2024/2025
Подготовка к сертификационным экзаменам по английскому языку
Статус:
Факультатив
Кто читает:
Школа иностранных языков
Когда читается:
1-3 модуль
Охват аудитории:
для всех кампусов НИУ ВШЭ
Преподаватели:
Андреева Елена Ивановна,
Антонова Юлия Владимировна,
Баранова Татьяна Александровна,
Барановская Татьяна Артуровна,
Борзова Надежда Александровна,
Букина Анна Викторовна,
Буримская Диана Валентиновна,
Варкан Анна Петровна,
Васильева Евгения Алексеевна,
Гридина Наталья Васильевна,
Гуськова Наталия Валентиновна,
Дугарцыренова Вера Аркадьевна,
Жилина Лилия Васильевна,
Замковая Мария Александровна,
Иванова Олимпиада Федоровна,
Иванченко Мария Николаевна,
Калашников Александр Владимирович,
Карамалак Ольга Алексеевна,
Макарова Яна Петровна,
Нургалеева Татьяна Галинуровна,
Петрова Елена Юрьевна,
Поспелова Татьяна Борисовна,
Разбаева Екатерина Владимировна,
Родина Мария Алексеевна,
Рустамова Юлия Фазилевна,
Самойлова Анна Андреевна,
Санникова Ольга Александровна,
Соловьева Инна Владимировна,
Тарев Борис Владимирович,
Чантуридзе Юлия Михайловна,
Шапиро Элина Диаматовна
Язык:
английский
Кредиты:
3
Контактные часы:
50
Course Syllabus
Abstract
“English Language Certification Exams Course” (ELCEC) is a specialised highly intensive programme designed to give students insight into the most common exam tasks (Reading, Listening, Writing, and Speaking), their aims and requirements. Classes are scheduled for 25 consecutive weeks. There are 18 practice lessons accompanied by seven assessment lessons (exams). Being an exam prep course, ELCEC is quite different from a General English Language course. The programme is designed to help students familiarise themselves with the standard exam tasks and common techniques that ensure exam success. A flipped classroom model is used to motivate students to study the content of the course regularly and independently. The students study the new material at home and come to the next class fully informed about its topic and therefore able to contribute effectively to a group discussion. Three parts of homework are designed to suit any group of students. The “Compulsory” section focuses on exam tasks, a “Preparation for the next lesson” section is for students to get knowledge on a topic scheduled for a particular lesson, "Helpdesk" invites students to think about three questions they would like to clarify for themselves. There is a section called “Shadow reading” which imitates a language laboratory in a language school. The additional part of homework is a “Revision grammar” section designed predominantly for practicing grammar and vocabulary exercises (including training of listening skills). An "Extra exercises" section is a collection of topics that students could be faced with on the exam. Throughout the course various methods of assessment are used: written assessment (reading, listening, grammar and vocabulary tests, and written papers), oral assessment, independent work assessment (activities that students do at home and in class), and Final Assessment. No blocking assessment elements are included.
Learning Objectives
- to give an overview of English Language Certification Exams;
- to provide students with the language, grammar and test-taking strategies;
- to improve all four language skills (speaking, listening, reading and writing) as required for english language certification exams.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- Listening - understand academic and professional discourse; - identify the main ideas and distinguish relevant supporting details of a formal or academic passage;
- Reading - understand a variety of different academic text types; - use different reading strategies and focus on target material in all types of reading passages;
- Speaking - demonstrate enhanced speaking in different task formats; - formulate, express and defend opinions using appropriate vocabulary and grammatical structures.
- Writing - produce different types of IELTS written tasks; - demonstrate enhanced vocabulary and grammatical structures;
- Writing: produce different types of written tasks for exams; demonstrate enhanced vocabulary and grammatical structures.
- Reading: understand a variety of different academic text types; use different reading strategies and focus on target material in all types of reading passages.
- Listening: understand academic and professional discourse; identify the main ideas and distinguish relevant supporting details of a formal or academic passage.
- Speaking: demonstrate enhanced speaking in different task formats; formulate, express and defend opinions using appropriate vocabulary and grammatical structures.
Course Contents
- Lesson 1
- Lesson 2
- Lesson 3
- Lesson 4
- Lesson 5
- Lesson 6
- Lesson 7
- Lesson 8
- Lesson 9
- Lesson 10
- Lesson 11
- Lesson 12
- Lesson 13
- Lesson 14
- Lesson 15
- Lesson 16
- Lesson 17
- Lesson 18
- Lesson 19
- Lesson 20
- Lesson 21
- Lesson 22
- Lesson 23
- Lesson 24
- Lesson 25
Assessment Elements
- Written assessmentWritten assessment includes various types of graph descriptions and essays.
- Oral assessmentOral assessment is conducted in the form of an IELTS Speaking exam and includes all three parts of it.
- Independent workIndependent work includes activities that students do at home, in the classroom and online.
- Final assessment
Interim Assessment
- 2024/2025 3rd module0.3 * Final assessment + 0.25 * Independent work + 0.2 * Oral assessment + 0.25 * Written assessment
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Mindset for IELTS : student's book 3: an official Cambridge IELTS course, , 2018
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Cambridge grammar for IELTS : grammar reference and practice, Hopkins, D., 2012
- Cambridge grammar for IELTS : grammar reference and practice, Hopkins, D., 2013