2026/2027
Английский язык для делового общения. Основной курс - 1
Статус:
Факультатив
Кто читает:
Департамент иностранных языков
Где читается:
Санкт-Петербургская школа гуманитарных наук и искусств
Когда читается:
1, 2 модуль
Охват аудитории:
для своего кампуса
Язык:
английский
Кредиты:
3
Контактные часы:
48
Course Syllabus
Abstract
The course develops foreign language communicative competence at the B1+ level (according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, CEFR), specifically linguistic, sociolinguistic, sociocultural, discursive, and strategic competences. It also focuses on developing academic skills necessary for using the English language in academic, scientific, and professional activities. The course aims to enhance communication skills at a level required for professional duties, conducting business meetings, negotiations, and presentations in the international business sphere. The discipline is taught with a modular structure throughout the first and second modules of the first year. Each thematic module follows a similar structure, centered around discussion topics that correspond to language proficiency levels. These modules integrate knowledge from various disciplines such as humanities, natural sciences, and economics. They expand information and language resources by considering possible contexts of professional activities and communication spheres among highly educated professionals. The focus is on developing specific macro and micro skills in both oral and written speech, encompassing receptive and productive abilities. The course allows students to work with different types and forms of texts simultaneously, including linear/non-linear, verbal/non-verbal, media, and artistic forms. It encourages independent research work and offers flexibility in adjusting the course workload to accommodate the specific learning situation.
Learning Objectives
- Formation of linguistic competence (language skills in oral and written speech).
- Formation of sociolinguistic competence (ability to select language resources in accordance with the social situation of communication).
- Formation of sociocultural competence (sociocultural awareness in formal and informal communication situations).
- Formation of discursive competence (ability to interpret oral and written texts in accordance with the context).
- Formation of strategic competence (ability to plan time, educational strategies in the short-term and long-term perspective).
- Formation of critical thinking (mastery of analysis and synthesis tools in interpreting results and constructing arguments).
Expected Learning Outcomes
- Be able to read, understand the general meaning and particular aspects of texts on general topics, and apply various reading strategies.
- Be able to perceive oral formal and everyday speech by ear (monologue, dialogue), understand the general meaning of the utterance, and private questions, and take notes of what you have listened to.
- Be able to build an oral utterance (monologue, dialogue) based on the formed lexical and grammatical base on the topic, socio-cultural aspects of the communication situation.
- Be able to build a written statement in the genre of an essay or a short summary of the text, based on the formed lexical and grammatical base on the topic, critical thinking, characteristics of the genre.
- Know and be able to apply grammatical constructions in the perception of texts and in their creation (orally, in writing).
- Know and be able to apply vocabulary on general topics in the perception of texts and in their creation (orally, in writing).
- Be able to work in a team, present the results of a project in a presentation, and answer questions.
Course Contents
- Competitive environment (1)
- Competitive environment (2)
- Competitive environment (3)
- Consumer goods industry(2)
- Business innovations (3)
- Business innovations (2)
- Business innovations (1)
- Employee performance (3)
- Employee performance (2)
- Employee performance (1)
Assessment Elements
- QuizzesAfter completing each topic students sit a written and oral test on the vocabulary mastered. It includes reading, listening, writing and speaking tasks.
- Independent workProjects, any kind of prepared oral and written answers. Assignments that require oral verification can be checked selectively. For the module, the student must have at least three marks for independent work. The types of independent work and the total number of mandatory grades for independent work are set by the teacher depending on the group level. Types and forms of projects Projects included in independent work can be organized in 2 forms and 3 types. 2 project forms: project work can be organized both individually and as a team; The form of work is chosen by the teacher depending on the competence level of the group. 3 types of projects for students to choose from: 1) academic project: within the framework of a general topic set by the teacher, the student or the team formulates a narrower analytical one, finds two academic articles expressing opposing views on the problem, summarizes the main arguments of the authors, compares them, formulates their opinion on the problem. 2) Professional project: A student or a team creates a wiki page of a Russian-language professional concept in English (there may be a translation of an existing Russian-language page or an original article) 2) English language project: A student or team finds a video or audio lecture (e.g. TED talk) or text and makes assignments for it (the material must correspond to topics from the program or skills practiced in the course, e.g. grammar problems, essay writing, linking words, etc.)
- Oral assessmentAny type of task designed to assess unprepared oral speech will be used, including responses to card tasks, questions, participation in debates, etc. For each module, the student must receive at least three grades for full, unprepared oral responses.
- ExamThe final exam includes tasks for reading, listening, a lexical-grammatical test, a writing task, and tasks to assess oral skills.
Interim Assessment
- 2026/2027 2nd module0.3 * Exam + 0.25 * Independent work + 0.2 * Oral assessment + 0.25 * Quizzes
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- BEC vantage testbuilder, Allsop, J., 2004
- Андриенко, А. С. Business English : учебное пособие / А. С. Андриенко ; Южный федеральный университет. - Ростов-на-Дону ; Таганрог : Издательство Южного федерального университета, 2019. - 146 с.- ISBN 978-5-9275-3131-8. - Текст : электронный. - URL: https://znanium.com/catalog/product/1088121
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Смирнова, Н. В. Английский язык для менеджеров (B1-B2) : учебник для среднего профессионального образования / Н. В. Смирнова, А. В. Соколова, Ю. А. Дуглас. — Москва : Издательство Юрайт, 2020. — 185 с. — (Профессиональное образование). — ISBN 978-5-534-10161-4. — Текст : электронный // Образовательная платформа Юрайт [сайт]. — URL: https://urait.ru/bcode/455858 (дата обращения: 27.08.2024).
- Телешевская, А. М., Cross-Cultural Business English Communication : учебник / А. М. Телешевская. — Москва : Русайнс, 2021. — 140 с. — ISBN 978-5-4365-7665-7. — URL: https://book.ru/book/940582 (дата обращения: 09.12.2025). — Текст : электронный.