Objectives of Programme's Learning Outcomes

• Provide clear and accurate information
• Communicate information, ideas, problems and solutions to a qualified scientific partner
• Grow personally and professionally
• Have developed, in the context of chemistry, generic skills that are applicable in many other contexts, particularly in the use of the English language, scientific programming, and safety and risk in the laboratory

Learning Outcomes of UE

At the term of this course, students will be capable to:
- Reactivate the knowledge acquired beforehand (grammar & vocabulary); 
- Develop some communicative ability which will allow them to face daily
- life situations in the laboratory and in other scientific contexts;
- read and understand the overall meaning of popularised scientific texts in English.
- to communicate in English, in writing and orally, on science-related topics;
- work autonomously on audio documents (B1-B2 level);
- build vocabulary linked to science;
- put into practice the basic rules of English pronunciation;
- create science-oriented works linked to their field of study.

Content of UE

- Revising the basic structures of the English language; 
- Developing some communicative ability by calling upon the four language skills (listening comprehension; reading comprehension; written expression; oral expression); 
- Reading and written and oral commenting on various popularised scientific texts and articles
- Developing vocabulary linked to the field of chemistry

Prior Experience

English for Science (Bloc 1)

Type of Assessment for UE in Q1

• Presentation and/or works
• Graded tests

Q1 UE Assessment Comments

Home and/or in-class assignments:
- general and scientific vocabulary
- grammar
In-class assignments
- presentations and discussions
- listening comprehension and English language in scientific context

Type of Assessment for UE in Q3

• Oral examination
• Written examination

Q3 UE Assessment Comments

written exam :
- listening comprehension and English language in a scientific context
- general and scientific vocabulary
- grammar
oral exam:
- presentation (element from the periodic table)

Type of Resit Assessment for UE in Q1 (BAB1)

• N/A

Q1 UE Resit Assessment Comments (BAB1)

Not applicable