Кто читает:: Школа иностранных языков

Статус:: Курс обязательный

Когда читается:: 2-й курс, 1-4 модуль

Преподаватели

Алешин Виталий Сергеевич

Ананьева Елена Петровна

Бутова Дарья Альбертовна

Варкан Анна Петровна

Греченко Анастасия Александровна

Кирьянова Анна Николаевна

Мартынова Ирина Анатольевна

Михеева Наталья Дмитриевна

Самойлова Анна Андреевна

Сафронов Александр Александрович

Стырина Елена Вячеславовна

Чермошенцева Ксения Александровна

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Abstract

The “Practical Course of the English Language” is designed for the first and second-year students of the Undergraduate Programme “Foreign Languages and Intercultural Communication” and aims at developing students’ English language communicative competence at B2+/C1 levels according to the Common European Framework of Reference. The course immerses students into the field of professional academic interaction focusing on skills and products relevant for successful university education performance. The course syllabus incorporates a wide range of academic input featuring up-to-date discussion topics and providing students with a variety of activities involving individual, group, and project contact and self-study work, receptive, productive, and integrated skills assignments, as well as SMART LMS training.

Learning Objectives

enhance English pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar skills
develop effective listening, reading, and note-taking skills to work with different types of academic and non-academic input
develop academic and non-academic communication writing skills
develop academic and non-academic communication speaking skills

Expected Learning Outcomes

To be able to adopt various reading strategies (skimming, scanning, identifying gist and differentiating details, inferring meaning from context, comprehending writer’s attitude)
To use a broad range of target vocabulary units, grammatical forms, and phonetic phenomena in communication practice
To choose the most appropriate listening and note-taking strategies based on the listening purpose
To effectively produce diverse forms of both spoken and written communication tailored for various contexts, including but not limited to academic assignments, professional presentations, informal discussions, formal correspondence, and creative writing tasks
To demonstrate proficiency in adapting language use according to audience expectations, purpose, register, and genre conventions across different communicative situations

Course Contents

1. ‘To have another language is to possess a second soul.’ Charles the Great
2. 'If you want to know your past, look into your present conditions. If you want to know your future, look into your present actions.' Buddhist Saying
3. ‘The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.’ Ralph Waldo Emerson
4. 'What we think, we become.' Buddha
5. 'All artforms are in the service of the greatest of all arts: the art of living.’ Karl Marx
6. 'Life imitates art far more than art imitates life.' Oscar Wilde

Assessment Elements

Class Participation
The control element assesses student’s work that includes, but is not limited to, the following constituent parts: engagement in class activities, completion of home assignments, self-study activities, proactiveness and resourcefulness.
Language Systems
The control element assesses grammar, lexis, phonology and discourse in-class quizzes.
Language Skills
The control element assesses listening, reading tests; speaking, writing communicative assignments.
Smart LMS Self-Study
The control element assesses completion of online tests in Smart LMS.
Exam Year 1 Module 2
The control element assesses target oral and written communication products of the Module(s).
Exam Year 1 Module 4
The control element assesses target oral and written communication products of the Module(s).
Exam Year 2 Module 1
The control element assesses target oral and written communication products of the Module(s).
Exam Year 2 Module 3
The control element assesses target oral and written communication products of the Module(s).
Exam Year 2 Module 4
The control element assesses target oral and written communication products of the Module(s).
Module Tests
The control element is designed to assess students' understanding and mastery of the material covered in each module throughout the course. These tests serve as an essential tool for evaluating learning outcomes and ensuring that students have acquired the necessary skills and knowledge before progressing to subsequent modules.

Interim Assessment

2024/2025 2nd module
0.15 * Class Participation + 0.25 * Language Systems + 0.25 * Language Skills + 0.3 * Exam Year 1 Module 2 + 0.05 * Smart LMS Self-Study
2024/2025 4th module
0.3 * Exam Year 1 Module 4 + 0.25 * Language Systems + 0.15 * Class Participation + 0.25 * Language Skills + 0.05 * Smart LMS Self-Study
2025/2026 1st module
0.25 * Language Systems + 0.25 * Exam Year 2 Module 1 + 0.25 * Language Skills + 0.1 * Class Participation + 0.15 * Module Tests
2025/2026 3rd module
0.25 * Language Skills + 0.25 * Language Systems + 0.1 * Class Participation + 0.25 * Exam Year 2 Module 3 + 0.15 * Module Tests
2025/2026 4th module
0.25 * Language Skills + 0.25 * Exam Year 2 Module 4 + 0.25 * Language Systems + 0.15 * Module Tests + 0.1 * Class Participation

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

Writing Academic English, Oshima, A., 1999

Recommended Additional Bibliography

Academic project presentations. Student's workbook: Презентация научных проектов на английском языке : Учеб. пособие для вузов, Кузьменкова, Ю. Б., 2009

Authors

STYRINA ELENA VYACHESLAVOVNA
Bogolepova Svetlana Viktorovna
BUDNIKOVA ALINA ALEKSANDROVNA

Бакалаврская программа «Иностранные языки и межкультурная коммуникация»

Practical Course of the English Language: Grammar, Phonetics, Practice of Oral and Written Speech