2023/2024
International English Examinations Practice
Type:
Optional course
Delivered by:
School of Foreign Languages
When:
1-3 module
Open to:
students of all HSE University campuses
Instructors:
Шапиро Элина Диаматовна,
Павлова Ксения Валерьевна,
Шкаруба Дарья Дмитриевна,
Рустамова Юлия Фазилевна,
Шапиро Элина Диаматовна,
Павлова Ксения Валерьевна,
Букина Анна Викторовна,
Кузина Екатерина Андреевна,
Шкаруба Дарья Дмитриевна,
Мищук Анастасия Михайловна,
Говорина Елена Ивановна,
Санникова Ольга Александровна,
Хомякова Варвара Ильинична,
Борисова Юлия Алексеевна,
Загорулько Яна Сергеевна,
Жаркова Марина Геннадьевна,
Кочухова Анастасия Андреевна,
Иллюк Арина Павловна,
Джахангирова Вефа Сабухи кызы,
Хомякова Варвара Ильинична,
Джахангирова Вефа Сабухи кызы,
Шендерович Мария Филипповна,
Пинчукова Анна Евгеньевна,
Рустамова Юлия Фазилевна,
Говорина Елена Ивановна,
Данилова Елизавета Андреевна,
Natalya Bagrintseva,
Tatyana Baranova,
Tatyana Baranovskaya,
Nadezhda Aleksandrovna Borzova,
Olga V. Burenkova,
Yulia Mikhailovna Chanturidze,
Daria Chikhacheva,
Liudmila Gagarina,
Arina I. Galeyeva,
Maria Ivanchenko,
Alexander Vladimirovich Kalashnikov,
Olga Kamenskaya,
Evgeniya Kim,
Irina Alexandrovna Konovalova,
Victoria Kosheleva,
Galina Levitskaya,
Sofia Lozovaia,
Viktor Makarenko,
Yana Makarova,
Vera Maryushko,
Elena Yurievna Mostacheva,
Tatyana Nurgaleeva,
Tatiana Pitra,
Tatiana Borisovna Pospelova,
Maria Pronina,
Ekaterina Vladimirovna Razbaeva,
Lyudmila Yurievna Rokotyanskaya,
Alexandra Semenova,
Marina Sildimirova,
Alexandra Smorodinova,
Yulia Vladislavovna Styvrina,
Dzhuna Dzhumberievna Tsurtsumia,
Evgenia Vasilyeva,
Marina Anatolievna Volkova,
Anna Vorontsova-Menalo,
Ekaterina Ilinichna Yudina,
Dinara Yusipova,
Maria Zamkovaya,
Anastasia Zavalina,
Anna Robertovna Zhavoronkova,
Liliya Vasilevna Zhilina,
Фроликова Елена Юрьевна,
Авгиненко Анна Дмитриевна,
Кирилишина Дарья Валерьевна,
Медведева Екатерина Павловна,
Фроликова Елена Юрьевна,
Кирилишина Дарья Валерьевна
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
3
Contact hours:
52
Course Syllabus
Abstract
“English Language Certification Exams Course” (ELCEC) is a specialised highly intensive programme designed to give students insight into the most common exam tasks (Reading, Listening, Writing, and Speaking), their aims and requirements. Classes are scheduled for 25 consecutive weeks. There are 18 practice lessons accompanied by seven assessment lessons (exams). Being an exam prep course, ELCEC is quite different from a General English Language course. The programme is designed to help students familiarise themselves with the standard exam tasks and common techniques that ensure exam success. A flipped classroom model is used to motivate students to study the content of the course regularly and independently. The students study the new material at home and come to the next class fully informed about its topic and therefore able to contribute effectively to a group discussion. Three parts of homework are designed to suit any group of students. The “Compulsory” section focuses on exam tasks, a “Preparation for the next lesson” section is for students to get knowledge on a topic scheduled for a particular lesson, "Helpdesk" invites students to think about three questions they would like to clarify for themselves. There is a section called “Shadow reading” which imitates a language laboratory in a language school. The additional part of homework is a “Revision grammar” section designed predominantly for practicing grammar and vocabulary exercises (including training of listening skills). An "Extra exercises" section is a collection of topics that students could be faced with on the exam. Throughout the course various methods and elements of assessment are used: 0,1 – attendance (cannot be retaken), 0,1 – English grammar and vocabulary test (can be retaken within 7 days) (reading, listening, grammar and vocabulary tests, and written papers), 0,1 – home assignment (HA) (can be retaken within 7 days), 0,2 – written assessment (WA) (cannot be retaken), 0,2 – oral assessment (OA) (cannot be retaken), 0,3 – final assessment (FA) (can be retaken during the retake period). No blocking assessment elements are included.
Learning Objectives
- to give an overview of English Language Certification Exams;
- to provide students with the language, grammar and test-taking strategies;
- to improve all four language skills (speaking, listening, reading and writing) as required for English Language Certification Exams.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- Listening - understand academic and professional discourse; - identify the main ideas and distinguish relevant supporting details of a formal or academic passage;
- Reading - understand a variety of different academic text types; - use different reading strategies and focus on target material in all types of reading passages;
- Speaking - demonstrate enhanced speaking in different task formats; - formulate, express and defend opinions using appropriate vocabulary and grammatical structures.
- Writing - produce different types of IELTS written tasks; - demonstrate enhanced vocabulary and grammatical structures;
Course Contents
- Topic 1: Urban and Rural Life
- Topic 2: Health
- Topic 3: Art
- Topic 4: Finance and Business
- Topic 5: History
Assessment Elements
- Written assessmentWritten assessment is conducted in the form of an IELTS written exam and includes various types of graph descriptions and essays.
- Oral assessmentOral assessment is conducted in the form of an IELTS Speaking exam and includes all three parts of it.
- Independent workIndependent work includes activities that students do at home, in the classroom and online
- Final assessment
