Welcome to English for Psychology !
English for Psychology is designed to help you work on general English and English for psychology outside of class.
According to the Common European Framework for Languages, there are 6 levels of proficiency when it comes to language learning A1, A2, B1, B2, C1 and C2 - from complete beginners to completely bilingual learners. B2 is the level of the CEF which you're supposed to have reached at the end of high school (although usually "Terminales" students are closer to B1). It is also the level you are supposed to have when you finish your BA (bachelor's degree, or L3). Graduate students (i.e. those who are studying for their Master's degree) should be C1.
If you're not sure what your level is, you can self-assess your skills here. If you are more of an A2-B1 (beginner/intermediate) than a B1-B2 (intermediate/upper-intermediate), go to the General English page. There are a number of resources you can use to work on various skills (from grammar basics to advanced listening comprehension). Each resource has been annotated in French for those who might have difficulties.
If you need more specialized English or if you simply want to keep up-to-date with what's going on in the world of psychology, go to the Psychology resources pages. You'll find recent radio podcasts and press articles (often simplified for the general public - but not always), as well as journal article (access isn't always free but you'll see the abstracts, which will come in handy in the future). These resources are updated automatically so check out the website on a regular basis and you'll find the latest news. I also encourage you to subscribe to news feeds and podcasts/vodcasts yourself. If you have a Twitter account, follow the press in English too.
Whatever you choose to do, you will probably need some reference tools to help you define or translate some words and concepts such as the dictionary of psychoanalysis or other bilingual dictionaries. Don't trust online translators: check everything you find in corpora (plural for corpus) such as Linguee, the BNC or the COCA, which are much more reliable.
If you have any questions about the course or the resources, feel free to send me an email.
According to the Common European Framework for Languages, there are 6 levels of proficiency when it comes to language learning A1, A2, B1, B2, C1 and C2 - from complete beginners to completely bilingual learners. B2 is the level of the CEF which you're supposed to have reached at the end of high school (although usually "Terminales" students are closer to B1). It is also the level you are supposed to have when you finish your BA (bachelor's degree, or L3). Graduate students (i.e. those who are studying for their Master's degree) should be C1.
If you're not sure what your level is, you can self-assess your skills here. If you are more of an A2-B1 (beginner/intermediate) than a B1-B2 (intermediate/upper-intermediate), go to the General English page. There are a number of resources you can use to work on various skills (from grammar basics to advanced listening comprehension). Each resource has been annotated in French for those who might have difficulties.
If you need more specialized English or if you simply want to keep up-to-date with what's going on in the world of psychology, go to the Psychology resources pages. You'll find recent radio podcasts and press articles (often simplified for the general public - but not always), as well as journal article (access isn't always free but you'll see the abstracts, which will come in handy in the future). These resources are updated automatically so check out the website on a regular basis and you'll find the latest news. I also encourage you to subscribe to news feeds and podcasts/vodcasts yourself. If you have a Twitter account, follow the press in English too.
Whatever you choose to do, you will probably need some reference tools to help you define or translate some words and concepts such as the dictionary of psychoanalysis or other bilingual dictionaries. Don't trust online translators: check everything you find in corpora (plural for corpus) such as Linguee, the BNC or the COCA, which are much more reliable.
If you have any questions about the course or the resources, feel free to send me an email.
Webmaster & instructor: Julie Laporte / Last updated: October 2017