Practical Course of the English Language: Grammar, Phonetics, Practice of Oral and Written Speech

2023/2024

Academic Year

ENG

Instruction in English

17

ECTS credits

Delivered at:

School of Foreign Languages

Course type:

Compulsory course

When:

1 year, 1-4 module

Instructors

Aleshina, Yulia

Ананьева Елена Петровна

Антонова Евгения Борисовна

Budnikova, Alina

Александровна

Mazurova, Daria

Карпова Алина Владиславовна

Кульков Даниил Андреевич

Михеева Наталья Дмитриевна

Molchanova, Ekaterina

Садекова София Равилевна

Сарайва Сан Педро Даниел

Terekhova, Elena

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The “Practical Course of the English Language” is designed for the first and second-year students of the Undergraduate Programme “Foreign Languages and Intercultural Communication” and aims at developing students’ English language communicative competence at B2+/C1 levels according to the Common European Framework of Reference. The course immerses students into the field of professional academic interaction focusing on skills and products relevant for successful university education performance. The course syllabus incorporates a wide range of academic input featuring up-to-date discussion topics and providing students with a variety of activities involving individual, group, and project contact and self-study work, receptive, productive, and integrated skills assignments, as well as SMART LMS training.

Learning Objectives

• enhance target English pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar skills
• develop effective listening, reading, and note-taking skills to work with different types of academic and non-academic input
• develop academic communication writing skills: critical reviews, informal reviews, news reports
• develop academic communication speaking skills: academic and non-academic presentations

Expected Learning Outcomes

• To be able to adopt various reading strategies (skimming, scanning, identifying gist and differentiating details, inferring meaning from context, comprehending writer’s attitude)
• To use a broad range of target vocabulary units, grammatical forms, and phonetic phenomena in communication practice
• To choose the most appropriate listening and note-taking strategies based on the listening purpose
• To deliver effective academic presentations engaging the audience
• To write a critical review of a book or article, identifying, summarizing, and evaluating the ideas and information the author has presented
• To give effective non-academic presentations engaging the audience
• To write a review of a book, movie, opera, or other creative works to express or evaluate how you feel about the work reviewed
• To design and write or shoot news reports with a focus on clarity, factual accuracy, and engaging content, incorporating multimedia elements for reader engagement
• To conduct expert interviews

Course Contents

• Module 1. ‘To have another language is to possess a second soul.’ Charles the Great
• Module 2. 'Men make their own history, but they do not make it as they please.’ Karl Marx
• Module 3. ‘Strength lies in differences, not in similarities.’ Stephen Covey
• Module 4. ‘‘Cities are the playgrounds for dreamers and the canvas for innovation.’
• Module 1. ‘The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.’ Ralph Waldo Emerson
• Module 2. 'What we think, we become.' Buddha
• Module 3. 'All artforms are in the service of the greatest of all arts: the art of living.’ Karl Marx
• Module 4. 'The things you own end up owning you.' Tyler Durden

Assessment Elements

• Academic Progress
  The control element assesses student’s work that includes, but is not limited to, the following constituent parts: engagement in class activities, completion of home assignments, self-study activities, proactiveness and resourcefulness.
• Language Systems
  The control element assesses grammar, lexis, phonology and discourse in-class quizzes.
• Language Skills
  The control element assesses listening, reading tests; speaking, writing communicative assignments.
• Smart LMS Self-Study
  The control element assesses completion of online tests in Smart LMS.
• Exam Year 1 Module 2
  The control element assesses target oral and written communication products of the Module(s).
• Exam Year 1 Module 3
  The control element assesses target oral and written communication products of the Module(s).
• Exam Year 1 Module 4
  The control element assesses target oral and written communication products of the Module(s).
• Exam Year 2 Module 1
  The control element assesses target oral and written communication products of the Module(s).
• Exam Year 2 Module 3
  The control element assesses target oral and written communication products of the Module(s).
• Exam Year 2 Module 4
  The control element assesses target oral and written communication products of the Module(s).

Interim Assessment

• 2023/2024 2nd module
  0.2 * Academic Progress + 0.2 * Academic Progress + 0.25 * Exam Year 1 Module 2 + 0.25 * Exam Year 1 Module 2 + 0.25 * Language Skills + 0.25 * Language Skills + 0.25 * Language Systems + 0.25 * Language Systems + 0.05 * Smart LMS Self-Study + 0.05 * Smart LMS Self-Study
• 2023/2024 3rd module
  0.2 * Academic Progress + 0.2 * Academic Progress + 0.25 * Exam Year 1 Module 3 + 0.25 * Exam Year 1 Module 3 + 0.25 * Language Skills + 0.25 * Language Skills + 0.25 * Language Systems + 0.25 * Language Systems + 0.05 * Smart LMS Self-Study + 0.05 * Smart LMS Self-Study
• 2023/2024 4th module
  0.2 * Academic Progress + 0.2 * Academic Progress + 0.25 * Exam Year 1 Module 4 + 0.25 * Exam Year 1 Module 4 + 0.25 * Language Skills + 0.25 * Language Skills + 0.25 * Language Systems + 0.25 * Language Systems + 0.05 * Smart LMS Self-Study + 0.05 * Smart LMS Self-Study
• 2024/2025 1st module
  0.15 * Academic Progress + 0.15 * Academic Progress + 0.3 * Exam Year 2 Module 1 + 0.3 * Exam Year 2 Module 1 + 0.25 * Language Skills + 0.25 * Language Skills + 0.25 * Language Systems + 0.25 * Language Systems + 0.05 * Smart LMS Self-Study + 0.05 * Smart LMS Self-Study
• 2024/2025 3rd module
  0.15 * Academic Progress + 0.15 * Academic Progress + 0.3 * Exam Year 2 Module 3 + 0.3 * Exam Year 2 Module 3 + 0.25 * Language Skills + 0.25 * Language Skills + 0.25 * Language Systems + 0.25 * Language Systems + 0.05 * Smart LMS Self-Study + 0.05 * Smart LMS Self-Study
• 2024/2025 4th module
  0.15 * Academic Progress + 0.15 * Academic Progress + 0.3 * Exam Year 2 Module 4 + 0.3 * Exam Year 2 Module 4 + 0.25 * Language Skills + 0.25 * Language Skills + 0.25 * Language Systems + 0.25 * Language Systems + 0.05 * Smart LMS Self-Study + 0.05 * Smart LMS Self-Study

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• Strongman, L. (2013). Academic Writing. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=816736

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Academic project presentations. Student's workbook: Презентация научных проектов на английском языке : Учеб. пособие для вузов, Кузьменкова, Ю.Б., 2009

Authors

• BUDNIKOVA ALINA ALEKSANDROVNA
• CHIGIREVA EKATERINA SERGEEVNA
• Bogolepova Svetlana Viktorovna