Teacher(s)
Language
English
Prerequisites
A2 level (in reading) of the « Common European Framework of References for Languages ».
Main themes
The studied themes are connected with biology, chemistry, geography, physics, mathematics, veterinary science, and various scientific issues.
Learning outcomes
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Content
- Reading comprehension: articles oriented towards the various diciplines of the Faculty of Science.
- Listening comprehension: authentic videos oriented towards the various diciplines of the Faculty of Science.
Teaching methods
In order to allow for advanced learning despite the limited number of class hours, the course is organized as a 'flipped classroom':
- Extensive reading of texts: at home, with assistance from a set of questions aimed at developing the students' scientific vocabulary and reading strategies. In class, checking of the students' reading strategies as well as analysis and comments.
- Listening comprehension: extensive and intensive work on understanding videos at home. Development of listening strategies and comprehension through exercises such as questions, syntheses, diagrams, etc. Time to answer questions in class.
- Grammar revision (e.g. tenses, complex grammatical structures) and work on markers of cohesion and coherency that contribute to understanding a message.
- Consolidation of learning through exercises on the e-learning platform Moodle.
Evaluation methods
- An online placement test (on Moodle) is organized for all students during the first term. Students who get 14/20 or higher in this placement test can get an exemption from class attendance and the exam by obtaining at least 14/20 in the exemption test organized in a lecture hall, also during the first term.
- WORDS OF CAUTION:
- Students who did not take the online placement test may not take the exemption test.
- No 'catch-up' session will be organized for the exemption test. An absence, be it justified or not, will automatically result in the exemption not being granted.
- For exempted students: The final grade is the grade obtained at the exemption test.
- For non-exempted students: Continuous assessment based on regular work done on the Moodle platform (10% of the final grade) and written assessment on reading and listening comprehension and on grammar and vocabulary (90% of the final grade).
- Students who obtain a grade lower than 10/20 in the June session will have to retake the exam in the September session. The written assessment on reading and listening comprehension and on grammar and vocabulary is worth 90% of the final grade and the continuous assessment is worth 10% of the final grade. The continuous assessment grade is calculated based on the work done on the Moodle platform (students can redo or complete the exercises available on the platform). Please note that under no circumstances will continuous assessment be carried over to a subsequent academic year.
Online resources
Bibliography
- Syllabus
- Plateforme e-learning Moodle
Faculty or entity
Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)
Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Learning outcomes
Bachelor in Chemistry
Bachelor in Veterinary Medicine
Bachelor in Biology
Interdisciplinary Advanced Master in Science and Management of the Environment and Sustainable Development
Bachelor in Mathematics
Bachelor in Physics
Bachelor in Geography : General
Bachelor in Biology, Anthropology and Archaeology