Note from June 29, 2020
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
3 credits
30.0 h
Q2
Teacher(s)
Dagneaux Estelle (coordinator); Halleux Ariane; Toubeau Anne-Julie;
Language
English
Prerequisites
None
Main themes
Fast reading techniques
Vocabulary : reinforcement of basic vocabulary + (general and medical) vocabulary building
Grammatical and lexical difficulties:
Vocabulary : reinforcement of basic vocabulary + (general and medical) vocabulary building
Grammatical and lexical difficulties:
- tenses (active and passive voices)
- modal auxiliaries
- compounds
- false friends
- prepositions
- link words
Aims
At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to : | |
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The main aim of this receptive course is to develop students' reading skills. Reading comprehension At the end of the course, the students should be able to:
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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”.
Content
Portfolio of authentic texts relating to Public Health (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.
Evaluation methods
Exemption test (1st term) and Written Exam (2nd term):
- vocabulary questions
- grammar questions
- reading comprehension activities on seen and unseen passages.
Online resources
Bibliography
- Le syllabus du cours LANGL1853
- La plateforme Moodle du cours LANGL1853
Faculty or entity
ILV
