2023/2024

Английский для специальных целей. Математика-3

Статус: Факультатив

Кто читает: Департамент иностранных языков

Когда читается: 1-3 модуль

Охват аудитории: для своего кампуса

Преподаватели: Ефремова Ольга Владимировна

Язык: английский

Кредиты: 3

Контактные часы: 52

Course Syllabus

Abstract

English for Specific Academic Purposes. Maths and Information Technology – 3» course is designed for intermediate to advanced level learners who need to master specialist areas of professional English such as the English of Maths, computing and the Internet. The main reason to learn this type of language is to communicate a set of professional skills and to perform particular job-related functions. The course is therefore built on an assessment of purposes, needs and the functions for which English is required. It covers subjects varying from mathematics to information technology, and its focal point is that English is not taught as a subject separated from the students' real world (or wishes); instead, it is integrated into a subject matter area important to the learners, and will enable them to apply what they learn in English classes to their main field of study. Course content is selected, designed and organized to cover a wide range of contemporary specialist issues and focuses on the task/job specific vocabulary and the development of English language communication skills customized according to the required sector, i.e. Maths and IT. It will enable students to feel more confident when preparing mid-term projects and writing their theses. Moreover, it ensures that students will be able to function effectively in an English-speaking environment in their future work.

Learning Objectives

• The course pursues the following objectives: - the complex development of skills and competences for current professional studies in HSE and consequently for students' professional needs in the context of Maths and IT; - the improvement of students’ command of English for interpersonal and intercultural communication related to professional situations; - the enhancement of job-specific English language receptive and productive skills; - the expansion of vocabulary on a variety of topics from Maths to ICT; - the expansion of grammar structures in use.

Expected Learning Outcomes

• clearly communicate complex ideas in the form of a monologue/dialogue to operate efficiently in the world of information technology
• comprehend extended listening materials on a variety of specialist issues
• expand specialist Maths and ICT vocabulary and use it accurately in spoken and written work
• follow discussions and lectures on specific disciplines such as Maths and IT
• produce complex writing of various types
• read work-specific documents and materials on current ICT topics
• successfully use a wide range of grammar structures
• successfully use reading strategies
• successfully use writing techniques

Course Contents

• Topic 1. Numbers and calculations
• Topic 2. Calculus. Applied Mathematics
• Topic 3. Information and Communication Technology
• Topic 4.The Internet
• Topic 5. Software development
• Topic 6. Efficiency in computer systems
• Topic 7. Human - computer interaction
• Topic 8. Computing and ethics

Assessment Elements

• Independent work
  Independent work includes: ● activities that students do at home, ● activities that students do in the classroom ● online work.
• Final assessment
  Final test includes: Reading task Listening task Writing task; Assessement: L*0,3+R*0,3 +W*0,4 = 10
• Written assessment
  Written assessment includes: ● 1 reading test ● 1 listening test ● 3 vocabulary and grammar tests ● 1 written work (a review/graph description). The test tasks can be of different types. The elements of written assessment CANNOT be retaken.
• Oral assessment
  Oral assessment includes: ● 1 dialogue ● 1 presentation (5-7 minutes).

Interim Assessment

• 2023/2024 3rd module
  0.3 * Final assessment + 0.25 * Independent work + 0.2 * Oral assessment + 0.25 * Written assessment

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• Infotech : English for computer users, Remacha, E., 2002
• Учебно-методическое пособие для преподавателей и студентов к учебнику "Infotech. English for Comp..., , 2018

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• English for IT and the Internet, Gourlay, L., 2006
• English grammar in use supplementary exercises : with answers, Hashemi, L., 2001
• Professional English in Use ICT : for Computers and the Internet : Intermediate to advanced, Student's Book, 7th ed., 118 p., Fabre, E. M., Esteras, S. R., 2014