (Moodle)

Faculty or entity<

> ILV