Кто читает:: Факультет мировой экономики и мировой политики

Статус:: Курс обязательный

Когда читается:: 1-й курс, 1-4 модуль

Преподаватели

Багринцева Наталья Валерьевна

Лукашенко Анна Дмитриевна

Маслова Любовь Николаевна

Стыврина Юлия Владиславовна

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Abstract

The course has been designed for the students of the International Program 'International Relations and Global Studies'. This course combines language development to prepare students to use English in their further academic study at the program and intensive preparation with training in the four parts of the test – reading, listening, writing and speaking – to achieve a C1+ level (CEFR).

Learning Objectives

This course is aimed at developing academic reading, listening, speaking and writing skills.

Expected Learning Outcomes

Speaking: develop topic-specific vocabulary; explore ordering an argument; focus on fluency and coherence; Test practice: Part 3
Language development: practise forming clauses; using subordinate clauses; expressing opinions with that, review and practise pronoun referencing; learn signposting words
Language development: practise linking ideas and using both/neither/either, practise forming cleft sentences
Language development: practise reported speech patterns and using other reporting structures, practise using noun phrases
Language development: practise using a variety of passive forms
Language development: practise using sentence fragments and run-on sentences; practise punctuation
Language development: review and practise future forms and speculating about the future, practise cause and effect linking words
Language development: revise real and unreal conditionals and practise using other forms for expressing conditionality, practise using modal forms, degrees of certainty and adverbs of attitude
Language development: revise synonyms and practise using prefixes for paraphrasing and word formation, review tenses
Listening: learn how to identify distracters in Listening Section 1; practise using positive and negative vocabulary in Listening Section 1;Test practice: Section 1 (Form completion; Multiple choice)
Listening: learn how to identify specific information required in Listening Section 4; learn how to identify correct answers in Listening Section 4.Test practice: Section 4 (Sentence completion; Short-answer questions)
Listening: learn how to recognise paraphrasing in Listening Section 2; Test practice: Section 2 (Multiple choice)
Listening: practise following lines of argument in Listening Section 2; Test practice: Section 2 (Matching; Table completion)
Listening: practise listening for agreement and disagreement in Listening Section 3; understand factual descriptions in Listening Section 3; Test practice: Section 3 (Matching; Labelling a diagram)
Listening: practise understanding how location can be expressed; practise labelling a map or plan and form completion in Listening Section 1; Test practice: Section 1 (Label a map; Form completion)
Listening: practise understanding opinion from adjectives in Listening Section 4; learn how to recognise attitude from tone and intonation in Listening Section 4; Test practice: Section 4 (Multiple choice, Summary completion)
Listening: practise using questions to predict answers in Listening Section 2; learn how to identify links between ideas in Listening Section 2. Test practice: Section 2 (Table and note completion)
Reading: learn how to identify functions; Test practice (Matching information; Summary completion)
Reading: learn how to identify the main idea; Test practice (Matching headings; Multiple-choice questions)
Reading: learn how to identify the writer’s views/claims; Test practice ( Yes / No / Not given ; Multiple choice: select two answers)
Reading: learn how to predict content from context by scanning, Test practice: Note and table completion
Reading: learn how to predict supporting details by using topic sentences; Test practice (True, False, Not given; Short-answer questions)
Reading: learn how to work out the meaning of unknown words; Test practice (Flow chart completion; Sentence completion)
Reading: practise linking ideas; paraphrases; Test practice (Matching sentence endings; Summary completion)
Reading: practise recognising reference words; Test practice (Matching features; Note completion: Labelling a diagram; True/False/Not given)
Speaking: develop topic-specific vocabulary; focus on real and hypothetical situations and reactions; practise pronunciation: connected speech; focus on grammatical range and accuracy; Test practice: Part 2
Speaking: develop topic-specific vocabulary; practise speaking more accurately; focus on grammatical range and accuracy; Test practice: Part 1
Speaking: develop topic-specific vocabulary; practise techniques for adding detail for Speaking Part 2; focus on grammatical range and accuracy; Test practice: Part 2
Speaking: learn how to use topic-specific vocabulary for Speaking Part 3; develop vocabulary; focus on lexical resource. Test practice: Part 3
Speaking: learn to develop topic-specific vocabulary; expand your ideas using conjunctions and phrases; focus on pronunciation; Test practice: Part 3
Speaking: practise Speaking Part 1 sub-skills and pronunciation; learn to use a range of tenses and vocabulary; word stress. Test practice: Part 1
Speaking: practise Speaking Part 2 sub-skills and develop topic-specific vocabulary; improve fluency and coherence. Test practice: Part 2.
Vocabulary: develop vocabulary related to community; practise academic collocations and describing emotions
Vocabulary: expand academic vocabulary; explore differences between written and spoken vocabulary
Vocabulary: explore the language of invention and innovation; learn how to express quantity; learn vocabulary for agreement and disagreement
Vocabulary: explore vocabulary from the academic word list; learn new collocations related to learning; practice dictionary skills
Vocabulary: learn how to use an impersonal style in writing and speaking; study academic verbs and collocations for thoughts and beliefs
Vocabulary: learn new academic collocations; practise using idiomatic phrases for problems and solutions
Vocabulary: learn new academic nouns, word families and collocations
Vocabulary: revise verbs for argument and opinion; learn new collocations for argument
Writing: learn how to give your opinion and develop your arguments for Writing Task 2; Test practice: Task 2 (Opinion essay)
Writing: learn how to give your opinion and develop your arguments; plan how to write an opinion essay for Writing Task 2; Test practice: Task 2 (Opinion essay)
Writing: learn to develop a paragraph
Writing: plan how to write an essay for Writing Task 2, practise developing a paragraph, practice writing about solutions. Test practice: Task 2 (Problem and solution essay)
Writing: practise structures of mixed type essays
Writing: practise structures to compare and contrast in Writing Task 2; plan how to write an opinion essay for Writing Task 2. Test practice: Task 2 (Opinion essay)
Writing: practise understanding causes and effects in Writing Task 2; plan how to write a cause and effect essay for Writing Task 2; Test practice: Task 2 (Cause and effect essay)
to improve general and academic language and communication skills
to increase lexical and grammatical accuracy and range in speaking and writing
to improve fluency and coherence in speaking
to develop skills of listening and reading comprehension; processing information on a variety of academic topics
to develop the skill of writing to describe a graph (table, pie chart, map…) and write an essay (opinion, problem and solution, advantages vs disadvantages…)
to increase coherence, cohesion and a range of sentence structures in writing

