Бакалавриат
2024/2025
Английский для специальных целей
Статус:
Курс обязательный (Международная программа «Международные отношения и глобальные исследования»)
Направление:
41.03.05. Международные отношения
Кто читает:
Факультет мировой экономики и мировой политики
Где читается:
Факультет мировой экономики и мировой политики
Когда читается:
1-й курс, 1-4 модуль
Формат изучения:
без онлайн-курса
Охват аудитории:
для своего кампуса
Язык:
английский
Кредиты:
6
Course Syllabus
Abstract
English for Specific Purposes aims at shaping the communicative and professional competence in English which implies an ability to interact in English in the context of cross-cultural professional communication. Language skills are developed when studying authentic texts on political issues. Learning is practice-oriented.
Learning Objectives
- - to broaden and expand the students’ proficiency and knowledge of English; - to develop the students’ listening skills to enable them to understand and to use the information from the input; - to develop the students’ reading skills for the gist and detailed information, to make inferences and deduce the meanings from the context; - to develop the students’ speaking skills to enable them to produce a structured talk on the issue in question.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- learn types of policies and politics
- learn the difference between politics and policy
- learn what constitues a state
- learm types of sovereignty
- learn about humanitarian intervention
- learn about how to start a country
- learn about the difference between nationalism and patriotism
- learn types of nationalism and patriotism
- learn about constructive and destructive natures of nationalism
- learn types of political regimes
- learn what is democracy
- learn the history of democracy
- discuss democracy and related concepts
- learn about pluses ansd minuses of democracy
- learn about meanings of government
- learn about branches of government
- learn about the difference between presidential and parliamentary systems
- learn about pluses and minuses of two-party and multi-party systems
- learn about pluses andd minuses of big and small goverments
- learn about e-government
- learn about types of bureaucracy
- learn about characteristics of ideal bureaucracy
- learn about climate change
- learn about two perspectives how to act now (to combat climate change now or let future generations to take responsibility)
- learn about two persepctives on the causes of climate change (anthropogetic or natural)
- learn about global attempts to combat climate change
- learn about energy security (definition, factors, components, stategies)
- learn types of energy
- discuss renewables and non-renewables and compare them
- learn about decarbonization
- learn and discuss causes of conflicts
- learn rules of war
- learn and discuss changes in war and warfare in the 20th and 21st cneturies
- learn types of war
- discuss future of war (robotization)
- discuss the role of humanitarian organizations in armed conflicts
- learn about the Harvard principles of negotiation
- learn about cognitive biases
- learn about differences in cross-cultural negotiation
- learn and discuss what makes a successful negotiator and learn some real-life examples
- learn about types of elections
- learn about campaigning techniques
- learn and discuss the role of AI in political campaigns
- learn about smear campaigns
- learn about opinion polls
- learn about ways of voting (polling procedure)
- learn about ways of commiting electoral fraud
- learn about types of media
- learn about freedom of the press (what it is, types and examples)
- discuss two perspectives on how politicians engage with voters online
- discuss political correctness
Course Contents
- Unit 1 Politics vs. Policy
- Unit 2 State, Statehood and Sovereignty (new)
- Unit 3 Nationalism
- Unit 4 Political Regimes (new)
- Unit 5 Government (new)
- Unit 6 Bureaucracy (new)
- Unit 7 Climate Change and Its Political Dimension (new)
- Unit 8 Energy Security (new)
- Unit 9 Armed Conflicts (new)
- Unit 10 Negotiations (new)
- Unit 11 Elections
- Unit 12 Media and Politics
Assessment Elements
- quizzes 1-2
- quizzes 3-4
- opinion essay
- written assignment
- pair presentation
- speaking cards 1-2
- speaking cards 3-4
- M1 Test
- M2 Test
- M3 Test
- M4 Test
- Exam 1-2
- Exam 3-4
- Participation 1-2
- Participation 3-4
Interim Assessment
- 2024/2025 2nd module0.3 * Exam 1-2 + 0.15 * M1 Test + 0.15 * M2 Test + 0.025 * Participation 1-2 + 0.025 * Participation 1-2 + 0.1 * opinion essay + 0.05 * pair presentation + 0.05 * quizzes 1-2 + 0.05 * quizzes 1-2 + 0.05 * speaking cards 1-2 + 0.05 * speaking cards 1-2
- 2024/2025 4th module0.3 * Exam 3-4 + 0.1 * M3 Test + 0.2 * M4 Test + 0.05 * Participation 3-4 + 0.05 * Participation 3-4 + 0.05 * quizzes 3-4 + 0.05 * quizzes 3-4 + 0.05 * speaking cards 3-4 + 0.05 * speaking cards 3-4 + 0.1 * written assignment
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- A short introduction to climate change, Eggleton, T., 2013
- Achieving democracy : democratization in theory and practice, , 2011
- An introduction to the international law of armed conflicts, Kolb, R., 2010
- An introduction to the policy process : theories, concepts, and models of public policy making, Birkland, T. A., 2011
- Bureaucracy : what government agencies do and why they do it, Wilson, J. Q., 1989
- Bureaucracy and the modern world, Thompson, V. A., 1976
- Challenges and solutions for climate change, Gaast van der, W., 2012
- Changing norms through actions : the evolution of sovereignty, Ramos, J. M., 2013
- Citizens and E-government : evaluating policy and management, Reddick, C. G., 2010
- Comparing democracies 2 : new challenges in the study of elections and voting, , 2006
- Comparing democracies 3 : elections and voting in the 21st century, , 2010
- Comparing democracies 4 : elections and voting in a changing world, , 2014
- Concepts in world politics, , 2016
- Considerations on representative government, Mill, J. S., 1991
- Digital government : e-government research, case studies, and implementation, , 2008
- Diplomacy games : formal models and international negotiations, , 2007
- Encyclopedia of media and politics, , 2007
- Encyclopedia of nationalism. Vol.1: Fundamental themes, , 2001
- Encyclopedia of nationalism. Vol.2: Leaders, movements, and concepts, , 2001
- Encyclopedia of social media and politics. Vol.1: ., , 2014
- Encyclopedia of social media and politics. Vol.2: ., , 2014
- Encyclopedia of social media and politics. Vol.3: ., , 2014
- Energy security : economics, politics, strategies, and implications, , 2010
- English for international negotiations : a cross-cultural case study approach, Rodgers, D., 2001
- Essential of negotiation, Lewicki, R., 2007
- Introduction to media and politics, Oates, S., 2008
- On the way to statehood : secession and globalisation, , 2017
- The virtuous citizen : patriotism in a multicultural society, Soutphommasane, T., 2012
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- A Theory of World Politics, Albert, M., 2016
- Accountability and democracy : the pitfalls and promise of popular control, Borowiak, C. T., 2011
- Analyzing elections, Morton, R. B., 2006
- Atmospheric justice : a political theory of climate change, Vanderheiden, S., 2008
- Bureaucracy and democracy : accountability and performance, Gormley, W. T., 2013
- Comparative government and politics : an introduction, Hague, R., 2004
- Comparing media systems : three models of media and politics, Hallin, D. C., 2004
- English for international negotiations : a cross-cultural case study approach, Rodgers, D., 1999
- Global insurgency and the future of armed conflict : debating fourth-generation warfare, , 2009
- Justice without borders : cosmopolitanism, nationalism, and patriotism, Tan, K.-C., 2006
- State formations : global histories and cultures of statehood, , 2018
- Transatlantic energy futures : strategic perspectives on energy security, climate change, and new technologies in Europe and the United States, , 2011