CANG9218 : B2 Towards B2+: Boost Your English
- Responsable(s) :
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- Layla Roesler
- Enseignant(s) :
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- Yan Li Le Dantec
Niveau
Tout niveau
Discipline
Langues pour non spécialistes
Public interne (réservés aux auditeurs de licence-master et normaliens )
Informations générales sur le cours : CANG9218
This course is designed to boost your English from B2 to B2+, if not C1, and is specifically for students who feel like they have been ‘stagnating’ in their English learning. We will tackle all 4 skills (reading, writing, listening, and speaking) as well as all 3 knowledge areas (grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation).
There is no set topic for this course as you will be evaluated on the writing and ‘reciting’ of blog posts. You will choose the subject of your blog, as well as its intended audience and level of formality.
During the second class of the semester, you will write your very first blog post. You will then receive audio feedback and a mark for your new blog post, and using that you will edit it instead of coming to class. Then, you will read your blog post out loud in the next class, which is when you will be marked on your pronunciation. You will also receive audio feedback and a mark for your edited blog post. This cycle will happen three times during the semester.
In addition to this, you will read blog posts and watch vlog videos, provide summaries of these, and discuss them with your classmates. Your participation in these interactions is evaluated in your participation grade.
Finally, there will be online grammar and vocabulary exercises to do throughout the semester that will help you with the final online grammar and vocabulary exam.
You must have a B2 level of English. This course is not available for other levels.
Assessment
You must submit work for each of the five assessment criteria in order to be eligible to validate the course. You must obtain an average of at least 10/20 to validate the course.
- 20% new blog posts (written in class)
- 20% edited blog posts (done as homework)
- 20% pronunciation (reading blog posts our loud in class)
- 20% participation
- 20% online grammar and vocabulary exam
For each new blog post and edited blog post, there will be a non-negotiable submission deadline. Of course, if you are ill or some other situation prevents you from doing your work, please inform your teacher as you would normally do when at the ENS. Any form of plagiarism will result in a 0/20 for that piece of work.
The final exam online will be open for 1 week, after which it will be impossible to re-open.
Mark scheme
Link to CEFR level descriptions
- 10/20 = lowest B2 level
- 14/20 = B2+
- 16/20 = lowest C1 level
- 20/20 = C1+
Days and times change for this course each semester depending on the CDL's teachers' availabilities. Please see the CDL website.
There is no bibliography for this course.