2021/2022

Английский язык для специальных целей. Экономика - 3

Статус: Факультатив

Кто читает: Школа иностранных языков

Когда читается: 1-3 модуль

Охват аудитории: для всех кампусов НИУ ВШЭ

Преподаватели: Гридина Наталья Васильевна

Язык: английский

Кредиты: 3

Контактные часы: 52

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The “ESP: Economics - 3” course is designed as an interesting and stimulating course in English for Specific Purposes particularly for students of Economics with at least a B2+ level of English (CEFR). Completing the course enables learners to boost their English language competences and skills in Economics up to a C1 level of English (CEFR). The course combines lively, authentic materials from a wide range of sources in Economics. Students are offered a variety of interactive activities, like discussing a topic and exchanging ideas about it. The course provides necessary practical writing, reading, speaking and listening skills, which will help students to learn two things: how to deal with Economics in English and the language they need to do it. The course includes case studies that give an opportunity to apply all the language skills and ideas students have worked on. Apart from vocabulary practice students will expand their knowledge of vital grammatical structures. First, students complete the theoretical part of the course which expands their knowledge of complex grammatical structures, and then they apply this knowledge in a series of practice exercises. Students will build up their confidence in using Economics specific English and then they will improve their fluency through interesting discussion activities.

Learning Objectives

• the complex development of skills and competences for communication in economics of the B2 - C1 level (according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR), IELTS 5.0-7.5+);
• coping with input texts in economics, i.e., listening and reading, in the discipline (receptive skills);
• production of output texts in speech and writing in economics (productive skills)
• the expansion of vocabulary on a variety of topics of economics;
• the expansion of grammar structures in use in terms of economic issues

Expected Learning Outcomes

• assess various instruments, approaches, technologies in economics and prove, project a certain position in a debate/discussion providing explanations and examples
• assess various instruments, approaches, technologies in economics and prove, project a certain position in a debate/discussion providing explanations and examples;
• comprehend extended listening materials on a variety of topics of economics (lectures, dialogues, polylogues, professional presentations), use basic listening techniques and take notes;
• create presentations on the chosen topic of the research and give a clear talk about it in the class, giving reasons in support or against a particular point of view);
• describe graphs and reviews by summarizing the main ideas and selecting appropriate supporting details and synthesizing information;
• participate in conversations and debates on a variety of topics in different contexts of economics; produce a monologue (descriptive, informative, reasoning);
• use a wide range of grammatical and lexical items in terms of economics; understand specialised complex longer texts/articles and reports concerned with economics and contemporary problems; use basic reading techniques, skimming and scanning;

Course Contents

• Economics in the modern world
• How economics is organized
• Economics, globalization and sustainability
• Economics and technology
• Market economies
• Macroeconomics…but microfinance
• Economic crises
• The economics of agriculture
• The economics of health care
• The economics of sport
• Labour markets

Assessment Elements

• Written assessment: review/report, lexical and grammar tests, listening test, reading test
  The tests can be retaken within 10 working days if the absence has been officially documented.
• Final Test: Listening, Reading, Writing (review)
  Цель проведения: оценка степени сформированности коммуникативных компетенций по результатам обучения английскому языку на 2 курсе в соответствии с планируемыми результатами обучения. Период проведения: за 10 дней до сессии 3 модуля. Период показа работ: в период сессии. Период пересдач: до 15 октября 2022. Время выполнения – 80 минут.
• Oral assessment: a dialogue on a given topic and a presentation.
• Independent work

Interim Assessment

• 2021/2022 3rd module
  0.2 * Oral assessment: a dialogue on a given topic and a presentation. + 0.25 * Independent work + 0.3 * Final Test: Listening, Reading, Writing (review) + 0.25 * Written assessment: review/report, lexical and grammar tests, listening test, reading test

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• English for economics in higher education studies : course book, Roberts, M., 2012
• Английский язык для экономистов : учебник и практикум для акад. бакалавриата, Барановская, Т. А., 2014

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Economics, Yates, C. S. J., 1992
• Economics, Yates, C. S. J., 1997