Course Overview

OBJECTIVES 
The goal is to improve students’ autonomy in using English for their
studies and professional life, based on authentic Biology documents.
The competences developed are document search and analysis, and oral
communication in a Biology disciplinary setting. This teaching also
adresses norms and conventions allowing to communicate and participate
efficiently in their scientific and professional communities

Learning Achievement

Competence

Course prerequisites

Grading Philosophy

Course schedule

An English instructor and a Biology instructor collaborate to
integrate the disciplinary content in English teaching; 20 hours of
teaching, including 5 hours with the Biology instruction. The
interventions of the Biology specialist are both prepared upstream and
harnessed downstream with the English instructor. In class, study of
scientific written and audio-visual documents, related to the topic
being studied. Students work individually, two by two or in small
groups allowing to guide students on language aspects (grammar,
phonology, lexicon). Discourse genres in Biology are explored to
identify norms and conventions. Students, two by two, prepare an oral
presentation on a disciplinary theme defined by the Biology
instructor.

Course type

- Tutorial classes - 25 hours

Online Course Requirement

Instructor

Other information

Language of instruction: English

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