2024/2025

Английский язык для общих коммуникативных целей. Начальный курс

Статус: Факультатив

Кто читает: Школа иностранных языков

Когда читается: 1-4 модуль

Охват аудитории: для своего кампуса

Преподаватели: Суворова Юлия Александровна

Язык: английский

Кредиты: 16

Course Syllabus

Abstract

"English for General Communication Purposes. Foundation Course" refers to the variable educational tracks offered to students of the curricula for Bachelor's and Specialist's degrees of choice while mastering the optional course of English in accordance with the Concept of the Development of English-language Communicative Competence of HSE Students. "English for General Communication Purposes. Foundation Course" is a course that is aimed at building students’ confidence in using English in different life situations and contexts, i.e. home, university, work, tourism and developing students’ language skills and communicative competences to the B1 level (HSE Scale 30-39). The course is designed to assist students in achieving the level of independent users through developing reading, listening, writing, and speaking skills, attaining excellence in vocabulary management and grammatical accuracy. The course offers a variety of authentic materials that familiarize students with real-life English expressions and scenarios, provides an array of contemporary topics for discussion and develops 21st-century skills such as critical thinking, and text analysis. The course develops a solid general English base for further success in learning English for academic or special purposes, taking international examinations, as well as future academic studies and research. Within the course, students are supposed to complete home assignments and take tests of various formats, which may include but are not limited to lexical-grammar tests, reading tests, listening tests, writing tests, speaking tests. "English for General Communication Purposes. Foundation Course" is available to the first-year students if there is not a mark for an English course in their high school diploma.

Learning Objectives

• The course helps students advance to the level of independent users of English for general communicative purposes and boost their language skills to B1 level (HSE Scale 30-39) via enhancing reading and listening comprehension, increasing effectiveness in spoken and written production, improving spoken interaction, promoting communicative language competences (vocabulary range and grammatical accuracy), and raising sociocultural awareness.

Expected Learning Outcomes

• To develop skills of using basic reading techniques skimming and scanning (predicting, understanding main ideas, understanding details)
• To develop understanding of articles, reports, straightforward and specialised texts concerned with contemporary problems at the threshold/vantage/effective operational proficiency level
• To form skills of note-taking
• To form understanding of text structure
• To develop understanding of lectures and learning context
• To improve understanding of dialogues and polylogues on both familiar and unfamiliar topics
• to develop skills of using basic listening techniques (predicting, understanding main ideas and details)
• to produce monologues (informative/descriptive/argumentative/persuasive speech)
• Applies the vocabulary for places in a city
• Scans and skims various texts
• Talks about a film in general, types of film and expresses personal tastes in film
• Practises comparative adjectives to compare different means of transport
• Talks about the tastes in food and healthy/ unhealthy diet
• Speaks about shops and shopping habits
• Speaks about cities and ancient civilisations
• Writes paragraphs about the most important inventions
• Speaks about preparing for and taking an exam
• Discusses past travel experience
• Practises listening for specific details and notetaking
• Defines important components of academic writing
• Practises writing a body paragraph
• Develops skills of using basic reading techniques skimming and scanning (predicting, understanding main ideas, understanding details)
• Produces presentations (informative/descriptive/argumentative/persuasive speech)
• Produces monologues (informative/descriptive/argumentative/persuasive speech)
• Participates in dialogues on general and academic topics (active listening, questioning, responding to questions, emphasizing, discussion strategies)
• Develops writing skills (email / summary / essay/CV)
• Forms skills of note-taking
• Develops understanding of lectures and learning context
• Develops skills of using basic listening techniques (predicting, understanding main ideas and details)
• Improves understanding of dialogues and polylogues on both familiar and unfamiliar topics
• Develops understanding of articles, reports, straightforward texts concerned with contemporary problems at the threshold level
• Forms understanding of text structure
• to develop writing skills
• To participate in dialogues on general, academic and professional topics (active listening, questioning, responding to questions, emphasizing, discussion strategies)

