UCL LANGUAGE CENTRE
Course Units 2006-2007
Minutes
Course Unit Teaching Committee Meeting
Monday 06 November 2006
14:15 – 16:00
188 Tottenham Court Road, Room SB3
Chaired by Dr Christine Hoffmann and Adam Salisbury
Present:
Yoko Aldous
Marie-Laure Aris
Sylvie Batlle
Sara Bragadina
Roberto D’Onofrio
Diego Flores-Jaime
María-Teresa Forteza-Rey
Claudia Geithner
Fernando Gracia Garcia
Dr. So Hiranuma
Dr. Christine Hoffmann
Petra Millard
Marc-Georges Nowicki
Catherine Plant
Jenny Rodgers
Adam Salisbury
Chizuko Seki Zdrzalka.
Apologies:
Anja Boeing, Juan Fernandez, Mireille Michel, Ariane Smart and Cristina Testi.
1 . Registration
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Christine thanked all as the Course Units Registration and Orientation process went well
(which took place 25 September – 06 October):
There seemed to be few problems with Portico - the new, online student registration
system; there were very few students that have registered on Portico that have not
also been to see us;
It is important that tutors are clear about the students level during assessments when
signing registration forms;
thanks to Ayanna – who has been very efficient and helpful with room bookings;
the total numbers of students registered was given out to all.
2 . Meeting Schedule
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An updated version of the Course Unit meeting schedule for the year given to all;
tutors are requested to be here during Reading week (06-10 November);
the dates/times for Syllabi and Language Team Meetings discussed – this is to be
confirmed;
there will be a Staff Development session about Testing Academic Reading Skills on
Wednesday 08 November – this would be particularly beneficial for Coordinators; on
Friday 10 November there is a session about incorporating academic sources into
students’ texts – this is aimed at all Course Units as well as English for Academic
Purposes tutors.
3 . Mini Observations
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Mini Observations undertaken by Christine Hoffmann and Madeleine Du Vivier will be
taking place on all Course Unit classes during the week beginning 13 November; all
tutors need to complete a lesson plan beforehand – Christine will email the template
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grid for the lesson plan;
Christine and Madeleine will give feedback to all – they will also give individual feedback
if required.
4 . Reading & Writing Examinations
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The deadlines for the drafts of the Reading & Writing exams is shown in Meeting
Schedule;
All teams asked for feedback on how the exam writing preparation process is going – all
reported that it going smoothly;
Claudia Bluhm will be the External Examiner for German this year.
5. College Developments
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Christine Hoffmann had a Meeting with the Provost who made positive comments about
Languages being a compulsory part of study.
Figures showing number of students enrolled for Evening Courses, English for Academic
Purposes and Course Units were distributed to all;
We may offer Mandarin as a Course Unit from next year – Levels A and B as 0.5 units
and therefore also Level A/B 1.0 unit;
There will be a new English course unit which we hope to be able to run from 2007 –
more information on this to follow.
6. IQR
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There will be an Internal Audit taking place at the start of March – we shall all meet to
prepare for this.
7. Self-Access Centre
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Self Access Centre representatives – please contact Antonella Veccia to discuss SelfAccess Centre materials.
8. Course Unit website/Content Management System
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Tutors should see Adam Salisbury in the Course Unit office to arrange their user
preferences for editing/uploading their own material onto the Course Units microsite for
students to view ;
The new Self Access Centre webpage has greatly improved;
There is a link on the Course Units webpage to the Self Access Centre pages, in
particular to the sections with information about each country.
9. Any other business
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Re-sits students need only re-sit the elements that they actually failed or did not take.
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