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Английский язык
Лучший по критерию «Полезность курса для Вашей будущей карьеры»
Лучший по критерию «Полезность курса для расширения кругозора и разностороннего развития»
Статус:
Факультатив
Направление:
38.03.05. Бизнес-информатика
Где читается:
Высшая школа бизнеса
Когда читается:
1-й курс, 1-4 модуль
Формат изучения:
без онлайн-курса
Охват аудитории:
для своего кампуса
Преподаватели:
Волкова Марина Анатольевна,
Зернова Виктория Игоревна,
Каинова Мария Михайловна,
Кашкарова Татьяна Петровна,
Клепко Евгения Юрьевна,
Макаренко Виктор Петрович
Язык:
английский
Кредиты:
14
Контактные часы:
250
Course Syllabus
Abstract
Increasingly volatile and fast-developing contemporary labour market requires rigid competencies from potential young employees. Graduates of the NRU HSE are provided with a possibility to polish their English language skills obtaining a competitive edge in the international job market. The course in question is taught at the HSE and University of London Parallel Degree Programme in Management and Digital Innovation. The programme is designed in accordance with the concept of foreign language teaching at NRU HSE, mandatory requirements and standards applied in the Russian Federation and according to NRU HSE Business Informatics (38.03.05) educational standard. Students are expected to use the competence approach to learning the discipline when special emphasis is laid on the student's own rigorous and conscientious self-study process.
Learning Objectives
- further improvement of foreign language competence in accordance with international standards and requirements, which means mastering basic discursive skills that allow a student to participate in discussions, make presentations in a foreign language environment; work with a variety of authentic textual materials; listen to lectures and participate in seminars conducted by foreign experts.
- improvement of a student's educational and cognitive competence-the ability to independently acquire knowledge and skills for domestic and professional communication in a foreign language, including the use of advanced information technologies.
- development of compensatory competence, that is developing abilities of students that enable them to cope with the situation in conditions of lack of language resources whilst receiving or transferring information.
- formation of socio-cultural competences necessary for successful adaptation of graduates in the labor market and communication in a foreign environment.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- Analise and describe line graphs.
- Answer topic related questions.
- Ask questions and produce responses.
- Be able to escribe graph/diagram, analysing visual prompts, interpret tables/charts.
- Describe diagrams and processes.
- Describe maps. Write two-question essays.
- Describe pie charts and bar charts.
- Describe tables and multiple set graphs.
- Maintain dialogues expressing agreement/disagreement.
- Produce a monologue giving a balanced point of view.
- Produce monologue to describe processes.
- Produce monologues describing causes and consequences.
- Produce monologues expressing concern and doubt.
- Produce monologues expressing opinions. Maintain discussions expressing personal opinion.
- Produce monologues expressing reasons. Take part in discussions expressing reasons.
- Produce topic-related monologues.
- Use grammar: articles and pronouns.
- Use grammar: cleft sentences, pronouns.
- Use grammar: form clauses, subordinate clauses, expressing opinion with that, pronoun referencing.
- Use grammar: Future tenses, noun phrases.
- Use grammar: Passive Voice, relative clauses; sequencing with prepositions and adverbs.
- Use grammar: past modal verbs, verb patterns, unreal conditional.
- Use grammar: prefixes, word formation; tenses.
- Use grammar: real and unreal conditionals, other ways to express conditionality, modal forms, degrees pf certainty, adverbs of attitude.
- Use grammar: reported speech patterns.
- Use grammar: sentence fragments and run-on sentences, prepositions, punctuation.
- Use topical vocabulary: criminal and law vocabulary, verbs for argument and opinion Use grammar: cleft sentences, pronouns.
- Use topical vocabulary: leasure vocabulary, medical vocabulary, food vocabulary, academic collocations, idiomatic phrases for problems and solutions.
- Use topical vocabulary: nouns for hypothesizing, phrases for speculation.
- Use topical vocabulary: shopping vocabulary, environmental vocabulary, business vocabulary; academic words for thoughts and beliefs, signposting words.
- Use topical vocabulary: social vocabulary, environmental vocabulary, animals, production, places, academic words, written and spoken vocabulary, process verbs.
- Use topical vocabulary: technology vocabulary, the language of invention and innovation, expressing agreement and disagreement, expressing quantity, noun phrases.
- Use topical vocabulary: the language of education, the language of learning, school and university subjects, synonyms, describing trends, collocations.
- Use topical vocabulary: travel and transport vocabulary, word families, collocations with plan.
- Use topical vocabulary: vocabulary related to community, academic collocations, describing emotions, cause and effect linking words.
- Use topical vocabulary: vocabulary related to talent, collocations for success and talent, personal qualities, estimation and indication.
- Write cause and efect essays.
- Write for and against essays.
- Write opinion essays. Discuss both views and express your opinion.
- Write solution to problem essays.
Course Contents
- Studying. School and university. Professional education. Learning applications and strategies. Libraries.
- History. Human development. A world of change. Locations. The natural world. Animal world.
- Human body. Appearance. Health. Diseases and treatment. Eating habits. Healthy lifestyle.
- A consumer society. Economics issues. Ecology.
- Our future. Homes of the future. Technologies of the future.
- Law and order. Crime and punishment. Law enforcement. Legal system.
- Means of transport. Infrustructures. Travelling.
- Social networks. Communication.
- Being successful. Work and career. Skills and abilities. Multitasking.
- Entertainment. Culture. Arts. Science and technology.
Assessment Elements
- module test0.6(Gaccum)+0.4G(mock exam). Final control (Gfinal) is an independent examination at a certified center upon the completion of the course. The calculation of Gfinal is done as follows: G maxIELTS (8-9 in accordance with IELTS criteria, or 10 in accordance with the grading system in HSE); or 0.5(Gaccum1-4 modules)+0.5(GIELTS)
- speaking test
- writing: graph description
- writing: essay
Interim Assessment
- 2021/2022 4th module0.2 * speaking test + 0.2 * writing: graph description + 0.4 * module test + 0.2 * writing: essay
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Wyatt, R. (2012). Check Your English Vocabulary for IELTS : Essential Words and Phrases to Help You Maximise Your IELTS Score (Vol. 3rd ed). London: A&C Black Business Information and Development. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=435132
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Cambridge vocabulary for IELTS advanced with answers : self-study vocabulary practice, Cullen, P., 2012
- Writing for IELTS, Williams, A., 2011