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2023/2024

Английский язык для общих академических целей. Основной курс - 2

Язык: английский
Кредиты: 5
Контактные часы: 80

Course Syllabus

Abstract

«English for General Academic Purposes. Upper-Intermediate–2» course is designed for the first-year HSE undergraduates to consistently build their understanding and use of specialized academic discourses for tertiary education and research as well as intercultural communication at a B2+ level. In compliance with “Concept of Development of Foreign-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, and digital literacy. Specifically, the course is targeted at building students’ core receptive (reading and listening) and productive (writing and speaking) knowledge and skills belonging to the academic domain at B2+ (CEFR). This allows to extract and process key information for further integrating multiple source materials and presenting coherent and cohesive analytical oral (monologue, group discussion, presentation) and written (‘opinion’ and ‘advantages and disadvantages’ essays) texts. Essentially, the course comprises multiple texts and tasks employed in mainstream academic environments and practices. To successfully master the programme materials, the course provides for independent work on the online platform SMART LMS. There are no blocking controls.
Learning Objectives

Learning Objectives

  • The course focuses on enhancing essential analytical and language skills to deal with basic reading, listening, writing, and speaking assignments in English for academic purposes at the Upper-Intermediate (B2+) level, which would meet students’ immediate academic needs. While catering to different learning styles, the course fosters autonomous learning, team building and digital literacy competences. To achieve these goals, students are expected to further enhance their knowledge of key concepts and conventions pertaining to the academic English as well as develop academic competences; gain awareness of different writing genres as well as assignment types pertaining to their academic and professional scope of activity (comparison and contrast; describing processes; cause and effect; narration; description); examine and apply differing strategies to reading, listening, writing and speaking assignments depending on the target audience/ interlocutor; purpose; topic and organization requirements; develop skills of locating, organizing, analyzing, evaluating and integrating the necessary sources and ideas to fulfill their academic and professional tasks; increase awareness of and apply appropriate reading, writing, listening, speaking strategies, 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; gain awareness of key debates pertaining to the topics of “Money and commerce”, Zoology”, “History”, “Chemical engineering” at a B2+ level (CEFR); reflect and foster their individual style of learning as well as soft skills and digital literacy while contributing to collaborative problem-solving activities as a team member.
Expected Learning Outcomes

Expected Learning Outcomes

  • Students distinguish English academic writing style from other forms of writing.
  • Students demonstrate awareness of key academic vocabulary and functional grammar at B2+ level (CEFR).
  • Students define key principles of academic text organization and structures.
  • Students demonstrate awareness of and respond to key contemporary debates within the scope of the given Course.
  • Students employ active reading and listening strategies to suit text type and reader/ listener purpose.
  • Students produce coherent and cohesive written texts, such as “Discuss both views and express your opinion” essays and “Discuss advantages and disadvantages” essays.
  • Students employ argumentation to produce an academic monologue, deliver a presentation or engage in problem-solving discussions and group debates.
Course Contents

Course Contents

  • Unit 1. Money and Commerce.
  • Unit 2. Zoology.
  • Unit 3. History.
  • Unit 4. Chemical engineering.
Assessment Elements

Assessment Elements

  • non-blocking Final Assessment (FA)
    The interim exam lasts 70 minutes. The exam is 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. Reading and Writing. 1. Reading (R) Max. 10 points. Students have no more than 20 minutes to complete the Reading part. Read the text. Possible reading tasks: • Correct option for each task (multiple choice). • Fill in the gaps (gap-filling). • Decide whether the statement is True, False or Not Given. 2. Writing (W) Write an essay on one of the topics given. Max. 10 points. Students should write a 250-word essay. Students have 50 minutes to complete the Writing part. Reading test is assessed as a part of a final work according to the formula R* 0.4 + W*0.6 = 10. Each correct answer is worth one point. Answers containing spelling mistakes are considered incorrect. Writing is assessed against the criteria. The release of examination papers: during the session.
  • non-blocking Written Assessment (WA)
    Written assessment includes: min 1 reading test, min 1 listening test, min 2 writing tests (essay and paragraph), min 3 vocabulary and grammar tests
  • non-blocking Oral Assessment (OA)
    Oral assessment includes a monologue on a given topic, a presentation and a discussion.
  • non-blocking Independent Work Assessment (IWA)
    Independent work assessment includes work during the seminars, homework, online work
Interim Assessment

Interim Assessment

  • 2023/2024 4th module
    0.3 * Final Assessment (FA) + 0.25 * Independent Work Assessment (IWA) + 0.2 * Oral Assessment (OA) + 0.25 * Written Assessment (WA)
Bibliography

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

  • 50 steps to improving your academic writing : study book, Sowton, C., 2012
  • Academic Writing Skills 3, Student's Book, 140 p., Chin, P., Reid, S., Wray, S., Yamazaki, Y., 2014
  • Cambridge academic English: advanced: student's book : an integrated skills course for EAP, Hewings, M., 2012
  • Cambridge academic English: intermediate: student's book : an integrated skills course for EAP, Thaine, C., 2012
  • Cambridge academic English: upper intermediate: student's book : an integrated skills course for EAP, Hewings, M., 2012
  • Cambridge academic English. An integrated skills course for EAP. Upper intermediate. Student's b..., Hewings, M., 2012
  • Oxford EAP : a course in English for academic purposes : advanced / C1, Chazal de, E., 2017
  • Oxford EAP : a course in English for academic purposes : upper-intermediate / B2, Chazal de, E., 2020
  • Oxford grammar for EAP : english grammar and practice for academic purposes with answers, Paterson, K., 2013
  • Oxford learner's dictionary of academic English, , 2014
  • University success: oral communication : intermediate to high-intermediate, McLaughlin, T., 2018

Recommended Additional Bibliography

  • Berry, R. (2018). English Grammar : A Resource Book for Students (Vol. 2nd edition). [Place of publication not identified]: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1753147
  • Cambridge Academic English : An integrated skills course for EAP : Advanced, Student's Book, Course consultant M. McCarthy, 176 p., Hewings, M., Thaine, C., 2013
  • Downing, A. (2015). English Grammar : A University Course (Vol. Third edition). London: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=929043

Authors

  • PELEVINA IRINA ANATOLEVNA
  • BUSHETARA RED
  • KRYUKOVA ELENA VLADIMIROVNA
  • Antonova Iuliia Vladimirovna