Course teacher(s)
Philippe DE BRABANTER (Coordinator)ECTS credits
5
Language(s) of instruction
english
Course content
Metaphor
The seminar requires students to read and discuss articles on metaphor (both as a linguistic and cognitive phenomenon) and on its significance for second-language teaching.
Objectives (and/or specific learning outcomes)
- get acquainted with a variety of approaches to a single object of research,
- get familiar with the fact that it's quite normal for there to be distinct approaches to a single topic, and you will learn to appreciate and assess their pros and cons,
- apply the concepts from the theoretical literature to concrete examples,
- give an oral presentation of your findings.
Prerequisites and Corequisites
Required and Corequired knowledge and skills
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GERM-B555 |
CEFRL |
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Oral production |
C1 |
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Written production |
C1 |
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Listening comprehension |
C1 |
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Reading comprehension |
C1 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_European_Framework_of_Reference_for_Languages
Teaching methods and learning activities
A seminar only works if all the students take part in it in person. Therefore, students are required to make sure they are available to attend the seminar every week.
- Seminar: 2 credits
- Individual work: 2 credits
- Oral presentations: 1 credit
References, bibliography, and recommended reading
See portfolio (articles and book chapters) on the UV
Course notes
- Université virtuelle
Contribution to the teaching profile
This course makes the following contributions:
1. Training students to think critically (by insisting on preciselfy defined concepts and rigorous analyses)
2. Developing students' command of English
3. Making students aware of the close connections between social factors and speakers' linguistic choices
4. Training students to adopt a scientific approach to language phenomena (cf. point 1)
4.1. They learn to formulate a research question
4.2. They learn to plan a research assignment
4.3. They learn to identify the relevant literature
4.4. They learn to write a scientific paper in English
4.5. They learn to think independently but also to cooperate with classmates
5. Helping students give a state-of-the-art oral presentation
Other information
Contacts
Philippe De Brabanter
AZ4.109
Philippe.De.Brabanter@ulb.be
Maxime Collignon
maxime.collignon2@ulb.be
Campus
Solbosch
Evaluation
Method(s) of evaluation
- Personal work
- written examination
- Oral presentation
Personal work
written examination
- Open book examination
Oral presentation
- Active classroom participation + homework
- Written exam
- Oral presentation
Mark calculation method (including weighting of intermediary marks)
The final grade for the course will be determined by the following components
- Participation + homework (20%)
- Written exam (50%)
- Oral presentation (30%)
Students who didn't obtain the credits for the course in June will have to redo in August all the parts of the evaluation for which they got less than 10. If they did not get half the marks for participation, the weighting of the marks changes in August: 60% for the written report and 40% for the oral presentation.
Language(s) of evaluation
- english