Английский язык в актуальном социальном контексте

Магистратура 2021/2022

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Статус: Курс обязательный (Иностранные языки и межкультурная коммуникация)

Направление: 45.04.02. Лингвистика

Кто читает: Школа иностранных языков

Где читается: Школа иностранных языков

Когда читается: 1-й курс, 1-4 модуль

Формат изучения: с онлайн-курсом

Онлайн-часы: 26

Охват аудитории: для своего кампуса

Преподаватели: Белятинская Екатерина Валерьевна, Васильева Евгения Алексеевна, Нагорная Александра Викторовна, Рябчун Сергей Александрович

Прогр. обучения: Иностранные языки и межкультурная коммуникация

Язык: английский

Кредиты: 6

Контактные часы: 110

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Abstract

The goal of the course is to allow the students to improve their oral and written communication skills in English, and to develop the skills of perception and analysis of information in the process of working with original texts on the most pressing problems of the modern world. The discipline is subdivided into several aspects. The aspect 'English Communication Perspectives (Levels 1 and 2)' is aimed at developing and refining speaking and writing skills when communicating in English with a special emphasis on using contemporary vocabulary and on following current trends in the use of grammar. It is also supposed to develop the skills of processing and analysing information when working with authentic texts (academic papers, newspaper and magazine articles, TED Talks) which cover 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, analyse and discuss materials on a number of trendy and highly controversial topics (inclusive education, body positivity, animal rights, etc.). The aspect 'Communicative Grammar' is a verb-centred course which consolidates the practical grammar skills acquired by the students at the Bachelor's level.

Learning Objectives

The aspect 'Communication grammar' of the course is an advanced-level course for those students of the Master’s Programme who wish to revise and consolidate the grammar of EFL at the advanced (C1/C2) level. The students are expected to have developed a command of EFL at the intermediate level.
The aspect 'English Communication Perspectives' is aimed at teaching the students basic critical thinking skills through selection, analysis and discussion of materials within the framework of the course; enhancing general speaking skills, expanding and improving speaking and writing vocabulary; developing reasoning skills when discussing topical social issues; developing translation and rendering skills.

Expected Learning Outcomes

The students are expected to conduct debates on the issue under study
The students are expected to develop translation and rendering skills
The students are expected to employ specialist vocabulary in oral and written speech
The students are supposed to construct logically sound and well-reasoned arguments
The students are supposed to demonstrate a refined skill of constructing logically sound and well-reasoned arguments
The students are supposed to demonstrate an increased ability to employ evidence from different sources in conducting an analysis of an issue
The students are supposed to explain the issue comprehensively relying on a variety of sources
The students are supposed to understand the concept of social inclusion
The students should be able to critically assess current social trends
The students should be able to identify and properly describe current social trends
The students will know about certain stylistic devices.
The students will know about various registers.
The students will know about various usage problems.
The students will know lexical categories.
The students will know the basic sentence structures.
The students will know the grammatical structure of phrases.
The students will know the rules of punctuation.
The students will know the syntactic structure of sentences.
The students will think of a language as a structure with certain rules for combining elements into larger units.

Course Contents

Defining Social Inclusion
Poverty as a Driver of Social Exclusion
Disability Inclusion
Gender Equality: Should Anatomy Be Destiny?
Say No to Ageism
Challenges of Inclusive Education
Social Inclusion and Language Rights
Immigrant Inclusion: Issues and Debates
Body Positivity: Embracing Physical Diversity
Animal Rights in an Inclusive Society
Grammar overview
Parts of the simple sentence
Word classes
Grammar of phrases
Sentences and clauses
Usage problems
Elements of style
English in use
Punctuation

Assessment Elements

home assignment
presentation
essay
roundtable discussion

Interim Assessment

2021/2022 1st module
0.2 * presentation + 0.2 * roundtable discussion + 0.2 * essay + 0.4 * home assignment
2021/2022 4th module
0.2 * roundtable discussion + 0.2 * 2021/2022 1st module + 0.2 * essay + 0.2 * home assignment + 0.2 * presentation

