2022/2023

Английский язык для специальных целей. История искусств - 1

Лучший по критерию «Полезность курса для расширения кругозора и разностороннего развития»

Статус: Факультатив

Кто читает: Школа иностранных языков

Когда читается: 1, 2 модуль

Охват аудитории: для своего кампуса

Преподаватели: Чашко Марина Михайловна

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 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. The course “English for Specific Purposes (History of Art)”-1 is designed for the 1st year Undergraduate (BA) students that study History of Art. The course adheres to the Regulations for Interim and Ongoing Assessments of Students at National Research University Higher School of Economics and the Conception of the development of students’ English communicative competence. The main goal of this course is to develop students’ professional intercultural communicative competence (PICC) that is referred to as the “integrative ability of solving professional tasks with the help of foreign language”. The types of learning activities, methods of instruction and the materials of the course enable to model social and professional context of the future graduates’ career paths in the field of Art and engage students into the process of using English as a tool of solving professional tasks while developing their hard and transferrable skills, cultivating ability to analyze and think critically, work with different types of information autonomously, cooperate with others, set goals, create new products, work on projects and reflect on their own experience. The course supports guided and autonomous learning engaging on-line/distance learning sources, develops professionally valuable skills and competences and provides tools for undertaking life-long learning activities. Pre-requisites: • intermediate level of the English language (B2 level / Independent user according to CEFR): According to the HSE unified “Conception of the development of students’ English communicative competence” students should either successfully pass the Placement Test with not lower than B2 level result or possess a Certificate for the appropriate level of one of the international English language tests listed in the Annex 3 to the HSE Conception to be able to take this course.

Learning Objectives

• The course is aimed at developing BA History of Art students’ professional intercultural communicative competence (PICC) that is referred to as the “integrative ability of solving professional tasks with the help of foreign language” . Development of the PICC, as an integrative goal of this course, ensures plunging students as active participants into the process of solving a variety of professionally-oriented tasks with the help of the English language that model a broad diverse social and (quasi-)professional context of their future career paths.
• • provides an opportunity to discover various genres, formats, strategies, purposes and means of learning and narrating about the History of Art, as well as describing and interpreting art works of different styles and periods, creating and presenting art-related projects in English using Information and Communications technology (ICT);
• • gives a chance to work with different sources and types of information for finding new solutions to the existing problems and designing innovative creative and personally meaningful research, educational and professional projects related to their future professional field;
• • practices analytical and critical thinking skills;
• • helps acquire an ability to cooperate in a team and work autonomously;
• • enables to reflect on their own and their team work and experience;
• • develops problem solving skills and creativity.

Expected Learning Outcomes

• Students are expected to develop listening skills: - 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.
• Students are expected 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)
• Students are expected to produce in speaking:- monologue (informative/descriptive/argumentative/persuasive speech) - dialogue on general, academic and professional topics (active listening, questioning, responding to questions, emphasizing, discussion strategies) - presentation (informative/descriptive/argumentative/persuasive speech)
• Students are expected to produce in writing: - summary - e-mail - small descriptive texts about art objects
• Students should be prepared: • to find, read, analyse and explain different formats and structures of the descriptions of art objects and apply them according to the given quasiprofessional task; to work with ideas and concepts related to the art field individually and in a team using the brainstorming, formulating, refining, adapting, arguing, debating, supporting, transforming etc. strategies;
• • to work with sources and different types of information about art: - searching and finding relevant info; - identifying, analyzing and evaluating the sources (including e-sources); - extracting, organizing and completing the information according to the given task using the strategies of predicting, prioritizing, identifying the general and specific (detailed), key and additional info, recognizing relevant/irrelevant, major and supporting facts, opinions, arguments etc.
• • to show the skills of presenting and speculating about ideas and debating while participating in discussions, Q/A sessions and giving the presentation; • to work with sources and different types of information about art: - searching and finding relevant info; - identifying, analyzing and evaluating the sources (including e-sources);
• • to formulate and express the ideas based on the analysis of the facts / concepts / ideas / opinions etc. about art in oral and written form; • to integrate smartly the learned theories, concepts, terms and definitions from the professional context into the speech.

