English Language Integrative Exam

2022/2023

Учебный год

ENG

Обучение ведется на английском языке

Кто читает:

Школа иностранных языков

Статус:

Курс обязательный

Когда читается:

1-й курс, 4 модуль

Преподаватели

Пономаренко Алексей Николаевич

Попова Диана Андреевна

Хомутский Константин Игоревич

Course Syllabus

Abstract

Integrative Exam is a mandatory exam for all first-year students. The Exam is aimed at evaluating micro and macro skills of academic discourse. All the exam tasks are the same for each course programme. The exam tasks include non-fiction texts and articles within the framework of specific language competencies applicable for different course programmes. This exam is an integral part of each course programme. The final grade for this course is resulting.If a student receives over 3 (three) points on a 10-point scale on SoFL Integrative Exam course (Vnutrenniy ekzamen), all of his/her previous unsatisfactory grades for English shall be replaced with the grade that he/she received for the examination: English for General Communication Purposes. Advanced Course – 1;English for General Communication Purposes. Advanced Course – 2;English for Business Purposes. Advanced Course – 1;English for Business Purposes. Advanced Course – 2;English for General Academic Purposes. Advanced Course – 1;English for General Academic Purposes. Advanced Course – 2;English for General Communication Purposes. Upper-Intermediate Course – 1;English for General Communication Purposes. Upper-Intermediate Course – 2;English for Business Purposes. Upper-Intermediate Course – 1;English for Business Purposes. Upper-Intermediate Course – 2;English for General Academic Purposes. Upper-Intermediate Course – 1;English for General Academic Purposes. Upper-Intermediate Course – 2;English for General Communication Purposes. Intermediate Course – 1;English for General Communication Purposes. Intermediate Course – 2; English for Specific Purposes - 1; English for Specific Purposes - 2.

Learning Objectives

• Learning objective – to assess the level of English language communication competence: the state of the students’ lexical, grammatical, listening, reading, writing and speaking skills needed for effective communication in everyday, academic and business situations.

Course Contents

• ● Listening:
• ● Speaking:
• ● Writing:
• ● Reading:

Assessment Elements

• Listening
  Listen to the lecture-presentation ONCE and complete the following tasks. In tasks 1-5 choose one correct variant A, B, or C. In tasks 6-10 fill in the gaps, using NO MORE THAN 3 WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
• Speaking
  Argumentative monologue on a given topic organised according to the plan. A student should speak for 3-5 minutes.
• Writing
  Write an essay on one of the following topics. There are two types of essays: – Discuss advantages and disadvantages – Discuss both views and express your opinion Word count – 250 words.
• Reading
  Read the text and complete the following tasks. In tasks 1-5 choose one correct variant True, False, or Not Stated. In tasks 6-10 fill in the gaps, using NO MORE THAN 4 WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER from the text for each answer. Word count – 3000-3500 characters.

Interim Assessment

• 2022/2023 4th module
  0.25 * Listening + 0.25 * Reading + 0.25 * Speaking + 0.25 * Writing

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• New language leader: intermediate : coursebook, Cotton, D., 2015

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Business partner B1+ : coursebook, , 2021
• Business partner B2+ : coursebook, , 2019

Presentation

• English Language Integrative Exam
  Course range: English for General Communication Purposes, English for Business Purposes, English for General Academic Purposes ● Listening: listen to the text and complete the given tasks. ● Speaking: prepare and perform an argumentative monologue on the given topic. ● Writing: write an essay on the given topic. ● Reading: read the text and complete the given tasks.

Authors

• POPOVA DIANA ANDREEVNA
• VINOGRADOVA EKATERINA ALEKSANDROVNA