Anglais III

Business-related themes, specific language exercises and reference material. See UV for further information about course chapters and additional material:
LANG-S302 UV course material, e.g. Course information (Course introduction and Course overview - information, requirements, methodology, teaching method, course objectives, etc.), course chapters, answer keys and supplementary UV course materials, e.g. language learning resources, essay writing (guidelines), task information, etc.

Methodology

• Business themes, subject-matter and vocabulary.
• A lexical and cognitive approach to language acquisition: emphasis on learning collocations, i.e. word combinations – to facilitate probable not just possible language use.
• Accuracy exercises and error analysis: to highlight common mistakes and contrastive differences between English and French.
• Four skills: speaking, listening, reading, writing.
• Provision of feedback based on student participation.

Students are encouraged to prepare for class discussions and activities in advance where necessary and to check and look up relevant vocabulary. Moreover, any effective learning involves active participation – classes are compulsory. Please note that repeated exposure to useful words and phrases is a key part of language learning. Students are encouraged to develop their ability to:

• express thoughts clearly in English and ask questions;
• take part in discussions, and learn through debating issues and conversations;
• acquire knowledge and detect an author’s standpoint by reading texts/articles in English, and by watching viewing material and taking notes;
• improve essay-writing skills;
• develop a balanced argument.
• Subject-specific material and tasks, and business and academic vocabulary - and specific skills such as writing and speaking. See UV course material for more details.

Required and Corequired knowledge and skills

LANG-S202 Anglais II 5 credits – Mady DECRICK (Coordinator)

Required and corequired courses

Interactive classes taught in English: discussions, teamwork, speaking and writing tasks, and language exercises.

References, bibliography, and recommended reading

See the course material and reference material (e.g. Business books list) on the UV.

Course notes

• Université virtuelle

Contacts

Nicholas.Pringle@ulb.be

Campus

Solbosch

Method(s) of evaluation

• written examination
• Oral examination
• Oral presentation
• Group work

written examination

Oral examination

Oral presentation

Group work

Please note that the course is not just about general proficiency level in English. As it is an English for Special Purposes Business English course, CEFR/proficiency levels are applied in the context of business English, i.e. the course themes, material and tasks. In other words, the specific course themes and skills/competences involved are extremely important. General level of English is also important, but is not sufficient on its own. The course involves learning specific topics, vocabulary and academic skills. See UV course information for details – Course information - Course overview: information, requirements, methodology, course objectives, compulsory assessed continuous assessment tasks (group projects/presentations); proficiency and attainment, etc.

Continuous assessment tasks based on proficiency level in the context of the course for the following criteria: Content, organisation, preparation, coherence; Communication skills, fluency and pronunciation; Lexical range and complexity; Grammatical range and accuracy.

Writing exam based on proficiency level in the context of the course for the following criteria: Task achievement; Cohesion and coherence; Lexical resource; Grammatical range and accuracy.
Oral exam based on proficiency level in the context of the course (Business English course communication themes) for the following criteria: Argument, ideas and coherence; Pronunciation and fluency; Lexical range and complexity; Grammatical range and accuracy.

See UV for further information, etc.

Mark calculation method (including weighting of intermediary marks)

Assessment – first session:

• Continuous assessment: 60%
• January writing exam: 20%
• May/June oral exam: 20%

Assessment – second-session resit:

• Continuous assessment: 20%
• Writing exam (resit): 20%
• Oral exam (resit): 60%

See UV Course information - Course overview (UV).

Language(s) of evaluation

• english