Academic year
2016-17
Is found in:
- International Curriculum, programme stage 2
This is a single course unit.
Study load:
3 credits
Weight:
3,00
Total study time: 75,00 hours
Possible deadlines for learning account: 15.03.2017 ()
Organisation of education
This course unit is marked out of 20 (rounded to an integer).
Re-sit exam: is possible.
It is not possible to enrol in this course unit under
- exam contract (to obtain a credit).
- exam contract (to obtain a degree).
Special admission is required to enrol in this course unit under credit contract.
Co-ordinator: Cornette Femke
Language course: Yes, English
Languages: English
Scheduled for: Semester 2
Objectives
Insight into and kwowledge of social, political, economic and (inter)cultural aspects of English-speaking countries.
Contents
oral communication
studying various social, political, economic and cultural aspects of English-seaking regions
vocabulary expansion
Order of enrolment
There are no prerequisites for this course.
Final objectives
Core competence 1: recognizes, identifies, classifies, renders, enumerates, and distinguishes the political, economic, social, historical and cultural aspects of the Anglo-Saxon world. He is able to illustrate, to rephrase in his own words and to represent these aspects. (DSL2, AC1, AC2, AC4, AC5, AC7)
Indicators:
- selects relevant information out of documents. (W)
- summarizes this information. (I)
- rephrases the information. (T)
- comments on the information and answers questions about it. (A&S)
Core competence 2: outlines, explains, clarifies, shows,evaluates, gives arguments and propositions and critically discusses the political, economic, social, historical, cultural aspects of the Anglo-saxon world. He is able to illustrate, to rephrase in his own words and to represent these aspects. (DSL2, AC1, AC2, AC4, AC5, AC7)
Indicators:
- selects relevant information concerning the background of current affairs in reliable sources. (W)
- questions the information. (T)
- recognizes causal connections in it. (A&S)
- answers questions about it. (A&S)
Core competence 3: recognizes, understands, interprets, evaluates, and investigates critically the political, economic, historical and cultural aspects of the Anglo-Saxon world and other countries from the Anglo-saxon work field and tests those aspects against the acquired knowledge and insights within the course. (DSL7, DSL12, AC3, ABC3)
Indicators:
- detects and sketches relevant information about the background of current affairs autonomously. (W,I)
- puts the info within the structure of the acquired knowledge and insights. (T)
- answers questions about it. (A&S)
- characterizes the socio-cultural differences between Belgium and the Anglo-Saxon countries, and the differences between Anglo-saxon countries mutually . (I)
- values the impact of the socio-cultural differences to be able to work in an intercultural, international team. (T)
Evaluation
first period:
oral exam: 100%
second period:
oral exam:100%