2026/2027
Английский язык для общих коммуникативных целей. Продвинутый курс - 3
Статус:
Факультатив
Кто читает:
Школа иностранных языков
Где читается:
Факультет гуманитарных наук
Когда читается:
1-3 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 elective course of English in accordance with the Conceptual Framework for Developing Students’ Foreign Language Competence in Bachelor’s, Specialist’s, and Master’s Degree Programmes at National Research University Higher School of Economics. The Programme is designed for the 2nd-year students and suggests an in-depth study of a variety of communicative situations. The prerequisite for the course is grade 6 for the Integrative Exam. An expanded number of vocabulary units and grammatical structures is acquired and applied throughout the course, which makes undergraduates feel comfortable in a multicultural university atmosphere. The use of assorted modes of working in the study process contributes to the development of soft skills including time-management, teamwork, presentation skills, and others. The course exclusively employs authentic materials such as articles, reviews, essays, podcasts, and videos as well as games and web-based platforms to build strong reading, listening, speaking, and writing skills. The adaptability and saturation of the course provide each student with an opportunity to tailor the Programme to suit their individual interests and needs. Within the course, students' attendance is assessed, and students are supposed to complete home assignments and do tests of various formats to check reading, listening, writing, and speaking skills as well as vocabulary and grammar usage. There are no blocking elements. By the end of the course, students will gain the skills and confidence to communicate effectively in English at the Advanced level.
Learning Objectives
- The course pursues the following objectives: the complex development of skills and competences for general communication of the Advanced level; the improvement of students’ command of English for interpersonal and intercultural communication; the enhancement of receptive and productive skills related to general purposes; the expansion of vocabulary on a variety of topics; the expansion of grammar structures in use.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- understand lectures; understand academic/ professional presentations which are linguistically complex, use basic listening techniques (predicting, understanding main ideas and details); understand dialogues and polylogues on both familiar and unfamiliar topics; follow extended speech and complex lines of arguments; use note-taking
- give detailed and clear presentations on a range of topics, expanding ideas with relevant examples, evidence, or arguments;
- participate in debates on complex and abstract topics; produce descriptive/informative/reasoning monologues;
- write well-structured and clear texts on a variety of subjects expanding points of view, developing arguments, synthesising and evaluating information, evaluate different ideas or solutions to a problem: review of a film/book/play
- understand specialised complex longer texts/articles and reports concerned with contemporary problems; understand text structure; use basic reading techniques, skimming & scanning (predicting, understanding main ideas, understanding details); use a dictionary occasionally to confirm his/her interpretation of terminology
- expand lexical and grammatical repertoire
Assessment Elements
- Attendance
- English Grammar and Vocabulary TestStudents take English Grammar and Vocabulary Test in class.
- Home AssignmentHA 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.
- Written AssessmentWA consists of minimum 4 tasks of different types, including interim ones. WA includes reading, listening, review and lexical-grammar tests. WA refers to written tasks that students complete in class.
- Oral AssessmentOA consists of minimum 3 tasks of different types, including interim ones (for example, a presentation and a dialogue) that students do in class.
- Final AssessmentExam structure: 1. Listening (L) Listen to the text and complete the tasks 1-10. max. 10 points 2. Reading (R) Read the text and complete the tasks 1-10. max. 10 points 3. Writing (W) Write a review. Grading formula: L*0,3+R*0,3 +W*0,4 = 10
Interim Assessment
- 2026/2027 3rd module0.1 * Attendance + 0.1 * Home Assignment + 0.3 * Final Assessment + 0.2 * Oral Assessment + 0.2 * Written Assessment + 0.1 * English Grammar and Vocabulary Test
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Berry, R. (2018). English Grammar : A Resource Book for Students (Vol. 2nd edition). [Place of publication not identified]: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1753147
- Roadmap C1-C2 : student's book and interactive eBook with digital resources and mobile app, , 2021
- Практическая грамматика английского языка : упражнения и комментарии: учеб. пособие для вузов, Гуревич, В. В., 2019
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Кузьменкова, Ю. Б. Английский язык + аудиозаписи в ЭБС : учебник и практикум для среднего профессионального образования / Ю. Б. Кузьменкова. — Москва : Издательство Юрайт, 2021. — 441 с. — (Профессиональное образование). — ISBN 978-5-534-00804-3. — Текст : электронный // Образовательная платформа Юрайт [сайт]. — URL: https://urait.ru/bcode/469465 (дата обращения: 04.07.2025).
- Презентация научных проектов на английском языке. Книга для преподавателя : учеб. пособие для студентов вузов и аспирантов, Кузьменкова, Ю. Б., 2012