Number of hours
- Lectures -
- Projects -
- Tutorials 24.0
- Internship -
- Laboratory works -
- Written tests -
ECTS
ECTS 1.5
Goal(s)
This course is designed to help students do the following:
- communicate with ease in a number of professional situations, adapting their language, register and style to the context.
- improve their written communication skills. Students should demonstrate an ability to organise and structure their ideas in order to communicate efficiently in various professional tasks.
- improve their skills as critical readers and thinkers.
- develop intercultural awareness and acquire better understanding of the international professional context.
Sophie BELANGER
Content(s)
In this course students are given opportunities to USE English in a variety of useful situations to help them carry on improving their fluency in English, their communication skills and their intercultural competence in order to achieve their academic and professional goals. Students are asked to do several practical tasks, including telephoning, writing a CV, being interviewed, presenting, researching, chairing a meeting, writing minutes, e-mailing, writing an abstract, reviewing, all of which should help prepare them for professional life.
The various tasks proposed will explore the following professional contexts and topics:
- Developing professional intercultural awareness and understanding
- Looking for a job - replying to a job offer, being interviewed, communicating about one's professional projects
- Giving a motivational speech
- Research writing - researching, writing and peer reviewing
B1 in English
Contrôle continu (EN) uniquement, non rattrapable / EN assessment only, no resit for this course.
Après un temps de préparation en groupe, l'enseignant demandera de présenter une tache qui sera notée et fera partie de la note de contrôle continu. Un panel de compétences langagières, de communication et professionnelles seront notées chaque semestre. Les grilles d'évaluation sont les mêmes pour tous les groupes. Le programme est divisé en différents projets/taches avec la répartition suivante:
- dossier professionnel 40% ; rapport écrit 30% ; faire un discours 30%
After a period of preparation in your group, your teacher will ask you to write, present or perform a task which will be marked and form part of the continuous assessment grade. A variety of linguistic, communication and professional skills will be assessed each semester. Evaluation grids are the same for all groups. The program is divided into different projects or tasks with the following graded assignments: - job file 40% - report writing 30%, - giving a speech 30%,
Le contrôle continu compte pour la validation du Module Professionnel. La note de 0 invalidera le Module Professionnel dans son entièreté.
The "English for your career' continuous assessment grade counts towards the validation of the "Module Professionnel'. Please note that a 0/20 will make you fail the entire 'Module Professionnel'.
EN 100%
The exam is given in english only
The course exists in the following branches:
- Curriculum - Master's Degree in Engineering ASI - Semester 7 (this course is given in english only )
- Curriculum - Master's Degree in Engineering IEN - Semester 7 (this course is given in english only )
- Curriculum - Master's Degree in Engineering HOE - Semester 7 (this course is given in english only )
- Curriculum - Master's Degree in Engineering IEE - Semester 7 (this course is given in english only )
- Curriculum - Master's Degree in Engineering ME - Semester 7 (this course is given in english only )
- Curriculum - Master's Degree in Engineering SEM - Semester 7 (this course is given in english only )
Course ID : 4EM3ENG6
Course language(s):
You can find this course among all other courses.
All Ense3 2A English for your career course material is available on the CHAMILO platform. Guidelines and various course material are in the 'documents' section of the course, you also have direct acces to useful links (including those listed below) in the 'links' section.
On-line training sites:
Boost'English
VALET
STEP
Dictionaries:
Cambridge dictionary
Word reference
Grand dictionnaire
Fonetiks
Thesaurus
On-line web radios or TVs and others:
BBC
CNN
CBC
TED Talks