2023/2024
English for General Communication Purposes. Upper-Intermediate Course - 1
Type:
Optional course
Delivered by:
School of Foreign Languages
When:
1, 2 module
Open to:
students of one campus
Instructors:
Мищук Анастасия Михайловна,
Былова Полина Дмитриевна,
Подлужная Алина Георгиевна,
Былова Полина Дмитриевна,
Данилова Елизавета Андреевна,
Суворова Ольга Николаевна,
Мищук Анастасия Михайловна,
Суворова Ольга Николаевна,
Говорина Елена Ивановна,
Пинчукова Анна Евгеньевна,
Говорина Елена Ивановна,
Рустамова Юлия Фазилевна,
Джахангирова Вефа Сабухи кызы,
Кульков Даниил Андреевич,
Леонов Тимофей Витальевич,
Егорова Ирина Сергеевна,
Леонов Тимофей Витальевич,
Elena Borodkina,
Yulia Mikhailovna Chanturidze,
Arina I. Galeyeva,
Nataliya Valentinovna Guskova,
Alexander Vladimirovich Kalashnikov,
Anastasia Kalashnikova,
Irina Alexandrovna Konovalova,
Irina Igorevna Kovalyova,
Galina Levitskaya,
Alla Vladimirovna Loseva,
Evgeniya Lubennikova,
Viktor Makarenko,
Yana Makarova,
Elena Yurievna Mostacheva,
Daria Oleinik,
Tatiana Pitra,
Ekaterina Vladimirovna Razbaeva,
Ani Stepanyan,
Olga Stognieva,
Yuliya Suvorova,
Dzhuna Dzhumberievna Tsurtsumia,
Alisa Vikenteva,
Sofia Vinogradova,
Marina Anatolievna Volkova,
Ekaterina Ilinichna Yudina,
Dinara Yusipova,
Maria Zamkovaya,
Liliya Vasilevna Zhilina,
Anastasia Zizina,
Степанова Анна Борисовна
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
3
Contact hours:
48
Course Syllabus
Abstract
This discipline is part of the elective educational tracks offered to Bachelor's and Specialist's degree students choosing their optional English course in accordance with the Concept for the Development of Foreign Language Communicative Competence of HSE students. The discipline aims to build students’ confidence in using English in various real-life situations and contexts and develop their language skills and communicative competences to the upper-intermediate level (HSE Scale: 50-59).
The course is designed to assist students in becoming independent users by developing their reading, listening, writing, and speaking skills, as well as attaining excellence in vocabulary management and grammatical accuracy. It offers a variety of authentic materials that familiarize students with real-life English expressions and scenarios, provides an array of contemporary topics for discussion, and develops 21st-century skills such as critical thinking, text analysis, and digital literacy. Furthermore, the course establishes a solid general English foundation for future academic studies, research, or success in learning English for academic and specific purposes. Within the course, students are expected to do home assignments and take tests in various formats, including but not limited to lexical-grammar, reading, listening, writing, and speaking tests. The course grading formula does not include blocking elements. The prerequisite for course enrolment is a minimum score of 30 points on the Placement Test.
Learning Objectives
- This course helps students advance to the level of independent users of English for general communicative purposes and boost their language skills to the upper-intermediate level (HSE Scale 50-59) via enhancing reading and listening comprehension, increasing effectiveness in spoken and written production, improving spoken interaction, promoting communicative language competences (vocabulary range and grammatical accuracy), and raising sociocultural awareness.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- To develop skills of using basic listening techniques (predicting, understanding main ideas and details)
- To develop skills of using basic reading techniques skimming and scanning (predicting, understanding main ideas, understanding details)
- To develop understanding of articles, reports, straightforward and specialised texts concerned with contemporary problems at the threshold/vantage/effective operational proficiency level
- To form skills of note-taking
- To form understanding of text structure
- To improve understanding of dialogues and polylogues on both familiar and unfamiliar topics
- To develop understanding of lectures and learning context
- To improve understanding of dialogues and polylogues on both familiar and unfamiliar topics
- To form understanding of text structure
- To develop writing skills (email / summary)
- To produce monologues ( descriptive/informative/argumentative/persuasive speech)
- to produce monologues (informative/descriptive/argumentative/persuasive speech)
- to develop writing skills (email&summary)
- to participate in dialogues on general, academic and professional topics. (active listening, questioning, responding to questions, emphasizing, discussion strategies)
- To expand lexical and grammatical repertoire
- To participate in dialogues on general, academic and professional topics (active listening, questioning, responding to questions, emphasizing, discussion strategies)
Assessment Elements
- Written Assessment (WA)Written assessment includes: 1 reading test, 1 listening test, 2 vocabulary and grammar tests, 2 written works (email and summary). Criteria: see the files attached.
- Oral AssessmentOral assessment includes a monologue on a given topic and a discussion.
- Student Independent Work Assessment (IWA)Independent work includes activities that students do at home, activities that students do in the classroom and online work. The elements of independent work cannot be retaken.
- Final Assessment (FA)The interim exam lasts 70 minutes. The exam is a 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. Listening (L) and Writing (W) that weigh 50% and 50% respectively in the total mark for the exam: Listening (L): Listen to the text ONCE and complete the tasks. Max. 10 points. Writing (W): Read the text. Write a summary on the text you have read. A student should write a 150-word summary. Students have no more than 20 minutes to complete the Listening (L) part and 50 minutes to complete the Writing (W) part. Grading formula: L*0,5 + W*0,5 = 10 The score for Listening is equal to the number of correctly given answers (out of 10 points). Writing is assessed against the criteria. Period of FA: 10 days prior to the 2nd module’s session. The release of examination papers: during the session. Retaking exams: till the 15th of February 2023. Time limit: 70 minutes online/offline. The structure of the exam: 1. Listening (L): Listen to the text ONCE and complete the tasks. Max. 10 points. Students have no more than 20 minutes to complete the Listening (L) part. 2. Writing (W) Read the text. Write a summary on the text you have read. A student should write a 150-word summary. Students have 50 minutes to complete the Writing (W) part. Grading formula: L*0,5 + W*0,5 = 10.
Interim Assessment
- 2023/2024 2nd module0.25 * Written Assessment (WA) + 0.2 * Oral Assessment + 0.25 * Student Independent Work Assessment (IWA) + 0.3 * Final Assessment (FA)
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- New language leader: upper intermediate : coursebook, Cotton, D., 2019
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Авакова М.Л., Гончарова Е.А., Милетова Е.В. - Communication Elevator. Учебное пособие - 978-5-6050774-2-8 - ООО "Блок-Принт" - 2024 - http://ebs.prospekt.org/book/47388 - 47388 - PROSPECT
- Комаров, А. С. Practical Grammar Exercises of English for Students. Практическая грамматика английского языка для студентов: сб. упражнений : учебное пособие / А. С. Комаров. — 4-е изд., стер. — Москва : ФЛИНТА, 2024. — 254 с. — ISBN 978-5-89349-849-3. — Текст : электронный // Лань : электронно-библиотечная система. — URL: https://e.lanbook.com/book/408542 (дата обращения: 00.00.0000). — Режим доступа: для авториз. пользователей.