Aims

- A reading and listening comprehension "course" aimed at equipping students with the receptive skills necessary
for understanding general, authentic scientific texts.
- Remediation and consolidation of grammar, vocabulary, reading and listening skills and strategies.

Main themes

. Self-study approach: students are required to prepare a portfolio of reading and listening texts.
. Tutoring sessions - "monitorats" - focus on specific language areas and students' questions.
. To achieve these aims we will tackle :
- Reading strategies in a foreign language.
- The extension of scientific and specific vocabulary relating to science.
- The grammatical structures of the English language.
- Listening decoding strategies in a foreign language.
- English pronunciation and stress patterns.

Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)

CONTENT
Portfolio of texts and videos relating to science (see also above).

TEACHING METHODS
. Extensive reading of texts at home using reading strategies and note-taking techniques.
. Content-based activities in class.
. Analysis of and comments on the texts.
. Lexical extension exercises and comments on language points.

PREREQUISITE
The A2 level of " the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages ".

WORKLOAD
. classroom hours : 6 hours
. self-study : 30 hours

ASSESSMENT
. Placement test at the beginning of the year:
- 10/20 or more : self-study
- Less than 10/20: tutoring sessions
. Continuous assessment.
. Written exam.

TEACHING MATERIAL
. Course notes.
. Self-tuition CD-Rom.

FURTHER HELP BESIDE THE COURSE
. Teacher's reception hours.
. Personalized help with language problems at the self-tuition centre of the Institut des Langues Vivantes (ILV). . Personalized help with language problems at the multimedia room of the Institut des Langues Vivantes (ILV).

Teacher(s) : A. Adrioueche (course coordinator), I. Druant, A. Sonck

Language : English

Level : 1st cycle course

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