Anglais II

TOPICS COVERED (examples):

First term: elections, rights and freedoms, media
Second term: immigration, globalisation and conflict

The course is based on the following material:

• a series of texts (typically current events / media / newspaper articles) worked on in class or to be prepared by the students
• exercises on political lexis (including keywords, collocations, etc)
• group activities and presentations based on politics / current events
• exercises / practice on writing (including sentence structure, text cohesion, discourse markers, key vocabulary for political discourse, etc.

The main objectives of this course are as follows:

• to improve political fluency and ability to express political ideas in English
• to improve political vocabulary and terminology in English
• to improve writing skills in English
• to facilitate the comprehension of specific texts in the field of political science in English
• to improve presentation skills on the topic of politics / current events in English
• to improve grammar skills related to political discourse in English

Connaissances et compétences pré-requises ou co-requises

Required and Corequired knowledge and skills

A pre-requisite for this course (LANG D203 - Anglais II) would be the material (vocabulary, grammar, theme-based knowledge) from the Anglais I course (LANG D 103).

• General knowledge of political science topics, with a focus on EU and international politics.
• General knowledge of the English language
• Poli 1 vocabulary (Poli D 103 - Anglais I)
• Interest in current affairs (EU and international level)
• Willingness to stay informed during the academic year, in order to bring ideas and knowledge to classroom activities (conversation, debates, questions, short presentations, etc.)

Cours pré-requis

Cours ayant celui-ci comme pré-requis

The course is organised into 2-hour weekly sessions.

It attempts to establish and foster language-learning strategies, which are, by definition, learner-oriented.

Hence, students are required to:

• participate regularly in class sessions
• to prepare the vocabulary found in different texts / newspaper articles / etc.
• to "recycle" vocabulary as much as possible, and, of course, to revise regularly
• to speak and share their political opinions / ideas on given topics

Teachers will:

• ask questions
• organise debates and presentations
• organise round table discussions
• organise excursions (possible to an EU institution) or guest speaker visits
• organise the "Flipped Classroom" - student-led classroom instruction / conversation / learning session

Références, bibliographie et lectures recommandées

English-language websites / newspapers / magazines focusing on international politics.
English-language podcasts / vlogs / video series, etc. focusing on international politics.
English-language news programs (TV, radio, etc.) focusing on international politics.

(NOTE: Students are expected to stay up-to-date with current events and political happenings in the EU and the world.)

Support(s) de cours

• Université virtuelle
• Syllabus

Informations complémentaires

PLEASE SEE ENGLISH LANGUAGE VERSION OF FICHE DE COURS

Contacts

Andrew Edgel
andrew.edgel@ulb.be
+32 2 650 2505
Office: P3.3.214
Université libre de Bruxelles
Av. Paul Heger (Préfabriqué 3)
1050 Bruxelles (Belgium)

Campus

Solbosch

Méthode(s) d'évaluation

• Travail personnel
• Examen écrit
• Projet
• Présentation orale
• Travail de groupe
• Autre
• Rapport écrit

Travail personnel

Examen écrit

• Examen hors-session

• Question ouverte à développement long
• Question fermée à Réponses Multiples (QRM)
• Question visuelle

Projet

Présentation orale

Travail de groupe

Autre

Rapport écrit

• written examination (vocabulary tests, essay writing exam)
• oral presentation (short group presentations and "round table" discussions)
• group work (short group presentations)
• weekly vocabulary exercises

NOTES:
Written / oral / vocabulary exams marked out of 20 → ( _ / 20)
(CEFR scale, applied to the B2 target level for Lang D 203)

First session:

Vocabulary tests / exercises, oral ‘presentations’, writing exam, class attendance (participation)

Second session:

Vocabulary exam, writing exam and oral exam (and class attendance or 'participation' in Term 1 - carried over from Sept 2025-May 2026)

Construction de la note (en ce compris, la pondération des notes partielles)

In both May/June (First Session) and August (Second Session) the final grade is calculated as follows:

Term 1:

Vocab quiz 1 & 2: 15% (7,5% each)

Vocab exercises on UV = 5%

Paired presentation (no. 1): 10% (November)

Paired presentation (no. 2): 15% (January)

Term 2:

Vocab quiz 3 & 4: 15% (7,5% each)

Vocab exercises on UV = 5%

Group ‘assessed discussions’ (no. 3): 20% (April/May)

Attendance: 5% (Terms 1 & 2)

EXAMS (1st session)

Writing exam (December) = 10%

(1st Session TOTALS: Speaking - 45% // Vocabulary (test/UV exercises/exam) - 40% // Writing (essay) - 10% // Attendance – 5%)

EXAMS (2nd session)

Oral exam = 45% (new exam)

Writing (essay) exam = 10% (new exam – not carried over from January)

Vocabulary exam = 40%

Attendance: 5% (carried over from Terms 1 & 2)

Langue(s) d'évaluation

• anglais