2021/2022
English for Specific Purposes. History of Art - 3
Type:
Optional course
Delivered by:
School of Foreign Languages
When:
1-3 module
Open to:
students of all HSE University campuses
Instructors:
Marina Chashko
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
3
Contact hours:
52
Course Syllabus
Abstract
The course “English for Specific Purposes. History of Art - 3 ” is designed for the 2nd-year Undergraduate (BA) students whose major is the History of Art or whose interest lies in the History of Art both as an academic discipline and as a professional field. The course continues “English for Specific Purposes. History of Art -1,2” course offered at the 1st year of BA studies and covers the first 3 Modules of the 2nd academic year of the BA students. The course adheres to the Concept of Development of English-language Communicative Competence of HSE Students and the Regulations for Interim and Ongoing Assessments of Students at National Research University Higher School of Economics . 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 a foreign language” . The types of learning activities, methods of instruction and materials of the course enable to model the academic context of the History students’ activities, as well as the social and professional context of the future graduates’ career paths in the field of Art. The contents of the course contain the following modules: • Analysing and interpreting Art: the overview of various types and genres of texts that tell about Art (research article, academic essay, review etc.); • Research, educational and applied projects in Art: the overview and case analysis of several project concepts (aims, tasks, sources, structure, methodology, technologies and techniques, etc.); • Presenting a project: presenting and promoting an Art project.
Learning Objectives
- The course is aimed at developing BA students’ professional intercultural communicative competence (PICC) that is referred to as the “integrative ability of solving professional tasks with the help of foreign language” . Development of the PICC, as an integrative goal of this course, ensures plunging students as active participants into the process of solving a variety of professionally-oriented tasks with the help of the English language that model a broad diverse social and quasi-professional context of their future career paths.
- Engaging students in such quasi-professional activities allows to set the following learning objectives of the course: • find out purposes, useful strategies and means of learning about Art; • work with different sources and types of information for finding new solutions to the existing problems of the art field; • discover various types and genres of texts that narrate, describe and analyse art periods, events and issues; • design innovative creative and personally meaningful research, educational and professional projects related to art field using Information and Communications technology (ICT); • practice analytical and critical thinking skills; • acquire an ability to cooperate in a team and work autonomously; • reflect on the personal and team work and experience; • develop their problem-solving skills and creativity.
- Pre-requisites: • intermediate level of the English language (B2 level / Independent user according to CEFR): According to the HSE unified the Concept of Development of English-language Communicative Competence of HSE Students should either successfully pass the Placement Test with not lower than B2 level result or possess a Certificate for the appropriate level of one of the international English language tests listed in the Annex 3 to the HSE Conception to be able to take this course. • being able to use English language as a tool to search and work with information autonomously; • being able to comprehend and analyze written and spoken speech using digital sources for academic purposes; • being able to interact and hold written and oral communication in English in the process of individual and team work; • being able to use ICT means (Internet, e-sources, on-line platforms, etc.) for educational purposes.
- The course is aimed at developing the skills of: Reading: • Understanding specialised complex longer texts*/articles and reports concerned with contemporary problems (CEFR) • Understanding text structure • Using basic reading techniques, skimming & scanning (predicting, understanding main ideas, understanding details) *can use a dictionary occasionally to confirm his/her interpretation of terminology Listening: • Understanding dialogues and polylogues on both familiar and unfamiliar topics • Understanding lectures • Understanding academic/ professional presentations which are linguistically complex • Using basic listening techniques (predicting, understanding main ideas and details) • Following extended speech and complex lines of arguments • Note-taking Writing: (can write clear, well-structured texts on a variety of subjects expanding points of view, developing arguments, synthesising and evaluating information, can evaluate different ideas or solutions to a problem): • Summary • Essay: opinion, discussion • Report • E-mail (business correspondence) • CV • Review of a film/book/play Speaking: • Debates (debate on abstract, complex topics) • Monologue:descriptive/informative/reasoning • Presentation (can give reasons in support or against a particular point of view, give the advantages and disadvantages of various opinions).
Expected Learning Outcomes
- Students are expected to develop listening skills: • to improve understanding of dialogues and polylogues on both familiar and unfamiliar topics; • to develop understanding of lectures and learning context; • to develop skills of using basic listening techniques (predicting, understanding main ideas and details); • to form skills of note-taking.
