2026/2027

Английский язык для общих коммуникативных целей. Базовый курс - 1

Статус: Факультатив

Кто читает: Департамент английского языка

Где читается: Факультет гуманитарных наук (Нижний Новгород)

Когда читается: 1, 2 модуль

Охват аудитории: для своего кампуса

Преподаватели: Аликина Анастасия Владимировна, Ватлецов Сергей Германович, Ильичева Кристина Леонидовна, Морева Елизавета Михайловна, Родионова Алена Олеговна

Язык: английский

Кредиты: 3

Контактные часы: 48

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The purpose of the English Language course is to develop students' foreign language communicative competence to at least a B2+ / C1 level on the CEFR scale. It is designed for first- and second-year students whose initial proficiency is at the A2 threshold level. Through comprehensive training, the course aims to equip learners with the advanced skills necessary for academic and professional communication. Successful completion should enable students to obtain an international certificate, verifying their readiness and ability to study in English-taught higher education programs abroad.

Learning Objectives

• The goal of the “English for general communication purposes” course is to develop students’ foreign‑language communicative competence at level B2+/C1 (CEFR)—specifically linguistic, sociolinguistic, sociocultural, discursive, and strategic competencies — as well as to foster the academic skills required for using English in academic, scientific, and professional settings, for further studies at the bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral levels, and for conducting research in a given field.

Expected Learning Outcomes

• The student knows and uses active vocabulary on the topic under study, can compose a structured monologue on a given topic, and can perform reading, listening, and written tasks in the appropriate format
• The student knows and uses active vocabulary on the topic under study, composes a structured monologue on a given topic and performs reading, listening and written tasks in the appropriate format

Course Contents

• Topic 1. Personality
• Topic 2. Travel
• Topic 3. Work
• Topic 4. Language

Assessment Elements

• Written assignments
  Completing at least one test in each of the following areas - reading, listening, lexical and grammatical skills, and writing - is required
• Speaking
  The task includes two elements: delivering a monologue on a given topic and participating in a dialogic conversation (answering questions).
• Independent work
  Students complete assignments in various formats: independently at home, in person in the classroom, etc.
• Final assessment
  Final test in two parts - Listening test - Writing test (writing a pargraph)

Interim Assessment

• 2026/2027 2nd module
  0.3 * Final assessment + 0.25 * Written assignments + 0.2 * Speaking + 0.25 * Independent work

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• New Language Leader : Intermediate, Coursebook, 2nd impression, 176 p., Cotton, D., Falvey, D., Kent, S., 2015

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Academic Writing Skills 3, Student's Book, 140 p., Chin, P., Reid, S., Wray, S., Yamazaki, Y., 2014
• Complete Advanced, Student's Book with answers : for revised exam from 2015, 2nd ed., 9th printing, 253 p., Brook-Hart, G., Haines, S., 2015

Authors

• GALOCHKIN ALEKSANDR EVGENEVICH