Objectives of general skills

• Apply a scientific approach and critical thinking
• Work with efficiency / accuracy / precision
• Present a hypothesis and hypothetical-deductive reasoning
• Develop critical thinking, test and monitor conclusions understanding the domain of validity, and explore alternative hypotheses
• Manage doubt and uncertainty
• Communicate effectively and appropriately in French and English
• Understand and summarise articles, websites and other scientific works in French and English
• Communicate in French, orally and in writing, the results of experiments and observations by constructing and using graphs and tables
• Communicate on biological topics, orally and in writing in English and in writing in French, using the appropriate scientific language according to the audience
• Develop autonomy, set training objectives and make choices to achieve them
• Organise time and work, individually and in groups
• Prioritise
• Manage stress regardless of events (exams, presentations, etc.)

UE's Learning outcomes

  At the term of this course, students will be capable to
- use in context English grammar notions; 
- extract information from science-oriented English texts;
- use this information to write scientific content;
- put into practice the rules of English pronunciation;
- master the theory of oral and written scientific English;
- be able to apply this theory to specific contexts;
- summarize a scientific article in English;
- to work autonomously on B2-C1 audio documents;
- deliver a scientific presentation in English.

UE Content

- Oral and written communication;
- Self evaluation;
- Individual work;
- Introduction to pronunciation and oral communication (presentations);
- typical structures in oral and written scientific English (theory and exercises);
- Summaries;
- Scientific listening comprehensions;
- Questions/answers;
- Scientific presentations.

Prior experience

English for Science

Term 1 for Integrated Assessment - type

• Presentation and works
• Written examination

Term 1 for Integrated Assessment - comments

Article summary (work)
Written exam: listening comprehension, theory on oral and written scientific English
40%

Term 2 for Integrated Assessment - type

• Presentation and works

Term 2 for Integrated Assessment - comments

Scientific presentation
Questions/answers
60%

Term 3 for Integrated Assessment - type

• Presentation and works
• Written examination

Term 3 for Integrated Assessment - comments

Article summary (work)
Written exam: listening comprehension, theory on oral and written scientific English
40% Scientific presentation
Questions/answers
60%<b></b>

Resit Assessment for IT - Term 1 (B1BA1) - type

• N/A

Resit Assessment for IT - Term 1 (B1BA1) - Comments

Not applicable