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
15.0 h
Q2
Teacher(s)
Meirlaen Sandrine; Toubeau Anne-Julie; Wesselingh Renate;
Language
French
Main themes
Training in scientific presentation skills, focusing on biology issues (taught by an English language teacher of the Institut des Langues Vivantes, UCL), and a public presentation in English of the state of progress of the student's master thesis.
Aims
At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to : | |
| 1 | After this module students should feel fairly confident when giving a scientific presentation in English, focusing mainly on the academic field of biology. |
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
The course consists of three parts:
1. Training sessions (16h) on effective oral presentation techniques in science: facts and figures (graphs, comparisons, likelihood etc.), visual aids, systematic pronunciation of recurrent terms in science and biology.
2. Students can rehearse their presentation individually with the help of the language teacher (10h in all).
3. Final presentation at the end of term: public talk about the state of progress of the student's master thesis in presence of the thesis supervisor, followed by questions and discussion.
1. Training sessions (16h) on effective oral presentation techniques in science: facts and figures (graphs, comparisons, likelihood etc.), visual aids, systematic pronunciation of recurrent terms in science and biology.
2. Students can rehearse their presentation individually with the help of the language teacher (10h in all).
3. Final presentation at the end of term: public talk about the state of progress of the student's master thesis in presence of the thesis supervisor, followed by questions and discussion.
Evaluation methods
The assessment takes place right after the final presentation and focuses on the quality of the talk rather than scientific content. As to the English language command, assessment will focus on the student's progress throughout the language sessions, with specific attention to the pronunciation of recurrent terms, overall fluency and the way the student has actually applied the presentation techniques developed in class.
Online resources
Faculty or entity
BIOL
Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)
Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Aims
Master [120] in Biology of Organisms and Ecology
