5.00 credits
60.0 h
Q1 and Q2
Teacher(s)
Dumont Amandine (coordinator); Peer Hila; Starrs Colleen (coordinator);
Language
English
Prerequisites
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.
Content
The course covers the four academic language skills: reading, writing, listening and speaking as well as presentation techniques, vocabulary and grammar extension.
By the end of the course, students should have reached the following levels of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR):
By the end of the course, students should have reached the following levels of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR):
- Listening comprehension and reading comprehension: C1
- Oral expression and writing skills: B2+
Teaching methods
Class organisation
Students have 2 hours of class a week throughout the academic year.
All students have the opportunity to be exempted from class attendance and continuous assessment activities (see Assessment section below). To be exempted, students need to contact the course coordinators to request an oral interview (details and instructions will be provided by email at the beginning of term one).
Methodology
Class time is used for activities to work on students' language skills. Students are expected to prepare for class, complete all assignments and participate actively in all activities. In addition, they also have to complete continuous assessment activities on Moodle (see deadlines in the course notes) and study self-tuition material.
Students have 2 hours of class a week throughout the academic year.
All students have the opportunity to be exempted from class attendance and continuous assessment activities (see Assessment section below). To be exempted, students need to contact the course coordinators to request an oral interview (details and instructions will be provided by email at the beginning of term one).
Methodology
Class time is used for activities to work on students' language skills. Students are expected to prepare for class, complete all assignments and participate actively in all activities. In addition, they also have to complete continuous assessment activities on Moodle (see deadlines in the course notes) and study self-tuition material.
Evaluation methods
The overall assessment is divided as follows:
JANUARY SESSION:
Partial exemption test - 20%
The exam consists of the following parts for all students:
JANUARY SESSION:
Partial exemption test - 20%
- Self-tuition material (term one)
- Vocabulary and grammar (term one)
- Listening comprehension (seen material - term one)
- Reading comprehension (seen material - term one)
- Students who are absent will be considered as absent for the January session.
- Students who get below 10 in January are tested on the material from the January partial exemption test in June.
- Written exam (20%)
- Listening comprehension (unseen material)
- Reading comprehension (unseen material)
- Vocabulary and grammar (term two)
- Self-tuition material (term two)
Students who get below 10 in January, will be tested on the material mentioned above (20%) as well as the material from the January partial exemption test (Self-tuition - term one + vocabulary and grammar from term one + listening comprehension from term one + reading comprehension from term one) (20%).
- Group presentation (20%)
- Group disussion (20%)
- Continuous assessment (term 1 and term 2; 20%)
- Partial exemption test in January (25%)
- Written exam in June (25%)
- Listening comprehension (unseen material)
- Reading comprehension (unseen material)
- Vocabulary and grammar (term two)
- Self-tuition material (term two)
Students who get below 10 in January will be tested on the material mentioned above (25%) as well as the material from the January partial exemption (Self-tuition - term one + vocabulary and grammar from term one + listening comprehension from term one + reading comprehension from term one) (25%)
3. Group presentation (25%)
4. Group discussion (25%)
- (Non-exempted students) The continuous assessment mark (20%) reflects the work carried out during the academic year. Therefore students cannot redo the continuous assessment activities later in the academic year and will receive zero for any activities that they do not complete (see deadlines in course notes).
- (All students) The written exam and the oral components (presentation and group discussion) are compulsory. Students who are absent for one of these parts will be considered as absent for the June session.
The exam consists of the following parts for all students:
- Written exam (50%)
- Term one material (cf. January session for details; 25%)
- Term two material (cf. June session for details; 25%)
- Individual presentation (25%)
- Group discussion (25%)
- Students who sit the exam in the September session can choose either to only repeat the parts where they got below 10 in June OR they can repeat all of the parts if they want to improve their grade for each section (see September session for the four parts).
- Students who failed the course in June and who are absent (in the September session) for any part of the assessment for which they got less than 10/20 in June are considered absent for the September session and will receive an overall absence mark.
- The continuous assessment is not taken into account in the September session.
Online resources
Teaching materials
- English for Academic communication II (syllabus) + matériel en auto-apprentissage (disponible sur Moodle)
Faculty or entity
ILV
