2023/2024
Английский язык для общих академических целей. Основной курс - 2
Статус:
Факультатив
Кто читает:
Школа иностранных языков
Когда читается:
3, 4 модуль
Охват аудитории:
для своего кампуса
Преподаватели:
Бобок Ирина Викторовна,
Борисова Юлия Алексеевна,
Занина Елена Леонидовна,
Зизина Анастасия Александровна,
Каменская Ольга Олеговна,
Кузина Екатерина Андреевна,
Макаренко Виктор Петрович,
Пелевина Ирина Анатольевна,
Питра Татьяна Георгиевна,
Пронина Мария Владимировна,
Разбаева Екатерина Владимировна,
Рустамова Юлия Фазилевна,
Сильдимирова Марина Александровна,
Соловьева Инна Владимировна,
Шапиро Элина Диаматовна
Язык:
английский
Кредиты:
5
Контактные часы:
80
Course Syllabus
Abstract
«English for General Academic Purposes. Upper-Intermediate–2» course is designed for the first-year HSE undergraduates to consistently build their understanding and use of specialized academic discourses for tertiary education and research as well as intercultural communication at a B2+ level. In compliance with “Concept of Development of Foreign-Language Communicative Competence of HSE Students” and “Regulations for Interim and Ongoing Assessments of Students at National Research University Higher School of Economics”, the course aims at developing English-language communicative, integrated, critical and creative thinking competences, and digital literacy. Specifically, the course is targeted at building students’ core receptive (reading and listening) and productive (writing and speaking) knowledge and skills belonging to the academic domain at B2+ (CEFR). This allows to extract and process key information for further integrating multiple source materials and presenting coherent and cohesive analytical oral (monologue, group discussion, presentation) and written (‘opinion’ and ‘advantages and disadvantages’ essays) texts. Essentially, the course comprises multiple texts and tasks employed in mainstream academic environments and practices. To successfully master the programme materials, the course provides for independent work on the online platform SMART LMS. There are no blocking controls.
Learning Objectives
- The course focuses on enhancing essential analytical and language skills to deal with basic reading, listening, writing, and speaking assignments in English for academic purposes at the Upper-Intermediate (B2+) level, which would meet students’ immediate academic needs. While catering to different learning styles, the course fosters autonomous learning, team building and digital literacy competences. To achieve these goals, students are expected to further enhance their knowledge of key concepts and conventions pertaining to the academic English as well as develop academic competences; gain awareness of different writing genres as well as assignment types pertaining to their academic and professional scope of activity (comparison and contrast; describing processes; cause and effect; narration; description); examine and apply different strategies to reading, listening, writing and speaking assignments depending on the target audience/ interlocutor; purpose; topic and organization requirements; develop skills of locating, organizing, analyzing, evaluating and integrating the necessary sources and ideas to fulfill their academic and professional tasks; increase awareness of and apply appropriate reading, writing, listening, speaking strategies, and academic language command to extract and analyze necessary information and produce relevant oral and written responses, depending on the target audience/ interlocutor, purpose, topic and organization requirements; gain awareness of key debates pertaining to the topics of “Money and commerce”, Zoology”, “History”, “Chemical engineering” at a B2+ level (CEFR); reflect and foster their individual style of learning as well as soft skills and digital literacy while contributing to collaborative problem-solving activities as a team member.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- To read authentic academic texts on different disciplines
- To develop skills of using different listening techniques (listening for gist, listening for details, listening for specific information)
- To develop linguistic competence
- To produce informative presentations
- To develop skills of writing a paragraph
Course Contents
- Unit 1. Money and Commerce.
- Unit 2. Zoology.
- Unit 3. History.
- Unit 4. Chemical engineering.
Assessment Elements
- Final Assessment (FA)The interim exam lasts 70 minutes. The exam is 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. Reading and Writing. 1. Reading (R) Max. 10 points. Students have no more than 20 minutes to complete the Reading part. Read the text. Possible reading tasks: • Correct option for each task (multiple choice). • Fill in the gaps (gap-filling). • Decide whether the statement is True, False or Not Given. 2. Writing (W) Write an essay on one of the topics given. Max. 10 points. Students should write a 250-word essay. Students have 50 minutes to complete the Writing part. Reading test is assessed as a part of a final work according to the formula R* 0.4 + W*0.6 = 10. Each correct answer is worth one point. Answers containing spelling mistakes are considered incorrect. Writing is assessed against the criteria. The release of examination papers: during the session.
- Written Assessment (WA)Written assessment includes: min 1 reading test, min 1 listening test, min 2 writing tests (essay and paragraph), min 3 vocabulary and grammar tests
- Oral Assessment (OA)Oral assessment includes a monologue on a given topic, a presentation and a discussion.
- Independent Work Assessment (IWA)Independent work assessment includes work during the seminars, homework, online work
Interim Assessment
- 2023/2024 4th module0.3 * Final Assessment (FA) + 0.25 * Written Assessment (WA) + 0.25 * Independent Work Assessment (IWA) + 0.2 * Oral Assessment (OA)
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- 50 steps to improving your academic writing : study book, Sowton, C., 2012
- University success: oral communication : intermediate to high-intermediate, McLaughlin, T., 2018
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Berry, R. (2018). English Grammar : A Resource Book for Students (Vol. 2nd edition). [Place of publication not identified]: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1753147
- 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