2022/2023

Английский язык для специальных целей. Урбанистика - 1

Лучший по критерию «Полезность курса для Вашей будущей карьеры»

Лучший по критерию «Полезность курса для расширения кругозора и разностороннего развития»

Статус: Факультатив

Кто читает: Школа иностранных языков

Когда читается: 1, 2 модуль

Охват аудитории: для своего кампуса

Преподаватели: Пелевина Ирина Анатольевна

Язык: английский

Кредиты: 3

Контактные часы: 48

Course Syllabus

Abstract

«English for Specific Purposes. Urban Studies – 1» is designed for first-year undergraduates studying Urban Planning at National Research University «Higher School of Economics» to address their English language needs for study and future career. In compliance with "Concept of Development of English-language Communicative Competence of HSE Students" and "Regulations for Interim and Ongoing Assessments of Students at National Research University Higher School of Economics, the course aims at developing English-language communicative, integrated, critical and creative thinking competences, which is consistent with multidisciplinary nature of urban studies, and required by multiple stakeholders. Specifically, the course is targeted at building core receptive and productive knowledge and skills belonging to the professional and academic domains at B2+/C1 level and mastering key professional and business terminology and functional grammar. Importantly, the course embraces authentic audio-visual and printed study materials on crucial city issues, while considering the city phenomenon from scientific, historic, societal, environmental, and spatial perspectives. To provide for more sophisticated cognitive environment, theoretical materials are complemented with city case studies, group problem-solving discussions, and designing project presentations. To facilitate knowledge acquisition, the course implies independent/ peer group work on the SMART LMS online platform. Apart from traditional and alternative forms of control, the course is supplemented with gamification online tools. Overall, «English for Specific Purposes. Urban Studies – 1» would contribute to first-year students’ academic success and research at HSE, while accommodating their professional needs and learning styles.

Learning Objectives

• The course focuses on developing essential analytical and language skills to deal with authentic reading/ listening/ writing and speaking assignments in English for urban studies, which are geared by contemporary urban professional and academic needs. While accommodating to different learning styles, the course fosters autonomous learning, team building and digital literary competences. To achieve these goals, students are expected to - foster awareness of key urban planning concepts issues, challenges, trends, cultural and ethical considerations in urban planning as well as develop academic competences; - to increase awareness of and apply appropriate reading; writing; listening; speaking strategies and professional and academic language command to extract and analyze necessary information and produce relevant oral and written responses, depending on the target audience/ interlocutor; purpose; topic and organization requirements; - reflect and enhance their style of autonomous learning, team building needs and digital literary competences.

Expected Learning Outcomes

• - students demonstrate their knowledge of different definitions of a city; ancient city life; socio-cultural, environmental, technological factors of urban planning
• - students apply key professional terminology, academic and business vocabulary and functional grammar pertaining to urban planning domain at B2+ level;
• - students read and comprehend English authentic print and audio texts (lectures, presentations, polylogues B2+) on urban planning issues for the main idea, text organization, and detailed information, applying predicting, skimming, scanning, note-taking and paraphrasing techniques;
• - students produce coherent and cohesive texts (e-mails, text-based summary; graph descriptions), applying paraphrasing, paragraphing; comparing and contrasting techniques;
• - students confidently participate in problem-solving discussions; deliver a project presentation based on their independent reading (formulating a thesis statement and supporting arguments)

Course Contents

• Sections for Urban Studies - 1 Unit 1
• Sections for Urban Studies - 1 Unit 2
• Sections for Urban Studies-1 Unit 3

