English for civil engineer architects

Teacher(s)

Serbest Nevin (coordinator);

Language

English

Main themes

The main themes dealt with in the texts are closely related to the other subjects of EPL Bac 1 (e.g. Electromagnetism), and specific to architecture.

Aims

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :
1	At the end of the course, students are expected to have reached a B1 upper level (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages) in the 2 following skills: listening and speaking;  and a B2 upper level in reading.

Content

At the end of the course, the students will have acquired the necessary skills to read the scientific texts written in English that form the basis of a certain number of their courses in Applied Sciences, as well as other texts of the same type and level of difficulty (B2: upper level).
Concerning pronunciation, students will be able to

• pronounce the letters of the English and Greek alphabet
• use the English phonetic system
• pronounce and stress words correctly

Concerning oral expression, the students will be able

•  to use everyday language needed for group work
•  to give a brief well-structured but not too detailed account of their project.

Teaching methods

Due to the COVID-19 crisis, the information in this section is particularly likely to change.

The teaching methods used will encourage the active and interactive participation of the students.
The first step, which is crucial, is the preparation of activities which will be dealt with more fully in the following lesson : students receive precise instructions on how to work either individually or in groups, on a series of problems which will enable them to discover, for instance, certain lexical or grammatical aspects of texts.
Afterwards, during the lesson, the students are expected to comment on the different problems they encountered, and the conclusions they came to, or else to apply what they have prepared, for instance, in role plays.
These activities lead to various forms of interactivity and cooperation.

Evaluation methods

Due to the COVID-19 crisis, the information in this section is particularly likely to change.

Assessment BAC 1 students are tested in the following way :
Compulsory Exemption test
At the very beginning of the academic year, all students MUST take an exemption test. This test is the same level as the exam. The students that obtained 12/20 at this test are exempted from the course but not from the final written exam. All students must take the final written exam

Final written exam: The examination will test whether the objectives concerning reading comprehension, including vocabulary and grammar, have been attained.
The examination accounts for 2/3 of the total mark.

Continuous assessment covers all the activities (including a presentation) organised during the course. English being the language used during lessons, the students will also be judged on their ability to use the language to carry out the activities in class and on their overall participation.
Regular written texts will prepare the students for the examination.
The test organised in week 8 is part of continuous assessment.
Continuous assessment accounts for 1/3 of the total mark.

September exam covers everything and continuous assessment will not be taken into account. Only the mark of the exam will be taken into account.

Online resources

Moodle UCL : LANGL1971 English for ARCH11 students.

Bibliography

• Syllabus du cours : «LANGL1971: English : reading comprehension » (disponible à l'ILV) : Obligatoire !
• A partir du portail UCL :sur Moodle UCL : le cours LANGL1971 English for ARCH11 students

Faculty or entity

ILV