2023/2024

Английский язык для специальных целей. Социальные науки - 1

Статус: Факультатив

Кто читает: Школа иностранных языков

Когда читается: 1, 2 модуль

Охват аудитории: для своего кампуса

Преподаватели: Жаворонкова Анна Робертовна

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 optional course of English in accordance with the Concept of the Development of English-language Communicative Competence of HSE Students. The aim of the course “English for Specific Purposes. Social Studies-1” is to improve student's English-language competence by drawing on multiple issues connected mostly to sociology, as well as political science, and other related fields. For successful completion of the course, the students should have a B2 level of linguistic competence. The course “English for Specific Purposes. Social Studies-1” provides a comprehensive insight into the key issues in the given field. Students will learn the essentials of writing a summary and an opinion essay, and practice rendering and critically reviewing the material studied. Students are encouraged to participate in discussions so as to learn to share their opinions on topics within the scientific discourse and to present their findings in the form of mini-presentations.

Learning Objectives

• The aim of the course is: • to form the skill and abilities of academic and professional communication, by developing oral and written skills, necessary for further education in bachelor’s, master’s and research activities in a given area; • to develop the ability to understand and analyze data, and work with sufficient amounts of information in a foreign language; • to form a large pool of active vocabulary and terminological knowledge in the specified area in the target language; • to develop cognitive skills using authentic material as resources in classroom and independent work; • to form socio-cultural awareness in the range of the indicated level of communicative competence.

Expected Learning Outcomes

• Listening: • Understanding dialogues and polylogues on both familiar and unfamiliar topics. • Understanding lectures • Understanding professional presentations which are linguistically complex. • Using basic listening techniques (predicting, understanding main ideas and details). • Following extended speech and complex lines of arguments. • Notetaking.
• Reading: • Understanding specialised complex longer texts/articles and reports concerned with contemporary problems (CEFR). • Understanding text structures. • Using basic reading techniques, skimming & scanning (predicting, understanding main ideas, understanding details).
• Speaking: • Having debates on professional topics. • Delivering presentations (can give reasons in support or against a particular point of view, give the advantages and disadvantages of various opinions).
• Writing: • Writing clear, well-structured texts on a variety of subjects expanding points of view, developing arguments, synthesising and evaluating information. • Can evaluate and choose the correct language register: formal or informal. • Can analysе authentic materials ( articles, texts on the various topics relating to social sciences) and summarise the information in accordance with the conventions of academic writing. Can produce summaries, reviews etc.

Course Contents

• 1. Social science:
• 2. Social science and society:
• 3. Cultural transmission and social integration:

