English C1 (LU)

Contenus

The course covers a variety of subject matters, focusing on a theme-based approach in order to improve vocabulary and ease. The course aims to hone various skills, such as understanding speech, reading and understanding more complex documents, using discourse analysis and writing structured texts.

You will learn to debate, discuss and explain a variety of subjects, both orally and in written form, focusing on the vocabulary and sentence structures needed to feel more and more comfortable in an academic setting and otherwise.

Objectifs

• Reading: students can understand long factual texts and specialized articles even when they do not relate to their field
• Listening: students can understand extended speech even when it is not clearly structured and when relationships are only implied and not signalled explicitly.
• Spoken interaction: students can express themselves fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions.
• Spoken production: students can present clear, detailed description of complex subjects, developing particular points and rounding off with an appropriate conclusion.
• Writing: students can express themselves in clear, well- structured texts, expressing points of view at some length and write about complex subjects in a letter, an essay or a report.

Matériel

All material will be supplied during classes and available on Moodle. Various websites, news sources and documents will be used in the class.

Evaluation et attestation

Modalité : contrôle continu.

Attestation d'assiduité (sans mention de crédits ECTS) : 80% de présence ainsi qu'une participation active au cours sont requis.

Attestation de réussite (avec mention de crédits ECTS) : 80% de présence ainsi qu'une participation active au cours sont requis et obtention d'une moyenne globale de 4 points sur 6 au contrôle continu

Crédits ECTS : l’estimation de la charge de travail pour ce cours correspond à 3 crédits ECTS pour un semestre et à 6 crédits ECTS pour deux semestres. La reconnaissance de ces crédits relève du domaine de chaque Faculté (étudiant-es UNIGE) ou de l’Université d’origine (étudiant-es d’échange)