Delivered at:: Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs

Course type:: Elective course

When:: 1 year, 1-4 module

Instructors

Попова Ольга Сергеевна

Табунова Кира Викторовна

Full Syllabus

Abstract

This course is designed to provide practical skills and knowledge on the vocabulary and grammar of the Malay language to the students who have no background in Malay. The course provides students with the opportunities to develop a sufficient competency in Malay and to use it in a variety of ways to develop their communication skills. The course will focus on four skills: speaking, listening, writing and reading. It is expected that students will reach the B1 level according to CEFR by the end of the course. Students are also expected to acquire basic speaking and listening comprehension skills, a considerable body of basic grammar, reading and writing skills within the topics covered in class.

Learning Objectives

1 Reading: Read articles and reports about common topics; recognize rhetorical patterns, determine the author’s purpose; summarize and paraphrase information in the text.
2 Speaking: Discuss familiar topics in detail; describe experiences, events, hopes and ambitions and briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans; plan and deliver short oral presentations; show the improved pronunciation skills, including stress, intonation, and reductions.
3 Writing: Write clearly and in detail about a wide range of subjects; write an essay or report, which are clearly focused, fully developed, and logically organized; write letters about events and personal experiences.
4 Listening - Listen and comprehend coherent conversations in everyday situations, spoken at near-natural speed; understand long speech and lectures and follow complex arguments if the topic is reasonably familiar; make inference and predictions about spoken discourse.

Expected Learning Outcomes

1. Upon completion of the course, students will be able to identify the topic and main idea; make inferences and predictions about spoken discourse; understand and hold real-life conversation on topics covered in class.
2. Upon completion of the course, students will be able to use grammatical structure accurately; compose both simple and complex sentences and texts; write well-developed and logical essays on topics covered within the course.
3. Upon completion of the course, students will be able to skim for a main idea; scan for details; summarise and paraphrase information in the text; deduce meaning from the context.
4. Upon completion of the course, students will be able to translate texts from Malaysian and to Malaysian both in writing and orally.
5. Upon completion of the course, students will be able to conduct business and academic communication in oral and written forms.
6. Upon completion of the course, students will be able to choose a communicatively acceptable style of communication in oral and written forms.
7. Upon completion of the course, students will demonstrate basic knowledge in Malaysian geography, history, culture, social life within topics covered during course.

Course Contents

1 YEAR. Introductory Phonetic Course I
Introductory Phonetic Course II
1. Дорофеева Т.В., Кукушкина Е.С. Учебник малайского (малайзийского) языка. Москва, Академия гуманитарных исследований, 2006. 2. Дорофеева Т.В., Кукушкина Е.С., Погадаев В.А. Большой малайско-русский словарь. Москва, Ключ-С, 2013. 3. Оглобин А.К. Очерк диахронической типологии малайско-яванских языков. М.: “Новое тысячелетие”, 2-е изд., испр. и доп.М.: URSS-Либроком, 2009. 4. Погадаев В.А. Русско-малайский словарь. Kuala-Lumpur, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2013. 5. Collins Uk. Cambridge IGCSE™ Malay as a Foreign Language Student’s Book (Collins Cambridge IGCSE™), 2020. 6. Daily English and Malay conversation. Singapore, SSMB Publishing division, 2006.
Introductory Phonetic Course III
Introductory Phonetic Course IV
Introductory Phonetic Course V
1) Basic I
2) Basic I
3) Basic I
4) Basic I
5) Basic I
6) Basic I
7) Basic I
8) Basic I
9) Basic I
2 YEAR. 1) Basic II
2) Basic II
3) Basic II
4) Basic II
5) Basic II
6) Basic II
7) Basic II
8) Basic II
9) Basic II
10) Basic II
11) Basic II
12) Basic II
13) Basic II
14) Basic II
15) Basic II
16) Basic II
17) Basic II
18) Basic II
19) Basic II

