2023/2024
Английский язык для общих академических целей. Продвинутый курс - 2
Лучший по критерию «Полезность курса для расширения кругозора и разностороннего развития»
Статус:
Факультатив
Кто читает:
Школа иностранных языков
Когда читается:
3, 4 модуль
Охват аудитории:
для своего кампуса
Преподаватели:
Буренкова Ольга Васильевна,
Гагарина Людмила Александровна,
Катасонова Наталья Владимировна,
Квятковский Максим Васильевич,
Ким Евгения Владимировна,
Кошелева Виктория Павловна,
Мишустина Наталья Алексеевна,
Мостачева Елена Юрьевна,
Нургалеева Татьяна Галинуровна,
Першина Дарья Станиславовна,
Пронина Мария Владимировна,
Чихачева Дарья Владимировна
Язык:
английский
Кредиты:
5
Контактные часы:
80
Course Syllabus
Abstract
«English for General Academic Purposes. Advanced–2» course caters to the first-year HSE undergraduates at a B2+/ C1 (CEFR) level who aim to enhance their English language command for University study and research as well as intercultural communication competence. 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 meets students’ multidisciplinary needs, while developing English-language communicative, integrated, critical and creative thinking competences, and digital literacy. Thus, students are exposed to a variety of rich authentic print and audio texts, organizational structures and tasks employed in mainstream academic environments and practices. Essentially, 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+/ C1 (CEFR). This would enable students to extract and process key information for further integrating relevant source materials and presenting argumentative oral (monologue, group discussion, presentation) and written (‘opinion’ and ‘advantages and disadvantages’ essays) texts. To successfully master the programme materials, the course provides for independent work on the online platform SMART LMS. To be admitted to the Course, students must show at least 60 points on the entry test. 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 an advanced level (B2+/ C1 CEFR), which would meet students’ multidisciplinary academic needs. While catering to differing learning styles, the course fosters intercultural communication and digital literacy competences, as well as autonomous learning and team building skills. To achieve these goals, students are expected to • further enhance their knowledge of key academic concepts and phenomena and contemporary trends in scientific expertise as well as develop academic competences; • gain awareness of key issues pertaining to the topics of “Money and commerce”, “Earth science”, “Medieval culture”, and “Materials engineering; • to acquire appropriate reading, writing, listening, speaking strategies and foster academic language faculty for extracting and analyzing necessary information and producing relevant oral and written responses, depending on the target audience/ interlocutor, purpose, topic, and organization requirements; • foster their individual style of learning as well as soft skills while contributing to collaborative problem-solving activities as a team member.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- To form skills of note-taking
- To form understanding of text structure
- To develop understanding of lectures and learning context
- To develop skills in writing a summary
- To develop skills in writing essays (opinion, discussion)
- To form understanding of text structure
- To produce monologues ( descriptive/informative/argumentative/persuasive speech)
- To recognise and follow different types of academic listening input
- To produce monologues (informative/descriptive/reasoning)
- To read authentic academic texts on different disciplines
- To develop skills of using reading techniques of skimming and scanning (predicting, understanding main ideas, understanding details)
- To listen to different lectures for following structured note-taking tasks and completing exercises
- To develop skills of using different listening techniques (listening for gist, listening for details, listening for specific information)
- To produce monologues (informative/argumentative)
- To participate in dialogues/discussions on academic topics
- To develop linguistic competence
- To speak (present, discuss) on different academic issues
- A student distinguishes academic writing style from other forms of writing as well as defines key principles of academic text organization and structures.
- A student uses key academic vocabulary and functional grammar at B2+/ C1 level.
- A student employs a range of text organizations within an extended authentic written or oral text.
- A student utilizes active reading and listening strategies to suit academic text type and reader/ listener purpose or task at B2+/ C1 .
- A student identifies the main idea, text organization, and relevant detailed information in an authentic English print text (research papers, publications on professional, business and educational online resources) and an audio text (lectures, expert talks, presentations, polylogues (B2+/ C1)) as well as interprets texts for inferences, attitudes and styles and deduces meanings from the context, while distinguishing facts from opinions.
- A student produces coherent and cohesive written texts, such as “Discuss both views and express your opinion” essays and “Discuss advantages and disadvantages” essays.
- A student evaluates and develops an argument on the topics of advanced contemporary debate within the scope of the given Programme.
- A student produces an argumentative monologue, delivers presentations as well as engages in problem-solving discussions and group debates, addressing such question types as the “Advantages and disadvantages” discussion, the “For and against” discussion, the “Problems and possible solutions” discussion; the “Cause-and-effect” discussion.
- A student contributes to team projects requiring collaborative writing and redrafting as well as other forms of online collaboration, following and relaying instructions with precision in order to reach the goal.
Course Contents
- Unit 1. Money and commerce
- Unit 2. Earth Science
- Unit 3. Medieval Culture
- Unit 4. Materials 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 * Independent Work Assessment (IWA) + 0.2 * Oral Assessment (OA) + 0.25 * Written Assessment (WA)
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- 50 steps to improving your academic writing : study book, Sowton, C., 2012
- Academic Vocabulary in Use : 50 units of academic vocabulary reference and practice, Self-study and classroom use, 4th ed., 176 p., McCarthy, M., O'Dell, F., 2010
- Academic vocabulary in use. 50 units of academic vocabulary reference and practice : self-study and classroom use, McCarthy M., O'Dell F., 2011
- Academic Writing Skills 3, Student's Book, 140 p., Chin, P., Reid, S., Wray, S., Yamazaki, Y., 2014
- Cambridge Academic English : Advanced : Class Audio CD, An integrated skills course for EAP, Course consultant M. McCarthy, 1 оптич. диск (Class Audio CD), Hewings, M., 2012
- Cambridge academic English. An integrated skills course for EAP : Advanced. Student's book, Hewings M., 2012
- Cambridge academic English. An integrated skills course for EAP [Звукозапись] : Advanced. Class audio CD, Hewings M., 2012
- University success: oral communication : advanced, Cavage, C., 2018
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- A sequence for academic writing, Behrens, L., 2005
- Academic and educational development : research, evaluation, changing practice in higher education, Macdonald R., Wisdom J., 2002
- Academic discourse : English in a global context, Hyland, K., 2009
- Academic vocabulary in use, McCarthy, M., 2010
- Advanced grammar and vocabulary : student's book, Skipper, M., 2007