This document outlines the details of an English language course, including introductions of the instructor and assessments. Key points: - The instructor, Julie Méraud, has extensive education and experience in business, law, and teaching English. - The course aims to improve students' English skills through presentations, essays, and practicing work-related tasks like interviews and resumes. - It will use collaborative teaching methods like debates and flipped classroom. - The 10-lesson course covers topics like freedom of expression, human rights, and the sharing economy. Students will present on these topics.

1. juliemeraud@hotmail.com

2. Today’s lesson
Introductions - instructor, course,
students
Checking English levels
Debating

3. Course principles
• Personal attention : no student left behind
• Teamwork
• End of ‘banking model’ of education
• Flipped classroom
• Environment

4. Julie Méraud
University of Sheffield UK EdD (2017)
University of Hong Kong Bachelor’s and Master’s
Lived in UK, Canada, Hong Kong, Singapore, Philippines, France
Business experience - Unilever, Exxon, marketing, corporate
training
Legal experience - 5 years - Supreme Court HK, court reporter
20 years’ teaching/training experience; Diploma in TESOL
interests: human rights, the environment and animal rights,
language learning, jazz, Canadian literature and music

5. The M1 course aims
By the end of this course you:
will be able to write a well-structured English essay without plagiarising
will have made a clear and interesting presentation with a small group
will have a model CV and application letter to use to get a job or internship
will have practised a job interview in English
will have identified any individual pronunciation or grammar difficulties and have a
strategy for improving
will have boosted your legal and work English vocabulary by at least 50 new expressions
will have learned three new strategies to improve your listening skills and five new
expressions for agreeing, disagreeing and negotiating

6. Course plan
Lesson 1 Introductions
Lesson 2 The limits of freedom of expression (Charlie Hebdo) /
student presentation
Lesson 3 Personal branding (securing an internship or job) /
student presentation
Lesson 4 Sports and the law (Oscar Pistorius) / student
presentation
Lesson 5 Modern-day slavery and human trafficking / student
presentation

7. Course plan
Lesson 6 The beginnings of democracy – 800 years of the
Magna Carta / student presentation
Lesson 7 Canada’s dirty secret (the Alberta oil sands) /
student presentation
Lesson 8 The sharing economy / student presentation
Lesson 9 In-class essay exam
Lesson 10 Feedback on exam and course summary

8. Assessment
20% Listening test
20% Essay test
20% Presentation
20% Homework essay
20% Collective role play
ONE absence without justification is permitted
TWO absences without justification - minus 10%

9. Level check
Listen to Richard Bailey talking about his experience as a clerk (intern) in
different law firms.
List the ADVANTAGES and DISADVANTAGES of doing a clerkship
(internship), according to Richard, in LARGE and SMALL firms.
No need to write in complete sentences
You will hear the recording TWICE
Then write 200 words (complete sentences) about your own experience of
doing an internship. If you haven’t done one, explain whether you would
prefer to get work experience in a large or a small firm or somewhere else.

10. Getting to know you
Find three things you have in common with the people in
your small group
Discuss any questions you have about the course and
designate a secretary to note your ideas
Discuss if there is anything in particular you would like us
to do/NOT to do on this course
Agree on a current topic (law, education, life) that would
make for a good debate, eg, ‘freedom of speech should
not be limited’