Intermediate English - 2

2021/2022

Учебный год

ENG

Обучение ведется на английском языке

6

Кредиты

Кто читает:

Отдел сопровождения учебного процесса в Совместном бакалавриате ВШЭ-РЭШ

Статус:

Курс обязательный

Когда читается:

2-й курс, 3, 4 модуль

Course Syllabus

Abstract

This course is designed to introduce the basic elements of academic writing and improve the students’ ability to properly organize and express themselves in clear, coherent and grammatically correct English. Various types of basic skills will covered, including outlining, paragraph writing, and frequent opportunities will be provided for practicing the various types of academic essay forms, including descriptive, process, compare and contrast, classification, argumentative and cause and effect essays. In addition to learning the basic types of writing, students will focus on improving their critical thinking skills, grammar and vocabulary throughout the course. Writing topics will cover a broad range of issues, from social and historical topics to political and economic themes. Pre-writing tasks will include class discussions, focused grammar practice, or authentic media presentations. Selected articles will be presented for analysis and discussion and further used as a writing top

Learning Objectives

• To improve student`s grammar and writing skills
• Enlarge functional student`s l dictionary of English
• Develop critical thinking skills

Expected Learning Outcomes

• Students will also practice evaluative thinking skills in summarizing, analyzing, synthesizing, and using information from selected texts.
• Students will be provided with practical information about the essentials of writing that can be applied to both academic and professional contexts and will improve their grammar and writing skills through constant practice. They will learn all basic paragraph and essay forms.
• Students will familiarize themselves with terminology related to the theme presented in class and incorporate these terms into their functional English vocabulary.
• Students will learn to synthesize class discussions and other media presentations and incorporate these ideas into their writing.

Course Contents

• Topic 1
• Topic 2
• Topic 3
• Topic 4
• Topic 5
• Topic 6
• Topic 7
• Topic 8
• Topic 9
• Topic 10
• Topic 11
• Topic 12
• Topic 13
• Topic 14
• Topic 15

Assessment Elements

• Participation
• Quiz
• Midterm
  The mid-term test will be held offline
• Assignments
• Final Grade
• Final Project

Interim Assessment

• 2021/2022 3rd module
  A TOTAL OF 65% is required to pass the class. In addition, students who have an overall failing quiz grade (an average of all quizzes) and fail both the midterm and final, will automatically fail the class. Make Up Final: Students who fail the course have the opportunity to take two make-up finals. This final will be comprehensive and will include all types of writing that was included in the course including vocabulary form the readings
• 2021/2022 4th module
  A TOTAL OF 65% is required to pass the class. In addition, students who have an overall failing quiz grade (an average of all quizzes) and fail both the midterm and final, will automatically fail the class. Make Up Final: Students who fail the course have the opportunity to take two make-up finals. This final will be comprehensive and will include all types of writing that was included in the course including vocabulary form the readings.

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• Contemporary academic writing. A comprehensive course for students in higher education : Course book, Sowton, C., 2016
• Downing, A. (2015). English Grammar : A University Course (Vol. Third edition). London: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=929043

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Charles, M., Pecorari, D., & Hunston, S. (2009). Academic Writing : At the Interface of Corpus and Discourse. London: Continuum. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=306377
• Hartley, J. (2008). Academic Writing and Publishing : A Practical Handbook. New York: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=224109