Assessment Elements

In-class assignment (1st year)
In-class assignment includes quizzes, dialogue practice, conversations, group discussions etc. Quizzes can be given during the first 15 minutes of a class.
In-class assignment (2nd year)
In-class assignment includes quizzes, dialogue practice, conversations, group discussions etc. Quizzes can be given during the first 15 minutes of a class.
Homework (1st year)
After every class, you will receive a homework assignment to practice new grammar and vocabulary. It can include the following: 1 Grammar exercises; 2 Online activities for vocabulary practice (www.quizzlet.com. Learningapps.org); 3 Dialogue: You are required to listen to the dialogue and learn it by heart or repeat after audio not looking in the text or listen and fill in the blanks. 4 Text: You are required to read or retell a text using the phrases from the text, and answer questions. 5 Writing text using given vocabulary and grammar.
Homework (2nd year)
After every class, you will receive a homework assignment to practice new grammar and vocabulary. It can include the following: 1 Grammar exercises; 2 Online activities for vocabulary practice (www.quizzlet.com. Learningapps.org); 3 Dialogue: You are required to listen to the dialogue and learn it by heart or repeat after audio not looking in the text or listen and fill in the blanks. 4 Text: You are required to read or retell a text using the phrases from the text, and answer questions. 5 Writing text using given vocabulary and grammar.
Unit test (1st year)
The test consists of two parts: 1) Writing test (lexico-grammatical test, vocabulary test, sentences or texts for translation from Russian to Malaysian / from Malaysian to Russian); 2) Interview (students are required to talk to instructor on the topic of the Unit / read, retell text and answer questions). The format and the topics of the test are subject to change at the discretion of the instructor.
Unit test (2nd year)
The test consists of two parts: 1) Writing test (lexico-grammatical test, vocabulary test, sentences or texts for translation from Russian to Malaysian / from Malaysian to Russian); 2) Interview (students are required to talk to instructor on the topic of the Unit / read, retell text and answer questions). The format and the topics of the test are subject to change at the discretion of the instructor.
Final exam (1st year)
Exam consists of the writing test (writing an essay on one of the topics covered during the course, translation from Russian to Malaysian) and the oral part (Reading and interpreting text, translation from Malaysian ro Russian and grammar rule retelling covered during the semester). Students are expected to use words, expressions & grammar learned in the class during the conversation.
Final exam (2nd year)
Exam consists of the writing test (writing an essay on one of the topics covered during the course, translation from Russian to Malaysian) and the oral part (Reading and interpreting text, translation from Malaysian ro Russian and grammar rule retelling covered during the semester). Students are expected to use words, expressions & grammar learned in the class during the conversation.

Interim Assessment

2022/2023 2nd module
0.12 * In-class assignment (1st year) + 0.12 * Homework (1st year) + 0.36 * Unit test (1st year) + 0.4 * Final exam (1st year)
2022/2023 4th module
0.4 * Final exam (1st year) + 0.36 * Unit test (1st year) + 0.12 * Homework (1st year) + 0.12 * In-class assignment (1st year)
2023/2024 2nd module
0.4 * Final exam (2nd year) + 0.12 * In-class assignment (2nd year) + 0.36 * Unit test (2nd year) + 0.12 * Homework (2nd year)
2023/2024 4th module
0.4 * Final exam (2nd year) + 0.36 * Unit test (2nd year) + 0.12 * In-class assignment (2nd year) + 0.12 * Homework (2nd year)

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

Baharudin, M., & Ikhsan, S. A. (2016). The Interesting Teaching and Learning of Malay Language to Foreign Speakers: Language through Cultures. Dinamika Ilmu, 16(1), 1–13. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=eric&AN=EJ1121836

Recommended Additional Bibliography

Mulyani, R., & Noor, N. M. (2018). Languages in Contact : A Study of Arabic Loanwords in Malay/Indonesian Language. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.FA215E1E

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