2020/2021
Английский язык для специальных целей. Государственное управление - 1
Статус:
Факультатив
Кто читает:
Школа иностранных языков
Когда читается:
1, 2 модуль
Преподаватели:
Макаренко Виктор Петрович
Язык:
английский
Кредиты:
3
Контактные часы:
56
Course Syllabus
Abstract
The discipline refers to the variable educational tracks offered to students of the curricula for bachelor's and master's degree at choice while mastering the optional course of English in accordance with the Concept of developing English-speaking communicative competence of students of Higher School of Economics — National Research University https://www.hse.ru/docs/381549301.html The academic syllabus “English language for specific purposes” is aimed at the formation of students’ foreign language communicative competence at B2-C1 levels, as well as the formation of academic skills necessary for the use of English in educational, scientific and professional activities, further training in given educational and professional fields. The discipline is designed for the 1st year students, provides for the development of the English language skills in reading, writing, listening and speaking as well as lexical and grammatical efficiency, aimed at effective communication. The program integrates the following aspects: General English, English for Academic Purposes, and English for Specific Purposes, with special emphasis on the latter aspect. All integrated aspects present adequate extent of the English Language depending on the specifics of the training area of the education program. Students, successfully completed the program, will be prepared to take exams.
Learning Objectives
- Formation of academic and professional communication competencies necessary for the use of the English language in educational, scientific, and professional activities.
- Complex formation of communicative skills in the range of the set levels of communicative competence.
- Development of information culture: searching for and systematize the necessary information, determining its reliability, referencing and using to create own texts of various directions; working with large amounts of information in a foreign language.
- Integrated development of cognitive and research skills using resources in a foreign language during classroom and independent work.
- Integrated skills work with different types of texts in the format of international exams.
- Development of conceptual and terminological apparatus in the selected direction of training in the target language.
- Development of students' foreign language communicative competence in the range of B2-C1 levels according to the European scale CEFR levels.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- - Developing skills to express thoughts and opinions in interpersonal and business communication in a foreign language.
- - Conducting dialogues, presentations, debates and discussions), providing arguments, confirming opinions with examples, interacting with interlocutors within the framework of the subject content.
- - Analyzing, comparing and interpreting information within the subject area, using the appropriate thesaurus and using the formed communication strategies.
- - Building coherent statements of a reproductive and productive nature, including argumentation and expression of the student’s attitude to the received information.
- - Describing graphical information, adhering to a clear structure.
- - Writing specific messages developing a certain position, giving arguments for/against a certain point of view and explaining the pros and cons of solutions, evaluating various ideas and options for solving problems.
- - Developing listening and understanding abilities of the main content of authentic texts related to various types of speech (message, narrative, interview, etc.).
- Speaking: Dialogue on general, academic and professional topics. (active listening, questioning, responding to questions, emphasizing, discussion strategies) Monologue (informative/descriptive/argumentative/persuasive speech) Presentation (informative/descriptive/argumentative/persuasive speech)
- To develop understanding of articles, reports, straightforward and specialised texts concerned with contemporary problems at the threshold/vantage/effective operational proficiency level
- To form understanding of text structure
- To develop skills of using basic reading techniques skimming and scanning (predicting, understanding main ideas, understanding details)
- To improve understanding of dialogues and polylogues on both familiar and unfamiliar topics
- To develop understanding of lectures and learning context
- To develop skills of using basic listening techniques (predicting, understanding main ideas and details)
- To form skills of note-taking
Course Contents
- What is leadership?1. What is leadership? 2. What are the key leadership styles? 3. What are the advantages and disadvantages of entrepreneurship? 4. What qualities does an entrepreneur have?
- Organizations and operations1. What are the different forms of company organization? 2. Why are different companies organized differently? 3. What is production? What are the types of production?
- Production management.1. What is production management? 2. What management issues do producer businesses have? 3. How can management help reduce production costs? 4. Does MBO really work or is it better for managers just to tell people what to do?
Assessment Elements
- Written assessmentSUMMARY ASSESSMENT CRITERIA max 10 points TASK RESPONSE: 3 - All key points are mentioned; 2 - Most key points are mentioned and/or some crucial supporting information is omitted and/or the author’s ideas are partly reflected; 1- Very few key points are mentioned and/or little supporting information is provided and/or very few of the author’s ideas are mentioned, 0 - Only the topic is mentioned and/or no supporting information is provided and/or the author’s ideas are not reflected. VOCABULARY: 3 – Without mistakes; 2 - The original expressions are paraphrased. A wide range of vocabulary is used. 1-2 lexical mistakes are made; 1 - The original expressions are partly paraphrased and/or an adequate range of vocabulary is used and/or 3-4 lexical mistakes are made; 0 - The original expressions are copied and/or a limited range of vocabulary is used and/or more than 4 lexical mistakes are made. GRAMMAR: 3 – Without mistakes; 2 - A variety of complex grammar structures is used. No more than 1 punctuation and/or 1-2 grammar mistakes are made; 1 - An attempt to use complex grammar structures is made and/or 3-4 grammar mistakes are made; 0 - Elementary grammar structures are used and/or more than 4 grammar mistakes are made. STRUCTURE: 3 - The text is logically organized. A wide range of transitions is used appropriately; 2 - The text is mostly logically organized and/or an adequate range of transitions is used; 1 - The text may have serious breaches in logic and/or transitions may be over- or underused; 0 - There is no sequence of ideas and/or transitions are used inappropriately or not used at all.
- Oral assessmentThe final grade is composed of the following parts: 25% - 3 Tests (writing, listening, reading, grammar and vocabulary test) +20% - Speaking + 25% +30% Final Test. Grading scale: 10=95-100%, 9=88-94%, 8=81-87%, 7=74-80%, 6=66-73%, 5=58-65%, 4=50-57%, 3=41-49%, 2=31-40%, 1=less than 31%.
- Independent work assessmentThe final grade is composed of the following parts: 25% - 3 Tests (writing, listening, reading, grammar and vocabulary test) +20% - Speaking + 25% +30% Final Test. Grading scale: 10=95-100%, 9=88-94%, 8=81-87%, 7=74-80%, 6=66-73%, 5=58-65%, 4=50-57%, 3=41-49%, 2=31-40%, 1=less than 31%.
- Final assessmentGrade final formula: (L + W) : 2 = 10 Listening (L) Listen to the audio file twice. 1. After you have listened to the file once, in questions 1-5 choose the correct answer (A, B or C) Example: The philosophy of water has taught the author... A) to promote his own glory and success. B) to promote the glory and success of others. C) not to promote glory and success. 2. After you have listened to the file twice, fill in the gaps in questions 6-10 using words or numbers from the text. Example: When it comes across an obstacle, water /_____________/ in a peaceful way. Max. 10 points (1 point for every correct answer) Duration of audio file:5-7 minutes. Duration of the Listening part of the exam: no more than 20 minutes. Writing (W) Write a summary of the following text (text range: BE, AE, GE, ESP). Max. 10 points. Recommended word count: 10-30% of the total word count of the text. Duration of Writing exam part: no more than 50 minutes. The final grade is composed of the following parts: 25% - 3 Tests (writing, listening, reading, grammar and vocabulary test) +20% - Speaking + 25% +30% Final Test. Grading scale: 10=95-100%, 9=88-94%, 8=81-87%, 7=74-80%, 6=66-73%, 5=58-65%, 4=50-57%, 3=41-49%, 2=31-40%, 1=less than 31%.
