2025/2026
Английский язык для общих академических целей. Основной курс - 1
Статус:
Факультатив
Когда читается:
1, 2 модуль
Охват аудитории:
для своего кампуса
Язык:
английский
Кредиты:
3
Контактные часы:
48
Course Syllabus
Abstract
The “English for Academic Purposes. Upper-Intermediate–1” course is designed to gradually develop university freshmen’s understanding and use of academic discourse in their study and research. In compliance with the “Regulations for Interim and Ongoing Assessments of Students at National Research University Higher School of Economics” and the “Conceptual Framework for Developing Students’ Foreign Language Competencies in Bachelor’s, Specialist’s, and Master’s Degree Programmes at National Research University Higher School of Economics,” the course aims to develop English-language communicative, integrated, critical, and creative thinking competences while exploring the subject areas of Education, Bioethics, and Business and Design. Specifically, students will enhance their receptive and productive knowledge and skills at the upper-intermediate level, including annotating, extracting key information, paraphrasing, summarizing, integrating, and producing coherent and cohesive oral texts (monologues, group discussions, and presentations) and written texts (e-mails and summaries). To be admitted to the course, students must score at least 30 points on the entry test. To encourage intensive language practice and skills development, the course includes independent work on the SMART LMS online platform as well as autonomous learning through creative assignments. There are no blocking controls. The final grade consists of the following elements: 0.1 for attendance, 0.1 for the English Grammar and Vocabulary Test, 0.1 for the home assignment, 0.2 for the written assessment, 0.2 for the oral assessment, and 0.3 for the final assessment. The use of artificial intelligence in the preparation of academic papers is prohibited.
Learning Objectives
- The course focuses on building essential language skills to deal with basic reading, listening, writing, and speaking assignments in English for academic purposes at the upper-intermediate level, which would meet freshmen’s immediate academic needs. While catering to different learning styles, the course fosters autonomous learning, team building and digital literacy competences. To achieve these goals, students are expected to consistently gain awareness of fundamental academic conventions, practices and competences applicable to university study and research; thoroughly explore key concepts, challenges, trends, and implications pertaining to the topics of Education; Bioethics; Business and Design; rigorously approach, intensively practice, and consciously apply appropriate reading; writing; listening; speaking strategies for creatively processing necessary information and producing relevant oral and written responses, depending on the target audience/ interlocutor; purpose; topic and organization requirements; accurately identify, assess and accommodate their language needs and priorities; continuously reflect on and evolve their style of autonomous learning, team building and digital literacy competences.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- - students will be able to produce coherent and cohesive texts (e-mails, text-based summary; graph descriptions), applying paraphrasing, paragraphing; comparing and contrasting techniques;
- - students confidently demonstrate awareness of and effectively respond to key contemporary discussions pertaining to the realm of Education; Bioethics; Business and Design;
- - students amply demonstrate awareness of and apply key academic conventions and language and functional grammar when dealing with written and oral information and assignment;
- - students consciously employ active reading and listening strategies to understand an authentic printed or oral text more deeply i.e. activating prior knowledge before reading/ listening; skimming; scanning; annotating; using visual organisers; distinguishing between main and supporting details; creating an outline of a text; summarizing a text;
Assessment Elements
- Classroom Written Assessment (CWA): Test 0,25Written Assessment includes: min 1 reading test; min 1 listening test; min 2 writing tests (email & summary); min 3 vocabulary and grammar tests. The test tasks can be of different types.
- Classroom Oral Assessment (COA): Тест 0,2Oral Assessment includes: min 1 monologue min 1 Q&A session.
- Home Assignment (HA): 0,25Student Home Assignment includes all homework during the semester. The type and volume of each home assignment is determined by the teacher.
- Final Assessment (FA): Тест 0.3Period of Final Assessment: the final exam is held in class within 10 days before the exam period. The release of examination papers: during the session. The exam consists of 2 parts: Listening (50%) and Writing (50%) respectively in the total mark for the exam. Zero points in case of cheating. Retaking exams: till the 15th of February 2026. Time limit: 70 minutes. Structure: 1. Listening (L) Listen to the text and complete the tasks 1-10. (max. 10 points) 2. Writing (W) Write a summary of a text. (max. 10 points) Grading formula: L*0,5 + W*0,5 = 10
Interim Assessment
- 2025/2026 2nd module0.2 * Classroom Oral Assessment (COA): Тест 0,2 + 0.25 * Home Assignment (HA): 0,25 + 0.25 * Classroom Written Assessment (CWA): Test 0,25 + 0.3 * Final Assessment (FA): Тест 0.3
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- University success: oral communication : intermediate to high-intermediate, McLaughlin, T., 2018
- University success: reading : intermediate to high-intermediate, Steenburgh, C., 2018
- University success: writing : intermediate to high-intermediate, Dalby, K., 2018
- Английский язык для академических целей. English for Academic Purposes : учебник для вузов / Т. А. Барановская, А. В. Захарова, Т. Б. Поспелова, Ю. А. Суворова ; под редакцией Т. А. Барановской. — 2-е изд., перераб. и доп. — Москва : Издательство Юрайт, 2025. — 203 с. — (Высшее образование). — ISBN 978-5-534-18544-7. — Текст : электронный // Образовательная платформа Юрайт [сайт]. — URL: https://urait.ru/bcode/560849 (дата обращения: 14.01.2026).
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Collins COBUILD Intermediate English Grammar, practice Material by Dave Willis, 2nd ed., XVI, 272 p., , 2006
- Collins COBUILD student's grammar : self-study editions with answers, Willis, D., 1997
- Качалова, К. Н. Практическая грамматика английского языка с упражнениями и ключами : учебник / К. Н. Качалова, Е. Е. Израилевич. — Санкт-Петербург : КАРО, 2018. — 608 с. — ISBN 978-5-9925-0716-4. — Текст : электронный // Лань : электронно-библиотечная система. — URL: https://e.lanbook.com/book/114337 (дата обращения: 00.00.0000). — Режим доступа: для авториз. пользователей.