ECTS
2 crédits
Composante
Collège Sciences et Technologies pour l’Energie et l’Environnement (STEE)
Volume horaire
19,5h
Description
Course Description and Pedagogical Methods:
The students are organised in level-groups following the results of a placement test at the beginning of the year. In this course, the students will practice the four main skills for communication with a focus on reading comprehension, and will review some basic grammar concepts. The students will work with up-to-date materials from journals and magazines, internet articles, videos, etc. Students will improve their comprehension, fluency, and confidence in spoken and written English through individual practice and regular participation in pair and group work, oral activities, reading and listening comprehension exercises, and general classwork.
Class activities will include listening, reading, writing, and informal/formal speaking to understand, learn, remember, and explain information from both written and spoken materials. Also,to help you improve your grammar and writing, we will have online grammar practice with mini-reviews when necessary.
You will have:
- Classwork, pop quizzes and online homework that are part of the grade,
- A midterm exam level-based on the grammar and vocabulary studied in class,
- A final exam common to all levels to check your progression. The final will focus on reading comprehension.
Objectifs
Learning outcomes
- At the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Identify and memorize the basic words in English
- Recognize and use present continuous and present simple verbs
- Demonstrate understanding of superlative and comparative forms
- Differentiate between irregular and regular verbs
- Choose between the simple past tense or past progressive form of verbs
- Express likes and dislikes
- Talk about popular hobbies
- Use adjectives to describe a person’s appearance and personality
- Identify and correctly use travel-related vocabulary.
- Recognise the different types of questions asked in IELTS tests
- Predict main ideas from titles and visual aids
- Use skimming and scanning to identify gist and details
- Identify and summarise the main ideas in various types of texts
- Determine the meaning of unknown words from the context
- Recognise a writer’s views or claims and their implications
- Answer a variety of question types found in IELTS reading test
Heures d'enseignement
- Anglais L1 - S1 - TDTravaux Dirigés19,5h
Pré-requis obligatoires
A2 level in English
Contrôle des connaissances
Full Ongoing assessment (Contrôle Continu 100%)
The module comprises 3 types of assessments :
- An ongoing assessment based on participation and completion of online work (30%)
- A mid-term evaluation assessing the course topics (30%)
- Final term evaluation consisting in a computer-based exam (40%)
Syllabus
1 |
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A2 |
Basic verbs, nouns, adjectives | |
B1/B2 |
Academic Word List 1 and 2 | |||
2-3 |
A2 |
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Sports and Hobbies | |
B1 |
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B2 |
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4 |
A2 |
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Describing people Clothing | |
B1 |
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Describing people and fashion | ||
B2 |
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Stereotypes | ||
5-6 |
A2 |
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Travelling | |
B1 |
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Travelling and Transport | ||
B2 |
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Travelling and transport |
Compétences acquises
Compétences | Niveau d'acquisition | |
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Travailler dans le cadre des projets pluridisciplinaires, de recherche, d'innovation et internationaux | Communiquer en plusieurs langues et être capable de s'adapter à un monde ouvert | 2 - Application |
Communiquer en contexte professionnel | Communiquer à des fins de formation ou de transfert de connaissances, par oral et par écrit, en français et dans au moins une langue étrangère | 2 - Application |
Appui à la transformation en contexte professionnel | Conduire un projet ou une étude pouvant mobiliser des compétences pluridisciplinaires dans un cadre collaboratif | 2 - Application |