UE77 - 5A Indus - English 24-25
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Welcome to the 5th year Pharmaceutical Industry English course 2024-25.
The teacher responsible for this English year is anita.owens@universite-paris-saclay.fr
This year your teachers are Mrs. Fadel (room 405), Mr. Danan (Room 407) and Mrs Owens (Room 409).
In September you will find here the groups into which you have been divided. Each case study is on the same hours so you can have meetings before or after your English class. Classes are from 2 to 4pm and from 4:15 to 6:15pm on Thursday. Groups are inverted as of the end of the first semester (end of January). During first semester we will be on 4th floor.
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Students mustMark as done
Your English classes will soon resume at the university. They will always be on Thursday afternoon and always at the new "Centre de Langues" in the Eiffel building and on 4th floor during the first semester. When you come out of H. Moissan building at BPC take a left hand turn and walk down till after the IUT. Cross the lovely gardens, enter the Eiffel building and cross it diagonaly . You will see elevators and stair cases indicating "Centre de langue". This little walk will take about 10 minutes so please make sure you leave early to be on time to class.
The teachers of 5th year 2024-25 are Mrs.Owens, Mrs.Fadel and Mr.Danan.
The English groups are not organized by level but by Case study groups. The poles are mixed up giving you the opportunity to work with other students and interact. Your first class will be on September 26, 2024 at 2 pm for groups A/B/C and at 4:15 pm for groups D/E/F.
For each lesson, in the Vocabulary section, you will have a list of vocabulary that you will have to study for each lesson. The vocabulary test will be given every 2 lessons in class and must be caught up before class if you were absent in the previous class. The other exams will be caught up during 'English4you' sessions on Monday at lunch time, even if justified.
If you cannot come to class, are sick or cannot participate for other reasons, please remember that you have to give your teacher a justification (doctor's justification, drivers test, accident insurance papers, death certificate...) We would prefer you be healthy and come to our classes.
Please have the brochure printed before your first class by your parents, friends, yourself or the corpo but please bring a paper copy to class with you as you will need to have it in order to work on the exercises and thus progress.
The week before the Case Study, English rehearsal sessions are organised at the Language dept, usually spread over the afternoons and run by the 3 teachers of the 5th Year Industry English teaching team.
In the general section you will find documents, links and other things to further your knowledge of English on your own.
In the general section you will find what is done in class along with the videos. Under the section with the name of your teacher, you will find other documents that were used in class or that the teacher wishes you to study at home.
Course objectives
- follow
and take part in a discussion / meeting /press conference
- read and understand articles from scientific journals / specialist press
- understand a short authentic news report (CNN/BBC etc)
- write letters / emails / your CV and cover letter
- make a presentation in front of an audience
- handle questions about your presentation
Course content
- listening comprehension (from booklet & BBC/CNN)
- summarise articles and videos orally and in writing
- use language for presentations (booklet, Oxford English for Presentations)
- prepare & practice Powerpoint presentations
- practice language of meetings, press conference and do role plays (booklet, Business Role Play)
- practice expressions for letters and emails and write sample letters
- vocabulary about : letter writing, presentation, CV, drug forms, drug development, drug recall, clinical trials, marketing, production, and corporate social responsibility
- work for the continuous assessment mark including:vocabulary quizzes every 2 sessions, letter (S1), a video summary (S2), and 2 oral presentations to help you train for the case study.
The programm of this school year 2024-25 will be :Class 1- 26 Sept-Presentation skills
Class 2- 3 Oct- Applying for a position- CV-
Class 3- 24 Oct- Writing a Cover letter- Vocab test 1 (list 1+2)
Class 4-21 Nov -Interview techniques
Class 5- 28 Nov-The internet of things- Vocab test 2 (List 3+4) + Cover letter test
Class 6- 19 Dec- Intercultural awareness
Class 7- 23 Jan- Clinical trial 1- Vocab test 3 (list 5+6)
Class 8- 30 Jan – Clinical trial 2
Class 9- ? – Marketing – Vocab test 4 (List 7+8)
Class 10- ? -CSR- Video Summary test
Class 11-?- Pharma wars and drug manufacturing- Vocab test 5 (List 9+10)
Class 12- ?- Drug recall – Vocab test 6 (List 11)
English resources available to the student:
- The 5th Year Pharma Industry English Brochure (available on this page for download to have it printed). The Brochure is designed and updated every year. Please do not use last year's brochure.
- ecampus (lists of grammar sites, videos, scientific resources, etc.)
- “English4YOU” - Monday lunch time at BCP from 12:30 to 13:30 in room 2606 (bat HM6) open sessions.
Student Evaluation
"Contrôle Continu": CC is 60% of final grade. This is a compulsory (You MUST attend) class, so attendance to our classes is 100% essential: only written valid justified absences (within 3 days) will allow students to catch up on missed graded activites (to be sent to YOUR teacher). Non justified absences = 0/20 on each piece of missed homework/activity. The CC mark sticks with you even during the 2nd session grades, and may not be replaced :
Vocabulary quiz/test every 2 class.(Lists available on this site and on Quizlet)
Letter writing in English for 150/180- word letter/cover letter/email (S1)
Video summary: 150-word summary on Pharma industry issues, activities, marketing, etc. (S2)
2 oral presentations (S1+S2) "My dream job or My passion" and "Pharma company presentation"
Final Oral Exam: 40% of final grade. Presentation of the Case Study to an audience of Pharma industry professionals, Pharma lecturers and the 5th Year English teacher team.