Assessment Elements

• Written Assessment (WA)
  The test can be retaken within 10 working days if the absence has been officially documented. SUMMARY ASSESSMENT CRITERIA (max 10 points) Recommended word count – 150 Task Response (max 3 points) 3 points – the student fully addresses all parts of the task: writes a summary which covers all the key points, clearly focuses on the main idea/problem of the text, includes crucial supporting information, all the main points are summarised; the main points are effectively paraphrased; the reader has been fully informed about the content and the purpose of the original source; 2 points – the student addresses all parts of the task although some parts may be more fully covered than others: the student writes a summary which covers most of the key points; little supporting information is provided; all the main points are summarised; the student presents relevant main ideas but some may be inadequately developed/unclear (the author’s ideas are partially reflected); sufficiently paraphrases the main points; 1 point – the student responds to the task only in a minimal way or the answer is tangential; the format may be inappropriate: the student writes a summary which covers very few key points; the supporting information is incomplete; a personal opinion is included; the main points are inadequately paraphrased; the student uses some words from the text to express the main idea; 0 points – the student does not adequately address any part of the task: there is no supporting information, and/or the author’s ideas are not reflected; the student repeats the word combinations from the text to express the ideas; a personal opinion is included; not all the main points are summarised. Coherence and Cohesion (max 2 points) 2 points – the student writes a clearly structured summary (an author, title, date, purpose and main points are mentioned) on a given text, uses a variety of linking devices which connect the ideas appropriately, uses paragraphing sufficiently; the ideas are logically organised; the student relays the information; 1 point – the student writes a poorly structured summary (one of the features is missing: an author, title, date, purpose), uses a limited number of linking devices, does not use paragraphing sufficiently; the ideas are not always logically organised; cohesive devices are inadequate and/or repetitive; the student analyses the information; 0 points – the student does not organise information and ideas logically (more than one of the features is missing / incorrectly used: an author, title, date, purpose and main points), fails to use linking devices appropriately or repeats them; cohesive devices do not indicate a logical relationship between the ideas. Lexical Resource and Register (max 2 points) 2 points – the student uses a wide range of vocabulary (the original expressions are paraphrased 80 - 100%) including some advanced lexical items, uses synonyms, changes the word class and the word order; there may be one inaccuracy in spelling, word formation or word choice; 1 point – the student uses a sufficient range of vocabulary (the original expressions are paraphrased 50 – 80 %), but may make 1 mistake in spelling, word formation or word choice; 0 points - the student only uses basic vocabulary, with very limited control of spelling, word formation or word choice, errors are numerous and impede understanding, and the original expressions are copied from the text (< 50%). Grammatical Range and Accuracy (max 2 points) 2 points – the student uses a wide range of grammar structures without mistakes; 1 point – the student uses a variety of grammar structures but may make 1 mistake; 0 points – the student uses basic grammar structures or a limited range of structures and/or makes more than 2 grammar mistakes, some of which impede understanding. Level/track specific criteria (max 1 point) 1 point – the student uses the active vocabulary specific to the topic;
• Oral Assessment (OA)
  MONOLOGUE ASSESSMENT CRITERIA (max 10 points), DISCUSSION IN A Q&A SESSION FORMAT ASSESSMENT CRITERIA (max 10 points)
• Student Independent Work Assessment (IWA)
  Шкала оценивания Оценка 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 % выполнения 100 - 96% 95 - 91% 90 - 86% 85 - 78% 77 - 71% 69 - 61% 60 - 51% 50 - 36% 35 - 21% 20 - 1 % 0%
• 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 actual scores for Listening are turned into percentages which are tuned into a final mark out of 10 points. Grading scale: 10 =100 - 96%, 9=95 - 91%, 8=90 - 86%, 7 = 85 - 78%, 6 =77 - 71%, 5= 70 - 61%, 4 = 60 - 51%, 3 = 50 - 36%, 2 = 35 - 21%, 1 = 20 - 1 %, 0 = 0%. 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

• 2022/2023 2nd module
  0.3 * Final Assessment (FA) + 0.25 * Student Independent Work Assessment (IWA) + 0.25 * Written Assessment (WA) + 0.2 * Oral Assessment (OA)

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• Academic Writing Skills 3, Student's Book, 140 p., Chin, P., Reid, S., Wray, S., Yamazaki, Y., 2014
• Business English handbook. Advanced, Emmerson, P., 2007
• Business grammar & practice, Duckworth, M., 2003
• Handbook of urban education, , 2014
• Key concepts in urban studies, Gottdiener, M., 2016
• Oxford grammar for EAP : english grammar and practice for academic purposes with answers, Paterson, K., 2013
• The new urban sociology, Gottdiener, M., 2019
• The Oxford dictionary of architecture, Curl, J. S., 2016

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• 50 steps to improving your academic writing : study book, Sowton, C., 2012
• Business vocabulary builder. The words & phrases you need to succeed. Intermediate to upper-inter..., Emmerson, P., 2009
• Study writing. A course in writing skills for academic purposes, Hamp-Lyons L., 2013
• Study writing. A course in writing skills for academic purposes, Hamp-Lyons, L., 2013