2024/2025
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:
Шендерович Мария Филипповна,
Говорина Елена Ивановна,
Котова Ирина Юрьевна,
Былова Полина Дмитриевна,
Егорова Ирина Сергеевна,
Белова Виктория Сергеевна,
Сулакаури Анастасия Юрьевна,
Шендерович Мария Филипповна,
Суворова Ольга Николаевна,
Супрун Дарья Игоревна,
Мищук Анастасия Михайловна,
Кузнецова Полина Александровна,
Джахангирова Вефа Сабухи кызы,
Суворова Ольга Николаевна,
Андриященко Анастасия Игоревна,
Говорина Елена Ивановна,
Yulia Mikhailovna Chanturidze,
Nataliya Valentinovna Guskova,
Alexander Vladimirovich Kalashnikov,
Konstantin Khomutskii,
Anna Kirianova,
Elena Krasilnikova,
Galina Levitskaya,
Sofia Lozovaia,
Yana Makarova,
Elena Yurievna Mostacheva,
Nataliia Murashova,
Pavel Nikolaev,
Ekaterina Vladimirovna Razbaeva,
Valeriy Razhev,
Maria Rodina,
Elena Shustova,
Victoria Suprunova,
Olga B. Tambovtseva,
Marina Anatolievna Volkova,
Ekaterina Ilinichna Yudina,
Liliya Vasilevna Zhilina,
Varvara Alekseevna Zlobina,
Курбангалеева Марьям Равилевна,
Чубукова Дарья Сергеевна,
Макаркина Мария Игоревна,
Чубукова Дарья Сергеевна
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
3
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 AssessmentWritten assessment includes: min 1 reading test, min 1 listening test, min 1 vocabulary and grammar test, min 2 written works (email and summary).
- Oral AssessmentOral assessment includes a monologue on a given topic and a discussion. Oral assessment elements cannot be retaken.
- Independent Work AssessmentIndependent 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 AssessmentFinal assessment equals to the interim exam which is held in the form of a written test. The exam aims to check whether the student demonstrates the acquisition of the set learning objectives. The exam includes two parts: Listening and Writing. Listening (L): Max. 10 points (1 point for every correct answer). Time: 20 min. Duration of audio file: 5-7 minutes. Writing (W): Max. 10 points. Time: 50 min. Task: Write a summary of the following text (text range: BE, AE, GE, ESP). Recommended word count: 10-30% of the total word count of the text. Grading formula: L* 0.5 + W*0.5 = 10. Period of FA: 10 days prior to the second module’s session.
Interim Assessment
- 2024/2025 2nd module0.25 * Written Assessment + 0.2 * Oral Assessment + 0.3 * Final Assessment + 0.25 * Independent Work Assessment
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.