- Students are expected to develop reading skills: • understanding of articles, reports, straightforward and specialised texts concerned with contemporary problems at the threshold/vantage/effective operational proficiency level; • understanding of text structure; • skills of using basic reading techniques skimming and scanning (predicting, understanding main ideas, understanding details).
- Students are expected to produce in speaking: • monologue (informative/descriptive/argumentative/persuasive speech); • dialogue/discussion on general, academic and professional topics (active listening, questioning, responding to questions, emphasizing, discussion strategies); • presentation (project concept) and further discussion (Q&A session) (informative/descriptive/argumentative/persuasive speech).
- Students are expected to produce in writing: • academic essay, review.
Course Contents
- Section 1. Analysing and interpreting Art
- Section 3. Presenting an Art Project
- Section 2. Designing a Project: Research, Educational and Applied Projects in Art
Assessment Elements
- Written assessmentAssessment of the students’ performance in the course is carried out with the help of ongoing, interim and final assessment elements and is regulated by the "Conception of the development of students’ English communicative competence" and the "Regulations for Interim and Ongoing Assessments of Students at National Research University Higher School of Economics”. Blocking elements are not present. All assessment elements besides the Final test cannot be retaken. The student is considered to be successful in the course if he gets the final grade that equals 4=satisfactory or higher (according to the HSE 10-points grading scale).
- Oral assessment
- Independent assessmentAccording to the "Regulations for Interim and Ongoing Assessments of Students at National Research University Higher School of Economics” the grades for all assessment elements are assigned using 10-points scale, while the grades for particular elements (e.g. tests, quizzes etc.) can be determined using the following scale: Grading Scale (% correct answers/grade): 100 - 96% (10) 95 - 91% (9) 90 - 86% (8) 85 - 78% (7) 77 - 71% (6) 70 - 61% (5) 60 - 51% (4) 50 - 36% (3) 35 - 21% (2) 20 - 1 % (1) 0% (0) Students are expected to turn in assignments on the due date. In case of any problems with submitting the assignments, giving presentations etc. on the due date, despite officially proven reasonable excuses, students must inform the instructor about the occurred issue in advance or no later than in 24-hour period after the deadline. If the instructor is informed, assignments (besides listening, group work tasks and the final test) can be accepted after the deadline and presentations can be rescheduled according to the decision of the instructor. All course participants are expected to interact in a respectful manner, be fully engaged with the groupmates, the instructor and the course content. Students must adhere to generally accepted standards of academic honesty, including but not limited to refraining from cheating, plagiarizing, inappropriately collaborating, mispresenting one’s work.
- Final assessmentПорядок проведения Final Assessment 2 курс 3 модуль. Курс по выбору Цель проведения: оценка степени сформированности коммуникативных компетенций по результатам обучения английскому языку на 2 курсе в соответствии с планируемыми результатами обучения. Период проведения: за 10 дней до сессии 3 модуля. Период показа работ: в период сессии. Период пересдач: до 15 октября 2022. Время выполнения – 80 минут. Структура экзамена № п/п Разделы экзамена Задания Оценивание Максимально 10 баллов Комментарии к заданиям 1. Listening (L) Прослушайте аудиофайл один раз и выполните последовательно задания 1-10. каждый верный ответ оценивается в 1 балл Длительность аудиозаписи составляет 6-7 минут. Время выполнения раздела Аудирование составляет не более 10 минут. 2. Reading (R) Прочитайте текст и выполните задания 1-10. каждый верный ответ оценивается в 1 балл Объем текста 3000-3500 знаков Время выполнения раздела Чтение составляет не более 20 минут. 3. Writing (W) Напишите review/report. в соответствии с критериями Рекомендуемое количество слов Review 250-30 Report 150-200 Время выполнения раздела Письмо составляет не более 50 минут. Формула оценивания: L*0,3+R*0,3 +W*0,4 = 10
- Dialogue
- Presentation and further discussionVisual Aids (max 2 points): 2 points – the visuals are prepared in a certain style consistent throughout the presentation and well readable (font, color); each visual has a heading relevant to the overall theme of the presentation, conforming to the academic register; each visual contains only key words and phrases without complete sentences; presentation as a whole has an adequate balance of graphic and verbal information; 1 point – the visuals are well readable (font, color), contain both complete sentences and key words and phrases, presentation has a disbalance of graphic and verbal information; 0 points – the visuals are not well readable, and do not conform to the academic register.