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

Aimee Howley. (2020). Inclusive Education: A Systematic Perspective. Information Age Publishing.
Asking the right questions : a guide to critical thinking, Browne, M. N., 2012
Barbara Wejnert, & Eunice Rodriguez. (2015). Enabling Gender Equality : Future Generations of the Global World. Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
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Cities and social movements : immigrant rights activism in the United States, France, and the Netherlands, 1970 - 2015, Nicholls, W. J., 2017
Civil society and global poverty : hegemony, inclusivity, legitimacy, Gabay, C., 2013
Critical thinking and language : the challenge of generic skills and disciplinary discourses, Moore, T. J., 2013
Critical thinking for strategic intelligence, Pherson, K. H., 2013
Critical thinking skills. Developing effective analysis and argument, Cottrell, S., 2011
Critical thinking, Moore, B. N., 2012
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Erdman B. Palmore, Laurence Branch, & Diane Harris. (2016). Encyclopedia of Ageism. Routledge.
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Grossman, J. L., & McClain, L. C. (2009). Gender Equality : Dimensions of Women’s Equal Citizenship. Cambridge University Press.
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Inclusive education, politics and policymaking, Liasidou, A., 2012
Jay Timothy Dolmage. (2014). Disability Rhetoric: Vol. First edition. Syracuse University Press.
Kate Scorgie, & Chris Forlin. (2019). Promoting Social Inclusion : Co-Creating Environments That Foster Equity and Belonging: Vol. First edition. Emerald Publishing Limited.
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Lionel Wee. (2011). Language Without Rights. Oxford University Press.
Marta Russell, & Keith Rosenthal. (2019). Capitalism and Disability : Selected Writings by Marta Russell. Haymarket Books.
Medical sociology and old age : towards a sociology of health in later life, Higgs, P., 2009
Politics and old age : older citizens and political processes in Britain, Vincent, J. A., 2001
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Tay K. McNamara, & John B. Williamson. (2019). Ageism : Past, Present, and Future. Routledge.
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Vicky Plows, & Ben Whitburn. (2017). Inclusive Education : Making Sense of Everyday Practice. Brill.
Walton, E. L., SAALED (Society), Moonsamy, S., & UNESCO Chair in Teacher Education for Diversity and Development. (2015). Making Education Inclusive. Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Recommended Additional Bibliography

A new deal for old age : toward a progressive retirement, Alstott, A. L., 2016
A to Z of critical thinking, , 2012
Basil Bernstein : the thinker and the field, Moore, R., 2013
Dionyssis Balourdos, & Maria Petraki. (2019). Immigrant Social Inclusion in Europe: A Descriptive Investigation. Europa XXI : Spatial Justice in Europe: Territoriality, Mobility and Peripherality, 37, 105–124. https://doi.org/10.7163/Eu21.2019.37.7
Ellie D. Berger. (2021). Ageism at Work : Deconstructing Age and Gender in the Discriminating Labour Market. University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division.
Gender equality on a grand tour : politics and institutions - the nordic council, Sweden, Lithuania and Russia, , 2017
Global poverty, ethics and human rights : the role of multilateral organisations, McNeill, D., 2009
Immigrant families in contemporary society, , 2007
Immigrant workers and class structure in Western Europe, Castles, S., 1973
Kristin A Goss. (2013). The Paradox of Gender Equality : How American Women’s Groups Gained and Lost Their Public Voice. University of Michigan Press.
Learning a new land : immigrant students in American society, Suarez-Orozco, C., 2008
Migliaccio, J. N. (2019). The Ageism Within and How to Counter It. Journal of Financial Service Professionals, 73(2), 26–31.
Mirici, I. H. (2020). The Needs of Adult Immigrants in Europe for Social Inclusion through Language Education. Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 16(2), 552–564.
Parenting and inclusive education : discovering difference, experiencing difficulty, Rogers, C., 2007
Richter, D. (2012). Language Rights Revisited - The Challenge of Global Migration and Communication. Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag.
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Authors

RYABCHUN SERGEY ALEKSANDROVICH
NAGORNAYA ALEKSANDRA VIKTOROVNA
BELYATINSKAYA EKATERINA VALEREVNA

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