Assessment Elements

• Oral assessment
  Students are required to actively participate in discussions on a regular basis,and to present a monologues. In-class activity_Oral assessment_cannot be retaken
• Independent work assessment
  Independent work includes Students' activity in LMS-10%(tests and quizes)- and their presentations-15%. Presentations are individually prepared projects on a given topic. The list of topics is connected to the material covered in class. However, students need to independently search for adequate and relevant material, and present it in class following all the guidelines for academic presentations. The following are the general assessment guidelines: Structure (the appropriate number of sections and width of the topic) and Layout (introduction; feedforward; main body; feedback; conclusion)+Coherence (logical order)-20% +Relevance (whether the content is appropriate to the topic, everything is clarified) and Explicitness (the purpose is clear, the ideas and details included are relevant, definitions given, and supported the relationships-cause and effect- are indicated)/20% + Critical thinking (analysis and evaluation, justification of viewpoint)-20% / +Language, style and grammar- 20% /+Delivery -20% For specifics, please, go to Criteria for assessment block --> Additional: LMS Assessment criteria- the tasks in the LMS are assessed according to the following Band scale = % of work completed and overall progress: 100-96% of fully correct answers = 10; 95 - 91% of fully correct answers = 9; 90 - 86% of fully correct answers = 8; 85-78% of fully correct answers = 7; 77- 71% of fully correct answers = 6; 70-61% of fully correct answers = 5; 60-51% of fully correct answers = 4; 50-36% of fully correct answers = 3; 35-21% of fully correct answers = 2; 20-1% of fully correct answers = 1. 0%=0. Answers containing spelling mistakes are considered incorrect.
• Written assessment
  SUMMARY ASSESSMENT CRITERIA (max 10 points) Recommended word count – 150 Task Response (max 3 points) 3 points – the student fully addresses all parts of the task: writes a summary which covers all the key points and contains a valid topic sentence in each paragraph, clearly focuses on the main idea/problem of the text, includes crucial supporting information, all the main points are summarised; presents a relevant conclusion; the main points are effectively paraphrased; the reader has been fully informed about the content and the purpose of the original source;2 points – the student addresses all parts of the task although some parts may be more fully covered than others: the student writes a summary which covers most of the key points; little supporting information is provided; all the main points are summarised; the student presents relevant main ideas but some may be inadequately developed/unclear (the author’s ideas are partially reflected); sufficiently paraphrases the main points;1 point – the student responds to the task only in a minimal way or the answer is tangential; the format may be inappropriate: the student writes a summary which covers very few key points; the supporting information is incomplete; the topic sentence is insufficient; a personal opinion is included; the main points are inadequately paraphrased; the student uses some words from the text to express the main idea; 0 points – the student does not adequately address any part of the task: there is no topic sentence and/or no supporting information, and/or the author’s ideas are not reflected; the student repeats the word combinations from the text to express the ideas; a personal opinion is included; there is no conclusion at all or not all the main points are summarised. Coherence and Cohesion (max 2 points) 2 points – the student writes a clearly structured summary on a given text, uses a variety of linking devices which connect the ideas appropriately, uses paragraphing sufficiently; the ideas are logically organised; the student relays the information; 1 point – the student writes a poorly structured summary, uses a limited number of linking devices, does not use paragraphing sufficiently; the ideas are not always logically organised; cohesive devices are inadequate and/or repetitive; the student analyses the information; 0 points – the student does not organise information and ideas logically, fails to use linking devices appropriately or repeats them; cohesive devices do not indicate a logical relationship between the ideas. Lexical Resource and Register (max 2 points) 2 points – the student uses a wide range of vocabulary, including some advanced lexical items, uses synonyms, changes the word class and the word order; there may be one inaccuracy in spelling, word formation or word choice; 1 point – the student uses a sufficient range of vocabulary, but may make 1 mistake in spelling, word formation or word choice; 0 points - the student only uses basic vocabulary, with very limited control of spelling, word formation or word choice, errors are numerous and impede understanding, the original expressions are copied from the text. Grammatical Range and Accuracy (max 2 points) 2 points – the student uses a wide range of grammar structures without mistakes; 1 point – the student uses a variety of grammar structures but may make 1 mistake; 0 points – the student uses basic grammar structures or a limited range of structures and/or makes more than 2 grammar mistakes, some of which impede understanding. Level/track specific criteria (max 1 point) 1 point – the student uses the active vocabulary specific to the topic;presents knowledge beyond the scope covered in class; 0 points – the student does not use the active vocabulary specific to the topic.
• Final assessment
  The exam is a written paper-and-pen test. 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. The actual scores for Listening are turned into percentages which are tuned into a final mark out of 10 points. Grading scale: 100-96% of fully correct answers = 10; 95 - 91% of fully correct answers = 9; 90 - 86% of fully correct answers = 8; 85-78% of fully correct answers = 7; 77- 71% of fully correct answers = 6; 70-61% of fully correct answers = 5; 60-51% of fully correct answers = 4; 50-36% of fully correct answers = 3; 35-21% of fully correct answers = 2; 20-1% of fully correct answers = 1. 0%=0. Answers containing spelling mistakes are considered incorrect. 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. Exam Time limit: 70 minutes offline. Students have 50 minutes to complete the writing part. 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. Summarize the text you have read. Write a summary. A student should write a 150-word summary. Grading formula: L*0,5 + W*0,5 = 10.

Interim Assessment

• 2023/2024 2nd module
  0.3 * Final assessment + 0.25 * Independent work assessment + 0.2 * Oral assessment + 0.25 * Written assessment

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• Academic encounters : reading, study skills, and writing: content focus, human behavior, Seal, B., 2005
• Кузьменкова, Ю. Б.  Английский язык для социологов (A2). English for Social Studies : учебник и практикум для вузов / Ю. Б. Кузьменкова, А. Р. Жаворонкова. — Москва : Издательство Юрайт, 2023. — 333 с. — (Высшее образование). — ISBN 978-5-534-05307-4. — Текст : электронный // Образовательная платформа Юрайт [сайт]. — URL: https://urait.ru/bcode/510675 (дата обращения: 28.08.2023).

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Downing, A. (2015). English Grammar : A University Course (Vol. Third edition). London: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=929043
• Dugan, C. (2011). Academic Vocabulary : 25 Content-area Lessons. Huntington Beach, CA: Shell Education. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=663236
• Короткина, И. Б. Academic Vocabulary for Social Sciences. Академическая лексика социальных дисциплин : учебное пособие / И. Б. Короткина. — Москва : Высшая школа экономики, 2016. — 302 с. — ISBN 978-5-7598-1261-6. — Текст : электронный // Лань : электронно-библиотечная система. — URL: https://e.lanbook.com/book/100237 (дата обращения: 00.00.0000). — Режим доступа: для авториз. пользователей.