Course Contents

• Cities
  To check students’ academic performance, tests of various formats are designed, for example, a lexical-grammar test, a reading test, etc.). The formats can vary depending on the instructor's choice.
• Work and Study
  To check students’academic performance, tests of various formats are designed, for example, a lexical-grammar test, a reading test, etc.). The formats can vary depending on the instructor's choice.
• Nature
  To check students’academic performance, tests of various formats are designed, for example, a lexical-grammar test, a reading test, etc.). The formats can vary depending on the instructor's choice.
• Leisure time
  To check students’ academic performance, tests of various formats are designed, for example, a lexical-grammar test, a reading test, etc.) The formats can vary depending on the instructor's choice.
• City transport
  To check students’ academic performance, tests of various formats are designed, for example, a lexical-grammar test, a reading test, etc.). The formats can vary depending on the instructor's choice.
• Food
  To check students’ academic performance, tests of various formats are designed, for example, a lexical-grammar test, a reading test, etc.). The formats can vary depending on the instructor's choice.
• Shopping
  To check students’ academic performance, tests of various formats are designed, for example, a lexical-grammar test, a reading test, etc.). The formats can vary depending on the instructor's choice.
• History and culture
  To check students’ academic performance, tests of various formats are designed, for example, a lexical-grammar test, a reading test, etc.). The formats can vary depending on the instructor's choice.
• Inventions
  To check students’ academic performance, tests of various formats are designed, for example, a lexical-grammar test, a reading test, etc.). The formats can vary depending on the instructor's choice.
• Money
  To check students’ academic performance, tests of various formats are designed, for example, a lexical-grammar test, a reading test, etc.). The formats can vary depending on the instructor's choice.
• Homes
  To check students’ academic performance, tests of various formats are designed, for example, a lexical-grammar test, a reading test, etc.). The formats can vary depending on the instructor's choice.
• Journeys of a lifetime
  To check students’ academic performance, tests of various formats are designed, for example, a lexical-grammar test, a reading test, etc.). The formats can vary depending on the instructor's choice.
• Human planet
  To check students’ academic performance, tests of various formats are designed, for example, a lexical-grammar test, a reading test, etc.). The formats can vary depending on the instructor's choice.
• People
  To check students’ academic performance, tests of various formats are designed, for example, a lexical-grammar test, a reading test, etc.). The formats can vary depending on the instructor's choice.
• The media
  To check students’ academic performance, tests of various formats are designed, for example, a lexical-grammar test, a reading test, etc.). The formats can vary depending on the instructor's choice.
• Health
  To check students’ academic performance, tests of various formats are designed, for example, a lexical-grammar test, a reading test, etc.). The formats can vary depending on the instructor's choice.
• Natural World
  To check students’ academic performance, tests of various formats are designed, for example, a lexical-grammar test, a reading test, etc.). The formats can vary depending on the instructor's choice.
• Society and family
  To check students’ academic performance, tests of various formats are designed, for example, a lexical-grammar test, a reading test, etc.). The formats can vary depending on the instructor's choice.
• Scientists
  To check students’ academic performance, tests of various formats are designed, for example, a lexical-grammar test, a reading test, etc.). The formats can vary depending on the instructor's choice.
• The night
  To check students’ academic performance, tests of various formats are designed, for example, a lexical-grammar test, a reading test, etc.). The formats can vary depending on the instructor's choice.
• Work and Industry
  To check students’ academic performance, tests of various formats are designed, for example, a lexical-grammar test, a reading test, etc.). The formats can vary depending on the instructor's choice.
• Global affairs
  To check students’ academic performance, tests of various formats are designed, for example, a lexical-grammar test, a reading test, etc.). The formats can vary depending on the instructor's choice.
• The environment
  To check students’ academic performance, tests of various formats are designed, for example, a lexical-grammar test, a reading test, etc.). The formats can vary depending on the instructor's choice.
• Minority sports
  To check students’ academic performance, tests of various formats are designed, for example, a lexical-grammar test, a reading test, etc.). The formats can vary depending on the instructor's choice.

Assessment Elements

• Student Independent Work Assessment
  Independent work includes activities that students do at home, activities that students do in the classroom and online work. The elements of independent work cannot be retaken.
• Student Independent Work Assessment
• Written assessment
• Oral assessment
• Final Assessment
  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 2025. 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.
• Written Assessment
  Written assessment includes: 1 reading test, 1 listening test, 2 vocabulary and grammar tests, 2 written works (email, essay).
• Oral Assessment
  Oral assessment includes a monologue on a given topic and a discussion.
• Final Assessment

Interim Assessment

• 2024/2025 2nd module
  0.3 * Final Assessment + 0.2 * Oral assessment + 0.25 * Student Independent Work Assessment + 0.25 * Written assessment
• 2024/2025 4th module
  0.3 * Final Assessment + 0.2 * Oral Assessment + 0.25 * Student Independent Work Assessment + 0.25 * Written Assessment

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• New headway: pre-intermediate : student's book, Soars, J., 2007
• Straightforward: elementary : student's book, Clandfield, L., 2006

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Essential grammar in use : a self-study reference and practice book for elementary students of English: with answers, Murphy, R., 2010
• Essential Grammar in Use, A self-study reference and practice book for elementary students of English with answers, 3rd ed., 319 p., Murphy, R., 2011
• Oxford living grammar : pre-intermediate: [learn and practise grammar in context], Harrison, M., 2009
• Vocabulary: pre-intermediate, Bourke, K., 2006
• Буренко Л. В., Тарасенко О. С. ; Под общ. ред. Краснощековой Г.А. - ГРАММАТИКА АНГЛИЙСКОГО ЯЗЫКА. GRAMMAR IN LEVELS ELEMENTARY – PRE-INTERMEDIATE. Учебное пособие для СПО - М.:Издательство Юрайт - 2021 - 227с. - ISBN: 978-5-9916-9261-8 - Текст электронный // ЭБС ЮРАЙТ - URL: https://urait.ru/book/grammatika-angliyskogo-yazyka-grammar-in-levels-elementary-pre-intermediate-471736
• Буренко Л. В., Тарасенко О. С., Краснощекова Г. А. ; Под общ. ред. Краснощековой Г.А. - GRAMMAR IN LEVELS ELEMENTARY – PRE-INTERMEDIATE. Учебное пособие для вузов - М.:Издательство Юрайт - 2021 - 230с. - ISBN: 978-5-534-04538-3 - Текст электронный // ЭБС ЮРАЙТ - URL: https://urait.ru/book/grammar-in-levels-elementary-pre-intermediate-471708

Authors

• SUVOROVA Iuliia ALEKSANDROVNA