Английский язык для специальных целей. Лингвокультурология

2026/2027

Статус: Факультатив

Кто читает: Департамент английского языка

Где читается: Факультет гуманитарных наук (Нижний Новгород)

Когда читается: 1-3 модуль

Охват аудитории: для всех кампусов НИУ ВШЭ

Преподаватели: Фомина Екатерина Михайловна

Язык: английский

Кредиты: 3

Контактные часы: 48

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Abstract

This ESP course is designed for students majoring in Linguistics, Philology, and Culture Studies. The aim of this course is the development of basic professional communication competencies (receptive and productive language skills) in the field of language and culture. While mastering the course, special attention is paid to building the professional vocabulary related to culture studies and intercultural communication. These competences are necessary for mastering the disciplines of the English language curriculum. The course involves working with English-language texts to trace the key features of national pictures of the world, analyzing precedent texts, highlighting culturally specific features of different variants of the English language (British, American, Australian, Scottish, Welsh, Canadian, etc.), discussing cases of intercultural communication. The course is also aimed at developing speaking skills (through discussions, debates, presentations of individual and group projects) on relevant topics, such as the concept of culture, linguistic characteristics of different cultures, transcultural literary texts, and English as the language of globalization.

Learning Objectives

This ESP course is designed for students majoring in Linguistics, Philology, and Culture Studies. The aim of this course is the development of basic professional communication competencies (receptive and productive language skills) in the field of language and culture. While mastering the course, special attention is paid to building the professional vocabulary related to culture studies and intercultural communication. These competences are necessary for mastering the disciplines of the English language curriculum. The course involves working with English-language texts to trace the key features of national pictures of the world, analyzing precedent texts, highlighting culturally specific features of different variants of the English language (British, American, Australian, Scottish, Welsh, Canadian, etc.), discussing cases of intercultural communication. The course is also aimed at developing speaking skills (through discussions, debates, presentations of individual and group projects) on relevant topics, such as the concept of culture, linguistic characteristics of different cultures, transcultural literary texts, and English as the language of globalization.

Expected Learning Outcomes

The students of the course will be able to work effectively with authentic audible or written materials
The students of the course will be able to write a summary of the text emphasizing the key points, essays on the discussed issues
The students of the course will develop skills of reading techniques for understanding articles on general, academic and professional topics
The students of the course will improve strategies of speaking on professional topics, enhance presentation skills
The students of the course will learn about the specifics of terminology used in the given area
The students of the course will obtain additional sophisticated knowledge in the sphere of culture studies and intercultural communication
The students of the course will obtain additional sophisticated knowledge in the sphere of culture studies and intercultural communication.
The students of the course will improve strategies of speaking on professional topics, enhance presentation skills.
The students of the course will learn about the specifics of terminology used in the given area.
The students of the course will develop skills of reading techniques for understanding articles on general, academic and professional topics.
The students of the course will get the skills to find, select and give a brief analysis of the useful data, and present a fully developed argumentation- oral ( discussions\reports) and written.
The students of the course will be able to write a summary of the text emphasizing the key points, essays on the discussed issues.

Course Contents

The concept of culture
Types of culture
Culture shock
English dialects in English speaking countries
Language and inclusion
English as a language of globalisation
World Englishes

Assessment Elements

Module 3 CW
Test on political correctness
Module 3 Act
Tests, seminar answers, presentations, essays
Module 2 Act
Seminar answers, tests, essays, presentations
Module 2 CW
Test on learning languages
Module 1 Act
Seminar answers, group and individual presentations, tests, essays
Module 1 CW
Test on culture, dialects

Interim Assessment

2026/2027 3rd module
0.1 * Module 1 CW + 0.1 * Module 2 CW + 0.2 * Module 2 Act + 0.3 * Module 3 Act + 0.1 * Module 3 CW + 0.2 * Module 1 Act

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

Business English, Student's Book, Book 1, 2, 3, 3 impression, [117] p., Taylor, J., Zeter, J., 2013
Candel-Mora, M. Á. (2015). Attitudes towards Intercultural Communicative Competence of English for Specific Purposes Students. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.EC2D942
English for Business Communication. Английский язык для делового общения : учебное пособие / составители Ц. Д. Бидагаева [и др.] , отвественный редактор Ц. Д. Бидагаева. — Улан-Удэ : ВСГУТУ, 2017. — 122 с. — ISBN 978-5-89230-965-3. — Текст : электронный // Лань : электронно-библиотечная система. — URL: https://e.lanbook.com/book/236243 (дата обращения: 00.00.0000). — Режим доступа: для авториз. пользователей.
Erich H. Witte, Adrian Stanciu, & Klaus Boehnke. (2020). A New Empirical Approach to Intercultural Comparisons of Value Preferences Based on Schwartz’s Theory. Frontiers in Psychology, 11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01723
Featherstone, S. (2009). Englishness : Twentieth Century Popular Culture and the Forming of English Identity. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=268084
Hong Hai. (2020). The Rule of Culture : Corporate and State Governance in China and East Asia. Routledge.
Intercultural patchwork (Listening comprehension skills development) : учебно-методическое пособие / О. Р. Жерновая, А. И. Афоньшина, Н. С. Лобанова, Ю. Е. Вершинина. — Нижний Новгород : ННГУ им. Н. И. Лобачевского, 2021. — 36 с. — Текст : электронный // Лань : электронно-библиотечная система. — URL: https://e.lanbook.com/book/282827 (дата обращения: 00.00.0000). — Режим доступа: для авториз. пользователей.
YOKOTA Gerry. (2020). Featured Speaker Talk Metaphorical Creativity for Intercultural Communication.
Морозкина, Т. В. Межкультурная коммуникация. Intercultural Communication. Interkulturelle Kommunikation : учебник / Т. В. Морозкина, Я. Русинякова. — Ульяновск : УлГПУ им. И.Н. Ульянова, 2020. — 244 с. — ISBN 978-5-907216-20-4. — Текст : электронный // Лань : электронно-библиотечная система. — URL: https://e.lanbook.com/book/171058 (дата обращения: 00.00.0000). — Режим доступа: для авториз. пользователей.
Телешевская, А. М., Cross-Cultural Business English Communication : учебник / А. М. Телешевская. — Москва : Русайнс, 2026. — 140 с. — ISBN 978-5-466-10647-3. — URL: https://book.ru/book/960775 (дата обращения: 09.12.2025). — Текст : электронный.

Recommended Additional Bibliography

Best Commercial Practice : Business Theory & Practice, Culture : intermediate to upper intermediate B1-B2, Teacher's pack, 235 p., Tite, P., Sardi, S., 2013
Culture and Demography in Organizations, 269 p., Harrison, J. R., Carroll, G. R., 2006
Ethics Codes, Corporations and the Challenge of Globalization, edited by Wesley Cragg, 389 p., , 2005
Intercultural Business Communication, 4th ed., 306 p., Chaney, L. H., Martin, J. S., 2005
Language and Politics, Series Editors : Alan Davies and Keith Mitchell, X, 170 p., Joseph, John E., 2014

Authors

Fomina Ekaterina Mikhailovna

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