2023/2024
Английский язык для специальных целей. История - 2
Статус:
Факультатив
Кто читает:
Школа иностранных языков
Когда читается:
3, 4 модуль
Охват аудитории:
для своего кампуса
Язык:
английский
Кредиты:
5
Контактные часы:
80
Course Syllabus
Abstract
The discipline refers to the variable educational tracks offered to students of the curricula for bachelor'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 – 2” is designed for the 1st year Undergraduate (BA) students whose major is History or whose interest lies in History both as an academic discipline and as a professional field. “English for Specific Purposes. History – 2” (5 credits) continues the course “English for Specific Purposes. History – 1” and covers Modules 3 and 4 of the 1st year studies of the BA students.
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 History 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.
The course contains the following modules:
• Studying History at University in Russia and Abroad: entering procedures, curriculum, subject-specific and interdisciplinary tracks, internships, exchange mobility programs, competitions and conferences, extracurricular activities;
• History as a Career. Academic Track: career paths and choices, background and skills of a successful candidate; applying and having an interview, the job of a historian – challenges and prospects.
The authentic text-, audio- and video-materials used in the course agree with the topics and questions studied by the undergraduate History students within the core disciplines of their curriculum: Introduction into Profession (research seminar); Auxiliary Disciplines of History; History and Source studies; The History of Geography/Literature/Art; The History of the Ancient World (Ancient East, Mesopotamia, Egypt etc.) and Medieval Europe; Archaeology; Social studies; Philosophy etc.