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Course Syllabus

Bachelor 2022/2023

English for special purposes

Category 'Best Course for Career Development'
Category 'Best Course for Broadening Horizons and Diversity of Knowledge and Skills'
Type: Compulsory course (International Bachelor's Programme in World Politics)
Area of studies: International Relations
Delivered by: Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs
Where: Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs
When: 1 year, 1-4 module
Mode of studies: offline
Open to: students of one campus
Instructors: Elena Andreeva, Lubov' Nikolaevna Maslova, Elena Vasilyevna Nagornaya, Elena Petrova, Olga Vladimirovna Smirnova, Boris Tarev
Language: English
ECTS credits: 3
Contact hours: 112

Course Syllabus

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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

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.
Assessment Elements

Assessment Elements

  • non-blocking Quizzes
    testing the knowledge of active vocabulary and information on the topic
  • non-blocking Home listening into writing
    listening to a recording and summarizing it
  • non-blocking Quiz on Unit 5
    a short answer to a question about government
  • non-blocking in-class summary
    reading and summarizing a short text in class
  • non-blocking Speaking card M1
    a structured talk on one of the topics discussed in Module 1
  • non-blocking Speaking card M2
    a structured talk on one of the topics in Module 2
  • non-blocking Participation M1
    active contribution to the work in class in Module 1
  • non-blocking Participation M2
    active contribution to the work in class in Module 2
  • non-blocking Comment on a quote
    following the structure, present the interpretation of the quote together with arguments to support this view or oppose it
  • non-blocking Module 1 Test
    written test
  • non-blocking Exam
    written test + speaking
  • non-blocking Home listening into writing
  • non-blocking In-class summary+opinion essay
  • non-blocking Participation M3
  • non-blocking Participation M4
  • non-blocking Speaking card M3
  • non-blocking Speaking card M4
  • non-blocking Module 3 Test
  • non-blocking Term 2 Exam
Interim Assessment

Interim Assessment

  • 2022/2023 2nd module
    0.05 * Home listening into writing + 0.2 * Module 1 Test + 0.04 * Participation M2 + 0.04 * Comment on a quote + 0.05 * Quiz on Unit 5 + 0.025 * Quizzes + 0.05 * in-class summary + 0.04 * Speaking card M1 + 0.04 * Speaking card M2 + 0.4 * Exam + 0.04 * Participation M1
  • 2022/2023 4th module
    0.05 * Speaking card M4 + 0.4 * Term 2 Exam + 0.04 * Quizzes + 0.06 * In-class summary+opinion essay + 0.06 * Home listening into writing + 0.05 * Participation M3 + 0.05 * Speaking card M3 + 0.2 * Module 3 Test + 0.05 * Participation M4
Bibliography

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

  • Challenges and solutions for climate change, Gaast van der, W., 2012
  • Energy security : economics, politics, strategies, and implications, , 2010

Authors

  • PETROVA ELENA YUREVNA