Культура речевого общения первого иностранного языка

Магистратура 2020/2021

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Статус: Курс по выбору (Иностранные языки и межкультурная коммуникация)

Направление: 45.04.02. Лингвистика

Кто читает: Школа иностранных языков

Где читается: Школа иностранных языков

Когда читается: 2-й курс, 1-3 модуль

Формат изучения: с онлайн-курсом

Преподаватели: Бакулев Алексей Валентинович, Васильева Евгения Алексеевна, Нагорная Александра Викторовна

Прогр. обучения: Иностранные языки и межкультурная коммуникация

Язык: английский

Кредиты: 6

Контактные часы: 60

Full Syllabus

Abstract

Целью освоения дисциплины является совершенствование у студентов умений и навыков устной и письменной коммуникации на иностранном языке, развитие навыков восприятия и анализа информации в процессе работы с аутентичными текстами по наиболее актуальным проблемам современного мира. Дисциплина подразделяется внутри на несколько аспектов: Aspect: English Communication Perspectives (Levels 1 and 2) The course is aimed at developing and refining speaking and writing skills when communicating in English with a special emphasis on using up-to-date vocabulary and following current trends in the use of grammar. It is also supposed to develop the skills of processing and analyzing information when working with authentic texts (academic papers, newspaper and magazine articles, TED Talks) covering a wide range of socially and culturally relevant topics revolving around the issue of social inclusion. The course develops both language and critical thinking skills, as the students are required to collect, analyze and discuss materials on a number of trendy and highly controversial topics (inclusive education, body positivity, animal rights, etc.). Aspect: Academic Discourse The course is meant to develop and refine communication skills in professional linguistic settings. The students are taught the conventions of communication adopted in the linguistic community, master the main strategies and tactics of professional communication, enhance their speaking and writing skills working with texts on linguistics (encyclopedic articles, academic papers, monographs, oral presentations and lectures, etc.). Of particular relevance is mastering general academic vocabulary and academic clichés, as well as specialist linguistic terminology. The students are also supposed to familiarize themselves with the current trends in the use of grammatical forms and syntactic structures. Within the course, the students are taught to review academic texts, write abstracts and papers of their own and develop their rendering and presentation skills. Одновременно с основным курсом изучается онлайн курс.

Learning Objectives

The learning objectives are as follows: to further develop the students’ critical thinking skills through selection, analysis and discussion of materials within the framework of the course; to enhance general speaking skills, to expand and improve speaking and writing vocabulary; to further develop translation and rendering skills.

Expected Learning Outcomes

The students are supposed to demonstrate an increased ability to understand the issues underlying social problems
The students are expected to develop their ability to explain an issue comprehensively;
The students are to employ evidence from different sources in conducting an analysis of an issue
The students should be able to describe their perspectives on the issues under consideration
The students are supposed to enhance their skills of constructing logically sound and well-reasoned arguments
The students are expected to employ specialist vocabulary in oral and written speech
The students are supposed to refine their skills of rendering original articles from Russian into English with the use of course vocabulary
The students shoud master the skill of conducting debates on the issues under study.
The students are supposed to develop their debate skills
The students are supposed to enlarge their specialist vocabulary and employ it in communication
The students are expected to develop their data research skills and presentation skills
The students are expetced to employ their knowledge of language theory in discussing social issues
The students should develop their critical thinking skills
The students are expected to develop their data search and presenation skills
The students are expected to develop and refine their critical thinking skills
The students are supposed to refine their debate skills

Course Contents

Inclusive Society: A Vision of the future
Disability Inclusion
Challenges of Inclusive Education
Immigrant Inclusion: Issues and Debates
Social Inclusion and Language Rights
Say No to Ageism
Gender Equality: Should Anatomy Be Destiny?
Body Positivity: Embracing Physical Diversity
Animal Rights in an Inclusive Society

Assessment Elements

home assignment
presentation
debate

Interim Assessment

Interim assessment (1 module)
0.2 * debate + 0.4 * home assignment + 0.4 * presentation
Interim assessment (3 module)
0.2 * debate + 0.2 * home assignment + 0.4 * Interim assessment (1 module) + 0.2 * presentation

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

American immigration after 1996 : the shifting ground of political inclusion, Arnold, K. R., 2011
Best inclusion practices : LGBT diversity, Alonso, M., 2013
Changing paths : international development and the new politics of inclusion, , 2005
Community and Neighbour Mediation, , 1998
Inclusive education, politics and policymaking, Liasidou, A., 2012
Language rights : from free speech to linguistic governance, Pupavac, V., 2012
Migration and insecurity : citizenship and social inclusion in a transnational era, , 2013
Politics of inclusion : castes, minorities, and affirmative action, Hasan, Z., 2011
Psychology for inclusive education : new directions in theory and practice, , 2009
Social inclusion : possibilities and tensions, , 2000
Social indicators : the EU and social inclusion, Atkinson, T., 2002
Zoopolis : a political theory of animal rights, Donaldson, S., 2011

Recommended Additional Bibliography

Inclusion and exclusion in local governance : field studies from rural India, , 2009
Mental health and social space : towards inclusionary geographies?, Parr, H., 2008
Parenting and inclusive education : discovering difference, experiencing difficulty, Rogers, C., 2007

Course Syllabus