2026/2027
Английский язык для делового общения. Продвинутый 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 discipline refers to the variable educational tracks offered to students of the curricula for Bachelor's and Specialist's degrees of choice while mastering the optional course of English in accordance with the Concept of Development of Foreign-language Communicative Competence of HSE Students. Students are enrolled to the course with the entrance test score of 60 or higher. The course is designed for students who want to communicate effectively in English in the workplace. It allows for the personalization of the learning experience with a structured modular approach that gives flexibility to focus on specific needs and learning outcomes. Students who have completed the discipline will learn basic professional terminology and vocabulary for the implementation of business communication and commercial activities and acquire oral and written skills in the field of business communication. Role-playing games involving telephone conversations, exchange of letters, participation in meetings, and meetings with business partners as well as case studies form and develop students' business communication skills in a meaningful and authentic professional context. The course ongoing control types include attendance, written assignments (summmaries, vocabulary and grammar quizzes, reading and listening tests), oral assignments (monologues, presentations, discussions and dialogues) and home assignments. The course interim assessment consists of a summary and a listening test. There are no blocking controls. Completing the course enables students to improve their English to the Advanced level (HSE Scale 70-79).
Learning Objectives
- The course focuses on introducing students to the general vocabulary of work-place English and the main language functions and is aimed at acquiring language mastery relevant to common business communication areas, such as finance, digital business, performance appraisal, time management and managing change, thus the main objectives of the course are as follows: - to build the basic skills of argumentative communication in English and successful representation of intentions and results to ensure the maximum range and authenticity of business content; - to acquire the basic skills of business communication (structural elements, business register peculiarities, essential business vocabulary) within multiple touchpoints from which to explore the possibilities of use of any given language skill; - to master presentation agility and fluency with the various skills through practical training in functional business areas such as presentations, negotiations, meeting facilitation, and brainstorming; - to apply BC skills to the specific subject areas, from business conversations in the workplace, to negotiations and presentation skills .
Expected Learning Outcomes
- To form skills of note-taking
- To develop skills in delivering a monologue (informative/descriptive/argumentative/persuasive speech)
- To develop skills in writing a summary
- To develop skills in writing e-mails (business correspondence)
- To develop skills in writing a detailed structured CV
- To develop reading skills: understanding of articles, reports, straightforward and specialised texts concerned with contemporary problems at the threshold/vantage/effective operational proficiency level - understanding of text structure - skills of using basic reading techniques (skimming and scanning, predicting, understanding main ideas, understanding details)
- To develop skills in participating in dialogues on general, academic and professional topics (active listening, questioning, responding to questions, emphasizing, discussion strategies)
- To develop the ability to recognize and apply targeted lexical items and grammatical structures correctly in controlled test tasks, demonstrating comprehension of form, meaning, and typical contextual usage.
- To develop skills of using basic listening techniques (predicting, understanding main ideas and details) To develop skills of using basic reading techniques skimming and scanning (predicting, understanding main ideas, understanding details) To develop understanding of lectures and learning context To develop understanding of specialised complex longer texts/articles and reports concerned with contemporary problems
Assessment Elements
- Final Assessment (FA)Period of FA: 10 days prior to the 2nd module’s session. The release of examination papers: during the session. Time limit: 70 minutes online/offline. The structure of the exam: 1. Listening (L): Listen to the text ONCE and complete the tasks. Max. 10 points. Students have no more than 20 minutes to complete the Listening (L) part. 2. Writing (W) Read the text. Write a summary on the text you have read. A student should write a 150-word summary. Students have 50 minutes to complete the Writing (W) part. Grading formula: L*0,5 + W*0,5 = 10.
- Oral Assessment (OA)OA consists of minimum 3 tasks of different types, including interim ones (for example, a monologue for 1-year students as well as dialogues and presentations) that students do in class.
- Written Assessment (WA)WA consists of minimum 4 tasks of different types, including interim ones (for example, essays, graph descriptions, reviews, reports). WA can also include annotations, emails, listening and reading tasks, grammar and vocabulary tasks at the end of a section or topic. WA refers to written tasks that students complete in class.
- Home Assignment (HA)HA includes oral and/or written tasks that are assigned to students for independent completion and submission. Students do the tasks at home and either turn them in to their teachers or submit them via Smart LMS for grading.
- English Grammar and Vocabulary TestStudents take English Grammar and Vocabulary Test in class.
- AttendanceAttendance grade is calculated using a 10-point grading scale based on a student’s attendance rate.
Interim Assessment
- 2026/2027 2nd module0.2 * Oral Assessment (OA) + 0.3 * Final Assessment (FA) + 0.1 * Attendance + 0.1 * English Grammar and Vocabulary Test + 0.2 * Written Assessment (WA) + 0.1 * Home Assignment (HA)
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Business partner B2+ : coursebook, , 2019
- Красильникова, И. В. Business correspondence. Деловая переписка : учебно-методическое пособие / И. В. Красильникова. — Воронеж : ВГАС, 2022. — 52 с. — Текст : электронный // Лань : электронно-библиотечная система. — URL: https://e.lanbook.com/book/310373 (дата обращения: 00.00.0000). — Режим доступа: для авториз. пользователей.