A number of 5th Year Pharma Industry students take the TOEIC test during the year (for their applications to Business schools, or to include it in their CV): the Language department runs several TOEIC test & preparation sessions in the evenings (contact APIEP), at a special student rate. However, this type of activity is NOT part of the course! Get in contact with Apiep and Sophie.Dhirson@universite-paris-saclay.fr to reserve your seat.
We have also opened a ecampus section called "TOEIC part V" in which you can train on your own on part 5 of the TOEIC exam and an access to "prepmyfuture" which prepares you for many exams.
Have a great school year!!
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Here you will find the videos used in class.
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This is the section in which you will find the list of vocabulary that you have to study for each lesson and on which you are tested every 2 lessons. If you cannot come to class, are sick or cannot participate, please remember that you have to give your teacher a justification (doctor's note, drivers test, covid diagnosis test, accident insurance papers, death certificate...). You will be asked to do the test at the beginning of your next class. Otherwise you get 0/20. We would prefer you are healthy and come to our classes.
First you have the links to use the flash cards on quizlet.com to learn the words and below you have the PDF file you can print to learn the words on your way to the faculty!
The vocabulary lists are below and the links to Quizlet are here:
List 1- Presentation vocabulary
https://quizlet.com/fr/726297198/5y-list-1-presentation-vocabulary-flash-cards/?i=cipr6&x=1jqt
List 2-CV verbs
List 3- Emails and Letter writing
https://quizlet.com/fr/829375431/5y-list-3-emails-and-letters-flash-cards/
List 4-Applying for a job
List 5-GxP in Pharma
https://quizlet.com/fr/545254313/5y-list-5-gxp-in-pharmaceuticals-flash-cards/
List 6- The development process
List 7- Clinical trial
List 8- Innovation and invention
https://quizlet.com/fr/726304971/5y-list-08-innovation-and-invention-flash-cards/
List 9 Research and development-
https://quizlet.com/fr/749444549/5y-list-9-research-and-development-flash-cards/
List 10-CSR
https://quizlet.com/fr/814848718/5y-list-10-csr-corporate-social-responsibility-flash-cards/
List 11 -Drug manufacturing
https://quizlet.com/fr/814850155/5y-list-11-drug-manufacturing-flash-cards/
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Welcome to your fifth year of Pharmaceutical English.
This year we will explore the world of business, learn how to write business letters, CVs, prepare summaries of articles and videos, do some role play on different subjects which you can see as you look at your brochure.
Don't forget to bring your brochure to class each week.
In the exceptional case that you are unable to come to class, please provide me and the Service de scolarité with evidence justifying your absence.
Please mention GROUP A in all correspondence at sally.fadel@universite-paris-saclay.frI wish you a wonderful and enjoyable year of English.
Mrs FadelGroupe A- Mrs Sally Fadel
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Welcome to your fifth year of Pharmaceutical English.
This year we will explore the world of business, learn how to write business letters, CVs, prepare summaries of articles and videos, do some role play on different subjects which you can see as you look at your brochure.
Don't forget to bring your brochure to class each week.
In the exceptional case that you are unable to come to class, please provide me and the Service de scolarité with evidence justifying your absence.
Please mention GROUP B in all correspondence at anita.owens@universite-paris-saclay.frI wish you a wonderful and enjoyable year of English.
Mrs Owens
Groupe B- Anita Owens
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Welcome to your fifth year of Pharmaceutical English.
This year we will explore the world of business, learn how to write business letters, CVs, prepare summaries of articles and videos, do some role play on different subjects which you can see as you look at your brochure.
Don't forget to bring your brochure to class each week.
In the exceptional case that you are unable to come to class, please provide me and the Service de scolarité with evidence justifying your absence.
Please mention GROUP C in all correspondence at sebastien.danan@universite-paris-saclay.frI wish you a wonderful and enjoyable year of English.
Mr Danan
Groupe C- Sebastien Danan
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Welcome to your fifth year of Pharmaceutical English.
This year we will explore the world of business, learn how to write business letters, CVs, prepare summaries of articles and videos, do some role play on different subjects which you can see as you look at your brochure.
Don't forget to bring your brochure to class each week.
In the exceptional case that you are unable to come to class, please provide me and the Service de scolarité with evidence justifying your absence.
Please mention GROUP D in all correspondence to anita.owens@universite-paris-saclay.com.I wish you a wonderful and enjoyable year of English.
Mrs. Fadel
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Welcome to your fifth year of Pharmaceutical English.
This year we will explore the world of business, learn how to write business letters, CVs, prepare summaries of articles and videos, do some role play on different subjects which you can see as you look at your brochure.
Don't forget to bring your brochure to class each week.
In the exceptional case that you are unable to come to class, please provide me and the Service de scolarité with evidence justifying your absence.
Please mention GROUP E in all correspondence at sebastien.danan@universite-paris-saclay.frI wish you a wonderful and enjoyable year of English.
Mrs Owens
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Welcome to your fifth year of Pharmaceutical English.
This year we will explore the world of business, learn how to write business letters, CVs, prepare summaries of articles and videos, do some role play on different subjects which you can see as you look at your brochure.
Don't forget to bring your brochure to class each week.
In the exceptional case that you are unable to come to class, please provide me and the Service de scolarité with evidence justifying your absence.
Please mention GROUP H in all correspondence at sally.fadel@universite-paris-saclay.frI wish you a wonderful and enjoyable year of English.
Mr Danan -
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