English III

Teacher(s)

Cipolla Gerlanda; George Garkov Julie; Longrée Françoise (coordinator); Ochsenmeier Erwin (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.

Learning outcomes

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

The aim of this course in Bloc 3 is to push the students forward to an “Independent” level (B2+) or an Advanced level (C1-). The interactive courses as well as the home assignments will help the student be competent with the language at a lexical level but also with different skills: emphasis will be put on speaking (professional group presentations) and understanding spoken English (mainly) as well as writing (reading specialised articles).

Content

Course Contents:
- Presentations and class discussions / debates on current issues in the aria of POLS (in a broad sense), with input (support material) coming from press articles, TV programmes, and Internet files.
The topics for the presentations and class discussions / debates are the following: Voting : Right or Obligation?, Mass Media in Today’s World, Cities in 2050, Bridging the Gaps: Towards a More Egalitarian Society.
- Communication techniques (Language of professional presentations, How to use visuals, Describing graphs and trends during a presentation).
- Continuous exercises on listening comprehension in the class.
- Roleplaying (Speed-networking in job seeking).
- Exercises for the preparation of the IELTS test.
- (Time permitting only) Writing skills workshops / Negotiation skills course.

Teaching methods

BANGL1392 - Q1 - 30h Theory/Exercises
* Interactive course: communicative and interactive approach, in small groups called TP (10-20 Students). All changes of group must be approved by the Faculty Administration !!
Announcements and materials seen in class and exercises to be completed at home are posted weekly on the course Moodle page. It is essential that students check this page every week.
During Q2, students will have the opportunity to experience ‘Reading Week’ in mid-March, during which teaching methods will be diversified: ‘traditional’ practical classes will be suspended during this week; there will be personal appointments with the professor for tailored remediation, reading/viewing assignments of complex documents and class discussions on the subject upon return to practical classes, meetings between professors, exhibition or cultural activity proposals for students, and activities in the Babbel Room.

Evaluation methods

It is very important to note that this is a course based on the student's regular participation and involvement. Home assignments requested by the teacher must be carried out meticulously. They are taken into account in the final assessment.  There is no exam in January, but there is an out-of-session exam in December, followed by a second chance in Q3 (August/September session).  Oral part: 10 points  It is very important to note that the student must be as active as possible during the interactive classes. Class participation, debating activities, knowledge of vocabulary, mastery of oral exercises, etc., will be assessed throughout the term (/4). The oral presentation (in groups) is also an important part of the oral assessment (/6).  Written part: 10 points (in December, out of term) Vocabulary and content of the 4 presentation topics and the topics seen in class (The language of presentations, How to use visuals, Describing graphs & trends, Speed Networking), advanced grammar (linking words), listening comprehension and written expression (drafting key sentences using specific vocabulary in the target field + drafting an essay on the content of the 4 presentation topics). To validate this UE, the student must sit all parts of the examination: the written AND the oral. During each examination session, all parts of the examination must be taken. Any attendance mark (0), 0M or unjustified absence (0A) for any part of the examination (written, oral) will result in an overall mark for the session, for the EU, of 0(NP), 0M or even 0A if nothing has been taken. A 0A in one of these parts (or OM or ONP) may result in 0A, 0M or 0NP in the EU total. At the end of the four-month period, the student is awarded a mark for the entire four-month period according to the breakdown described above. A mark of 10/20 or above is equivalent to exemption from the subject for the year. Make-up exam organised in September (in session) in Q3: same distribution of points (10 for the written exam, 10 for the oral exam), but continuous assessment is no longer involved.  The student will present one of the course topics (individually) for 10 minutes in the oral exam, in addition to answering questions on the course content.  Use of generative artificial intelligence (or any other online tool, e.g. translators, spelling and grammar checkers, ...)  If the student chooses to use one or more AIs (or any other online tool), they must systematically indicate all the parts in which these tools were used, e.g. in footnotes. The student should specify whether the AI was used to search for information, to write the text, or to improve or correct it. The student should also mention which AI (or other online tool) was used (ChatGPT, Bing, Bard, Chatsonic, DeepL, etc.) and the date on which it was used. Information sources must be systematically cited in accordance with bibliographic referencing standards. The student remains responsible for the content of their work, regardless of the sources used. In order to ensure that the student's written work is personal, criteria such as originality, critical thinking, creativity and illustration with examples (e.g. from their own experience) will be taken into account.  Any behavior on the part of the student that prevents or attempts to prevent, in whole or in part, the correct assessment of their knowledge, skills and/or competences will be considered an irregularity that may lead to sanctions. Important Remark: There is an exemption test (for students who scored 16/20 or higher in BANGL1292) held only once, at the beginning of the academic year. This is a written test, followed by an oral test for those who have performed very well in the written test. Those who score 16/20 or higher in total on this B2+ /C1- level test (50% for the written test, 50% for the oral test) are exempt from the course. Registration and details: provided by the Faculty Administration during the month of September! To prepare for this exam, it is useful to open the previous year's syllabus 1392 posted on Moodle to familiarise yourself with the course content.

Other information

Online resources

Moodle page for the course: BANGL1392 - Anglais III

Bibliography

La bibliographie du syllabus est intégrée à chaque chapitre du syllabus de ce cours;
Pour écrire cette fiche, l'IA www.deepl.com fut utilisée pour les traductions.

Teaching materials

• Syllabus BANGL1392 - Anglais III (POLS) 2025-2026

Faculty or entity

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