Course Contents

Lifelong learning
A world of change
The feel-good factor
A consumer society
Homes of the future
Law and order
On the move
Social networking

Assessment Elements

Module 1 tasks
Module 1 test
Winter Exam
Speaking parts 1-3
Module 3 tasks
Module 2 tasks
Module 4 tasks
Participation (Modules 1-2)
Module 4 test
Participation (Modules 3-4)
Module 3 Test
Module 2 test
Summer exam
Speaking Parts 1-3

Interim Assessment

2025/2026 2nd module
0.2 * Module 1 tasks + 0.2 * Module 2 tasks + 0.1 * Participation (Modules 1-2) + 0.15 * Module 1 test + 0.2 * Module 2 test + 0.15 * Winter Exam
2025/2026 4th module
0.2 * Module 4 tasks + 0.15 * Module 3 tasks + 0.2 * Module 4 test + 0.2 * Module 3 Test + 0.15 * Summer exam + 0.1 * Participation (Modules 3-4)

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

21st century global health diplomacy, , 2013
A dictionary of climate change and the environment : economics, science, and policy, Grafton, R. Q., 2012
A handbook for the study of mental health : social contexts, theories, and systems, , 2010
A short introduction to climate change, Eggleton, T., 2013
American girls : social media and the secret lives of teenagers, Sales, N. J., 2016
An introduction to global health ethics, , 2013
Around Europe packaging : another way of travelling around Europe, , 2011
City distribution and urban freight transport : multiple perspectives, , 2011
Communicating your research with social media : a practical guide to using blogs, podcasts, data visualisations and video, , 2017
Complete Advanced, Student's Book with answers : for revised exam from 2015, 2nd ed., 9th printing, 253 p., Brook-Hart, G., Haines, S., 2015
Contemporary houses, , 2006
Crime and the economy, Rosenfeld, R., 2013
Dictionary of selected collocations, , 1999
Domestic interiors : representing homes from the victorians to the moderns, , 2013
Future times, future tenses, , 2014
Masterpiece : iconic houses by great contemporary architects, , 2012
The student's guide to writing: spelling, punctuation and grammar, Peck, J., 2012

Recommended Additional Bibliography

Английский язык для экономистов : учебник и практикум для академического бакалавриата, Барановская Т.А, 2014

Authors

Maslova Liubov Nikolaevna
Bagrintseva Natalia Valerevna
Zakharova Elizaveta Sergeevna
Vishniakova Nataliia Vladimirovna
Lukashenko Anna Dmitrievna

Бакалаврская программа «Международная программа «Международные отношения и глобальные исследования»»

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