Volumes horaires
- CM -
- Projet -
- TD 48.0
- Stage -
- TP -
- DS -
Crédits ECTS
Crédits ECTS 2.5
Objectif(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.
Responsable(s)
Sophie BELANGER
Contenu(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 researching, reviewing, attending meetings, developing arguments and points of view, presenting, writing a CV, being interviewed, debating, writing an abstract, all of which should help prepare them for professional life.
The various tasks proposed will explore the following professional contexts and topics:
- Attending a Think Tank to provide advice and ideas on specific political or economic problems
- Giving a motivational speech
- Looking for a job - replying to a job offer, being interviewed, communicating about one's professional projects
- Debating (formal debates)
- Communicating about one's science project: - poster session presentation & abstract writing
- Developing professional intercultural awareness and understanding
-level B1 in English
Contrôle des connaissances
Contrôle continu uniquement, non rattrapable
Après un temps de préparation, l'enseignant demandera de présenter une tâche qui sera notée et fera partie de la note de contrôle continu. Un panel de compétences langagières, de communication et professionnelles seront notées à l’aide de grilles d'évaluation spécifiques pour chaque projet/tâche. Le programme est divisé en différents projets/tâches avec la répartition suivante:
Think Tank 15%; dossier professionnel 20% ; faire un discours 15% ; présentation poster 20%; Abstract 15%; Debating 15%
Le contrôle continu du cours 'English for your career’ compte pour la validation du Module Professionnel. La note de 0 invalidera le Module Professionnel dans son entièreté.
L'examen existe uniquement en anglais 
Calendrier
Le cours est programmé dans ces filières :
- Cursus ingénieur - Ing EEE - altern. - Semestre 7-8 (ce cours est donné uniquement en anglais
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Informations complémentaires
Code de l'enseignement : 4EMAENG9
Langue(s) d'enseignement :
Vous pouvez retrouver ce cours dans la liste de tous les cours.
Bibliographie
All Ense3 2A ALT '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 access to useful links (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