2022/2023

English for Specific Purposes. History - 3

Type: Optional course

Delivered by: School of Foreign Languages

When: 1-3 module

Open to: students of all HSE University campuses

Instructors: Marina Chashko, Tatiana Znamenskaya

Language: English

ECTS credits: 3

Contact hours: 52

Course Syllabus

Abstract

This course is designed for the 2nd-year Undergraduate (Bachelor's) students whose major is History or whose interest lies in History both as an academic discipline and as a professional field. The course is offered within the HSE unified “Concept of the Development of English-language Communicative Competence of HSE Students” and adheres to the "Regulations for Interim and Ongoing Assessment of Students at National Research University Higher School of Economics” . “English for Specific Purposes. History-3” continues the courses “English for Specific Purposes. History-1,2” and covers Modules 1-3 of the 2nd-year studies of the Bachelor's students.

Learning Objectives

• The course is aimed at developing BA students’ professional intercultural communicative competence (PICC) that is referred to as the “integrative ability of solving professional tasks with the help of foreign language” . Development of the PICC, as an integrative goal of this course, ensures plunging students as active participants into the process of solving a variety of professionally-oriented tasks with the help of the English language that model a broad diverse social and quasi-professional context of their future career paths.
• Engaging students in such quasi-professional activities allows to set the following learning objectives of the course: • find out purposes, useful strategies and means of learning about History; • work with different sources and types of information for finding new solutions to the existing problems of the historical field; • discover various types and genres of texts that narrate, describe and analyse historical periods, events and issues; • design innovative creative and personally meaningful research, educational and professional projects related to historical field using Information and Communications technology (ICT); • practice analytical and critical thinking skills; • acquire an ability to cooperate in a team and work autonomously; • reflect on the personal and team work and experience; • develop their problem-solving skills and creativity.
• The course is aimed at mastering the skills of: Reading: • Understanding specialised complex longer texts*/articles and reports concerned with contemporary problems (CEFR) • Understanding text structure • Using basic reading techniques, skimming & scanning (predicting, understanding main ideas, understanding details) *can use a dictionary occasionally to confirm his/her interpretation of terminology Listening: • Understanding dialogues and polylogues on both familiar and unfamiliar topics • Understanding lectures • Understanding academic/ professional presentations which are linguistically complex • Using basic listening techniques (predicting, understanding main ideas and details) • Following extended speech and complex lines of arguments • Note-taking Writing: (can write clear, well-structured texts on a variety of subjects expanding points of view, developing arguments, synthesising and evaluating information, can evaluate different ideas or solutions to a problem): • Summary • Essay: opinion, discussion • Report • E-mail (business correspondence) • CV • Review of a film/book/play Speaking: • Debates (debate on abstract, complex topics) • Monologue:descriptive/informative/reasoning • Presentation (can give reasons in support or against a particular point of view, give the advantages and disadvantages of various opinions).

Expected Learning Outcomes

• Students are expected to develop listening skills: • Understanding dialogues and polylogues on both familiar and unfamiliar topics • Understanding lectures • Understanding academic/ professional presentations which are linguistically complex • Using basic listening techniques (predicting, understanding main ideas and details) • Following extended speech and complex lines of arguments • Note-taking
• Students are expected to develop reading skills: • Understanding specialised complex longer texts*/articles and reports concerned with contemporary problems (CEFR) • Understanding text structure • Using basic reading techniques, skimming & scanning (predicting, understanding main ideas, understanding details) *can use a dictionary occasionally to confirm his/her interpretation of terminology
• Students are expected to produce in speaking: • Debates (debate on abstract, complex topics) • Monologue:descriptive/informative/reasoning • Presentation (can give reasons in support or against a particular point of view, give the advantages and disadvantages of various opinions).
• Students are expected to produce in writing: (can write clear, well-structured texts on a variety of subjects expanding points of view, developing arguments, synthesising and evaluating information, can evaluate different ideas or solutions to a problem): • Summary • Essay: opinion, discussion • Report • E-mail (business correspondence) • CV • Review of a film/book/play
• Students should be prepared: • to talk about History career paths and choices; • to describe the job of a historian in academia and non-historical fields – its challenges and prospects; • to design and present a concept/statement of an academic (research/educational) event related to History;
• • to show the skills of presenting and speculating when given open talks and debating while participating in discussions, Q/A sessions and giving the presentation on History-related topics; • to integrate smartly the learned theories, concepts, terms and definitions from the professional context into the speech.
• Students should be prepared: • to overview and analyse research, educational and applied History projects – their concepts, aims, tasks, sources, structure, methodology, technologies and techniques, information products, etc.; • to design a concept of an educational/research or applied History project;
• • to create information products for presenting and promoting History projects (writing overviews, descriptions, reviews; running poster sessions, making publications etc.); • to show the skills of presenting and speculating when delivering the concept of the History project/project concept and participating in a Q&A session.

Course Contents

• English for Specific Purposes. History - 3 (Section 1)

Assessment Elements

• Presentation and further discussion
• Written assessment
• Oral assessment
• Dialogue
• Final assessment
  Communication failures during the test: A short-term communication failure during the test is considered to be a loss of a student’s network connection with the platform for up to 5 minutes. A long-term communication failure during the test is the loss of a student’s network connection with the platform for more than 5 minutes. It is not possible to complete the test in case of a long-term communication failure. In the event of a long-term communication failure with the platform during the test, the student must record the fact of the loss of communication with the platform (take a screenshot/photograph of the entire screen so that the time and the application/web browser window are visible, get a response from the Internet provider) and report the problem to the office of the student’s Program and to the teacher (in one email). Note: According to part 33 of Regulations for Interim and Ongoing Assessments of Students at National Research University Higher School of Economics «…. The use of materials not permitted by this list, attempts to communicate with other students or other individuals (e.g., through electronic means of communication), unauthorized movement in the examination room, having electronic means of communication that are not allowed by the teacher, intended disconnection from the video conference or switching browser tab, when it is clear that the teacher forbids the action, and other violations of examination procedure constitute ground for the end of exam for the particular student (student’s removal from the examination room, disconnection from the videoconference, etc.) with a subsequent “0” grade in the examination grade column. Порядок проведения Final Assessment 2 курс 3 модуль. Курс по выбору Цель проведения: оценка степени сформированности коммуникативных компетенций по результатам обучения английскому языку на 2 курсе в соответствии с планируемыми результатами обучения. Период проведения: за 10 дней до сессии 3 модуля. Период показа работ: в период сессии. Период пересдач: до 15 октября 2022. Время выполнения – 80 минут. