2022/2023
English for General Academic Purposes. Advanced Course - 2
Type:
Optional course
Delivered by:
School of Foreign Languages
When:
3, 4 module
Open to:
students of one campus
Instructors:
Санникова Ольга Александровна,
Olga V. Burenkova,
Valentina Byvalina,
Daria Chikhacheva,
Anastasiia Datsenko,
Liudmila Gagarina,
Nataliya Valentinovna Guskova,
Victoria Kosheleva,
Elena Kryukova,
Maxim Kviatkovskii,
Alla Vladimirovna Loseva,
Daria Mazurova,
Elena Yurievna Mostacheva,
Tatyana Nurgaleeva,
Irina Pelevina,
Tatiana Borisovna Pospelova,
Першина Дарья Станиславовна,
Мищук Анастасия Михайловна
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
5
Contact hours:
80
Course Syllabus
Abstract
The program is for the 1st year students. «English for General Academic Purposes. Advanced Course – 2» is designed to develop foreign-language communicative and integrated and critical thinking skills that are based on "Regulations for Interim and Ongoing Assessments of Students at National Research University Higher School of Economics and "Concept of development of English-language communicative competence HSE students". Every student has slightly different needs, depending on their chosen discipline, cultural background and other factors. However, there are main skills, tasks, and academic language that are common to most disciplines and are relevant to the needs of most students preparing to study English at university level. The course is focused on core tasks relevant to all students, such as working out the main points of an academic text or lecture (such perspectives as culture, ways of persuasion, technology, and others). There are no blocking controls.
Learning Objectives
- The objectives of the course are: - to improve student’s ability to read and understand journal articles, texts, lectures from different perspectives; - to increase student’s comprehension of spoken English; - to strengthen student’s speaking and writing skills in a range of different disciplines; - to systematically and progressively develop students’ academic skills, language, and critical thinking; - to provide material for the students to revise, consolidate and extend their command of English grammar and vocabulary; - to develop the students’ reading skills to enable them to skim the text for main idea, to scan the text for specific information, to interpret the text for inferences, attitudes and styles, to deduce meanings from the context; - to develop the students’ listening skills to enable them to understand and apply specific information from the input; - to develop the students’ general capacity to a level that enables them to use English in their professional and academic environment granted that they are provided with the specific notions and vocabulary in the course of their studies.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- to read authentic academic texts on different disciplines;
- to listen to different lectures for following structured note-taking tasks and completing exercises;
- to speak (present, discuss) on different academic issues.
- to write paragraphs and essays
Course Contents
- Money and Commerce
- Unit 2. Earth Science.
- Unit 3. Medieval Culture.
- Unit 4. Materials Engineering.
Assessment Elements
- FINAL ASSESSMENTThe 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 that weigh 40% and 60% respectively in the total mark for the exam. The actual scores for Reading are turned into percentages which are tuned into a final mark out of 10 points. Grading scale: 10 =100 - 96%, 9=95 - 91%, 8=90 - 86%, 7 = 85 - 78%, 6 =77 - 71%, 5= 70 - 61%, 4 = 60 - 51%, 3 = 50 - 36%, 2 = 35 - 21%, 1 = 20 - 1 %, 0 = 0%. Writing is assessed against criteria. Period of FA: 10 days prior to the fourth module’s session. The release of examination papers: during the session. Time limit: 70 minutes online/offline. 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. Grading formula: R* 0.4 + W*0.6 = 10.
- Written AssessmentWritten assessment includes: minimum 1 reading test, minimum 1 listening test, minimum 2 vocabulary and grammar tests, minimum 2 written works (paragraph + essay). Written assessment elements can be taken during the course of 10 days after they took place if a student has a medical certificate. The 10-day period starts from the last day of the medical leave.
- Oral AssessmentMonologues, discussions
- Independent Work AssessmentIndependent work includes activities that students do at home, in the classroom and online. The elements of independent work cannot be retaken.
Interim Assessment
- 2022/2023 4th module0.25 * Independent Work Assessment + 0.3 * FINAL ASSESSMENT + 0.2 * Oral Assessment + 0.25 * Written Assessment
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Cambridge academic English: advanced: student's book : an integrated skills course for EAP, Hewings, M., 2012
- Oxford EAP : a course in English for academic purposes : advanced / C1, Chazal de, E., 2017
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Berry, R. (2018). English Grammar : A Resource Book for Students (Vol. 2nd edition). [Place of publication not identified]: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1753147
- Downing, A. (2015). English Grammar : A University Course (Vol. Third edition). London: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=929043
- Oxford grammar for EAP : english grammar and practice for academic purposes with answers, Paterson, K., 2013
- Oxford learner's dictionary of academic English, , 2014