Learning outcomes

By the end of the course, students will be able to:



  • Deliver a solo academic presentation: prepare, structure and present their bachelor’s thesis topic clearly and in detail.
  • Use visual aids effectively: design and integrate slides or other media to support key points.
  • Engage with an academic audience: handle questions, respond to feedback and observe academic etiquette during discussions.
  • Apply academic writing fundamentals: demonstrate appropriate style, formality, vocabulary, grammar and referencing through regular short writing tasks, ensuring they know the English expected for their bachelor’s thesis.

Goals

Students have already reached B2 level in reading and listening. This course maintains those skills while strengthening oral and written production for academic purposes (at the B2 level). The course will therefore have a very practical scope.

Content

The topics covered in the course will be those necessary for the student's Bachelor Thesis. More specifically, the student will work on different language and linguistic skills through workshops where he/she will be asked to analyse the practice of professionals, to evaluate himself/herself, to put into practice the skills worked on in class, etc.

Exercices

See course notes. 

Teaching methods

The course is taught face-to-face and in small groups. It is given in the form of interactive seminars in English and is structured around several modules, most of which include tasks that are part of the continuous assessment. Attendance is compulsory. The students will have opportunities to work on production in each course.

The objectives and activities are designed in accordance with the guidelines of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. Language communication is worked on taking into account linguistic skills (lexicon, syntax, phonology), sociolinguistic skills (markers of social relations, rules of politeness, etc.) and pragmatic (organisation, adaptation, structuring of discourse) necessary for the target tasks. The course is not limited to considerations of linguistic knowledge.

Assessment method

For the first session (June), the learning activity is assessed on the basis of both continuous assessment and final assessment during the June session.

Students are required to take all assessments to validate the grade. If not, the overall grade will be 0A.


The June grade is awarded as follows:


- 40% of the overall average is allocated on the basis of continuous assessment. Students will be required to complete a series of tasks as an extension to certain modules.

- 30% of the overall average is allocated on the basis of grammar/vocabulary tests. The first in December will be on the Q1 material and the second in May on the Q2 material.

According to article 79 §1 of the Landscape Decree, all learning activities that took place in Q1 must be assessed. The grade given in January on WebCampus reflects the student's progress on the different tasks carried out in the first semester as well as the results of test 1.

- 30% of the overall average is awarded on the basis of the oral presentation of the Bachelor Thesis during the June session. This part is done in parallel with the course specifications of SBIO304.


For the following session (September), if the overall average of the AA does not reach 10/20, each student repeats the parts for which he/she did not obtain 10/20. 

 

Important note: passing this teaching unit does not lead to any certification whatsoever.

 

Sources, references and any support material

Course notes on Webcampus.

Other vocabulary and grammar resources are available on Webcampus.

Language of instruction

English