2024/2025
English Proficiency Exams Practice
Type:
Optional course
Delivered by:
School of Foreign Languages
When:
1-3 module
Open to:
students of all HSE University campuses
Instructors:
Жаркова Марина Геннадьевна,
Джахангирова Вефа Сабухи кызы,
Шапиро Элина Диаматовна,
Джахангирова Вефа Сабухи кызы,
Кузина Екатерина Андреевна,
Иллюк Арина Павловна,
Мищук Анастасия Михайловна,
Львовская Людмила Сергеевна,
Мищук Анастасия Михайловна,
Санникова Ольга Александровна,
Загорулько Яна Сергеевна,
Шендерович Мария Филипповна,
Шкаруба Дарья Дмитриевна,
Демидова Ксения Владиславовна,
Цыкунова Екатерина Михайловна,
Пинчукова Анна Евгеньевна,
Цыкунова Екатерина Михайловна,
Кочухова Анастасия Андреевна,
Жаркова Марина Геннадьевна,
Говорина Елена Ивановна,
Загорулько Яна Сергеевна,
Yuliya Antonova,
Natalya Bagrintseva,
Tatyana Baranova,
Tatyana Baranovskaya,
Nadezhda Aleksandrovna Borzova,
Olga V. Burenkova,
Yulia Mikhailovna Chanturidze,
Daria Chikhacheva,
Alla A. Efimova,
Inna Sergeevna Egorova,
Irena Fadeeva,
Arina I. Galeyeva,
Natalia Vasilyevna Gridina,
Nataliya Valentinovna Guskova,
Maria Ivanchenko,
Alexander Vladimirovich Kalashnikov,
Olga Kamenskaya,
Victoria Kosheleva,
Galina Levitskaya,
Sofia Lozovaia,
Viktor Makarenko,
Elena Yurievna Mostacheva,
Elena Vasilyevna Nagornaya,
Tatyana Nurgaleeva,
Tatiana Pitra,
Tatiana Borisovna Pospelova,
Maria Pronina,
Ekaterina Vladimirovna Razbaeva,
Valeriy Razhev,
Maria Rodina,
Lyudmila Yuryevna Rokotyanskaya,
Alexandra Semenova,
Elena Shustova,
Marina Sildimirova,
Alexandra Smorodinova,
Anna Varkan,
Evgenia Vasilyeva,
Marina Anatolievna Volkova,
Anna Vorontsova-Menalo,
Ekaterina Ilinichna Yudina,
Maria Zamkovaya,
Anastasia Zavalina,
Kira Zharova,
Liliya Vasilevna Zhilina,
Varvara Alekseevna Zlobina,
Рай Кейтлин Чарандживовна,
Степанова Анна Борисовна,
Кирилишина Дарья Валерьевна,
Наумова Екатерина Михайловна,
Тейбаш Виктория Анатольевна,
Гайдаренко Вадим Анатольевич
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
3
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
- Writing: produce different types of written tasks for exams; demonstrate enhanced vocabulary and grammatical structures.
- Reading: understand a variety of different academic text types; use different reading strategies and focus on target material in all types of reading passages.
- Listening: understand academic and professional discourse; identify the main ideas and distinguish relevant supporting details of a formal or academic passage.
- Speaking: demonstrate enhanced speaking in different task formats; formulate, express and defend opinions using appropriate vocabulary and grammatical structures.
Course Contents
- Lesson 1
- Lesson 2
- Lesson 3
- Lesson 4
- Lesson 5
- Lesson 6
- Lesson 7
- Lesson 8
- Lesson 9
- Lesson 10
- Lesson 11
- Lesson 12
- Lesson 13
- Lesson 14
- Lesson 15
- Lesson 16
- Lesson 17
- Lesson 18
- Lesson 19
- Lesson 20
- Lesson 21
- Lesson 22
- Lesson 23
- Lesson 23.
- Lesson 24.
Assessment Elements
- Written assessmentWritten assessment includes various types of graph descriptions and essays.
- Oral assessmentOral assessment is conducted in the form of a standard language Speaking exam.
- Independent workIndependent work includes activities that students do at home, in the classroom and online.
- Final assessment
Interim Assessment
- 2024/2025 3rd module0.2 * Oral assessment + 0.3 * Final assessment + 0.25 * Written assessment + 0.25 * Independent work
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Distinction : English for advanced learners, Foley, M., 2000
- English for academic study : listening, Campbell, C., 2008
- Skills in English. Writing. Level 3: course book, Phillips, T., 2005
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Advanced practice for the TOEFL, Pyle, M.A., 1992
- Barron's TOEFL strategies and tips : outsmart the TOEFL, Sharpe, P. J., 2015
- English for academic study: Extended writing & research skills, McCormack, J., 2005
- English for academic study: Writing : course book, Pallant, A., 2004
- Writing academic English : level 4, Oshima, A., 2006