Course Contents

• English for Specific Purposes. History of Art - 1 (Sections 1 and 2)

Assessment Elements

• Written assessment
• Oral assessment
  According to the "Regulations for Interim and Ongoing Assessments of Students at National Research University Higher School of Economics” the grades for all assessment elements are assigned using 10-points scale, while the grades for particular elements (e.g. tests, quizzes etc.) can be determined using the following scale: Grading Scale (% correct answers/grade): 100 - 96% (10) 95 - 91% (9) 90 - 86% (8) 85 - 78% (7) 77 - 71% (6) 70 - 61% (5) 60 - 51% (4) 50 - 36% (3) 35 - 21% (2) 20 - 1 % (1) 0% (0) Students are expected to turn in assignments on the due date. In case of any problems with submitting the assignments, giving presentations etc. on the due date, despite officially proven reasonable excuses, students must inform the instructor about the occurred issue in advance or no later than in 24-hour period after the deadline. If the instructor is informed, assignments (besides listening, group work tasks and the final test) can be accepted after the deadline and presentations can be rescheduled according to the decision of the instructor. All course participants are expected to interact in a respectful manner, be fully engaged with the groupmates, the instructor and the course content. Students must adhere to generally accepted standards of academic honesty, including but not limited to refraining from cheating, plagiarizing, inappropriately collaborating, mispresenting one’s work.
• Essay
• Monologue
• Discussion
• Independent work assessment
  Students are expected to turn in assignments on the due date. In case of any problems with submitting the assignments, giving presentations etc. on the due date, despite officially proven reasonable excuses, students must inform the instructor about the occurred issue in advance or no later than in 24-hour period after the deadline. If the instructor is informed, assignments (besides listening, group work tasks and the final test) can be accepted after the deadline and presentations can be rescheduled according to the decision of the instructor. All course participants are expected to interact in a respectful manner, be fully engaged with the groupmates, the instructor and the course content. Students must adhere to generally accepted standards of academic honesty, including but not limited to refraining from cheating, plagiarizing, inappropriately collaborating, mispresenting one’s work.
• Final assessment
  The interim exam lasts 70 minutes. The exam is a written paper-and-pen test and is aimed at checking whether the student can demonstrate the acquisition of the learning objectives set. The exam consists of two parts, i.e. Listening (L) and Writing (W) that weigh 50% and 50% respectively in the total mark for the exam: Listening (L): Listen to the text ONCE and complete the tasks. Max. 10 points. Writing (W): Read the text. Write a summary on the text you have read. A student should write a 150-word summary. Students have no more than 20 minutes to complete the Listening (L) part and 50 minutes to complete the Writing (W) part. Grading formula: L*0,5 + W*0,5 = 10 The actual scores for Listening are turned into percentages which are tuned into a final mark out of 10 points. Grading scale: 10 =100 - 96%, 9=95 - 91%, 8=90 - 86%, 7 = 85 - 78%, 6 =77 - 71%, 5= 70 - 61%, 4 = 60 - 51%, 3 = 50 - 36%, 2 = 35 - 21%, 1 = 20 - 1 %, 0 = 0%. Writing is assessed against the criteria. Period of FA: 10 days prior to the 2nd module’s session. The release of examination papers: during the session. Retaking exams: till the 15th of February 2023. 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.
• Monologue
• Discussion
• Essay

Interim Assessment

• 2022/2023 2nd module
  0.2 * Oral assessment + 0.25 * Independent work assessment + 0.25 * Written assessment + 0.3 * Final assessment

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• History of Art. Western Europe and Russia : учеб. пособие, Миньяр-Белоручева А.П., 2009
• Williams, G. (2014). “Art writing in the Second Machine Age: from Andy Warhol to Kenneth Goldsmith” —— How to Write about Contemporary Art, talks and workshops. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.45F9BA9C

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Pointon, M. R. (2014). History of Art : A Student’s Handbook (Vol. 5th edition). New York: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=733711
• The illustrated history of art, Piper, D., 2005