3 ECTS credits
90 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 1021509ANR for all students in the 1st semester at a (A) Bachelor - preliminary level.

Semester
1st semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Impossible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Enrollment Requirements
Studenten die dit opleidingsonderdeel opnemen, moeten minstens 30 ECTS-credits op bachelorniveau behaald hebben.
Taught in
English
Faculty
Academic Language Centre
Department
Academic Center for Language Education
Educational team
Hanneke Vanhellemont
Britt GABRIËLS
Louise Holtzem
Charlotte Bollansée
Voorzitter ACTO (course titular)
Activities and contact hours

26 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
42 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
Course Content

This course is designed to help students develop their English communication skills with a specific focus on the field of communication studies. It builds on the English language skills already acquired by the students and allows them to expand their knowledge of English for communication studies. The course immerses students in the language, and aims on the one hand to equip them with both the language and skills necessary to function in professional contexts relevant to their field of studies, and on the other hand to provide maximal opportunity for the students to apply these in tasks. Therefore, the style of the course is interactive in order to create as many opportunities as possible for students to practice their speaking skills. Students will get the chance to participate in discussions and work on presentation skills, in doing so developing their critical reading and argumentation skills. Topics for both these discussions and the presentations are related to the field of communication science (e.g. the Anglophone media landscape, advertising, echo-chambers, censorship, etc.) and are updated on a regular basis. The course is structured in such a way as to build towards increasing autonomy on the part of the students as language-users.

Additional info

Materials will be made available in class and/or via Canvas

Learning Outcomes

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At the end of this course, students should be able to:

  • use accurately and appropriately a range of subject-specific vocabulary;
  • adopt an appropriate register using accurate grammar;
  • read critically authentic Anglophone texts, and present and defend their views on these topics;
  • operate effectively and autonomously as users of the English language in academic and professional contexts;
  • carry out a range of spoken tasks in English (presentation, discussion).

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Oral Exam determines 50% of the final mark.
Other determines 50% of the final mark.

Within the Oral Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Oral Exam with a relative weight of 50 which comprises 50% of the final mark.

Within the Other category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Continuous assessment with a relative weight of 50 which comprises 50% of the final mark.

Additional info regarding evaluation
  • In the first exam session, assessment is on the basis of:
  • an oral exam (50%) and
  • in-class assessment components (50%).

  • (More specific details will be shared with the students at the start of the semester (in class and/or via Canvas)).

  • Students who do not complete the oral exam are unable to pass the course in the first exam session.
  • Students who do not participate in at least one of the in-class assessment components are unable to pass the course in the first exam session.
  • Students who do not complete the presentation will receive a score of 0 for this assessment component but are still eligible to be assessed for the course in the first exam session providing they have completed the other in-class assessment tasks.
  • Students who do not complete all of the in-class assessment tasks will receive a score of 0 for said assessment component but are still eligible to be assessed for the course in the first exam session providing they have completed the presentation.
  • In the second exam session, assessment is on the basis of an oral exam (50%) and an individual presentation (50%).
  • Students who do not pass the course in the first exam session and who wish to be examined in the second exam session are required to take the oral exam if they achieved a fail grade for the oral exam in the first exam session. Students who in the first exam session passed the oral exam but who failed the course overall may choose to carry over their score from the oral exam to the second exam session.
  • Students who do not pass the course in the first exam session and who wish to be examined in the second exam session are required to give an individual presentation if in the first exam session they achieved an overall fail grade for the combined in-class assessment components. Students who in the first exam session achieved an overall pass grade for the combined in-class assessment components but who failed the course overall may choose to carry over their combined score from the in-class assessment components instead of giving an individual presentation in the second exam session.
  • In both the first and the second exam session, an overall final grade of 10/20 or above is sufficient to pass the course even if a pass grade has not been achieved for each individual assessment component.
  • No scores for individual assessment components or exams may be carried over to a subsequent academic year.
Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Bachelor of Communication Studies: Standaard traject (only offered in Dutch)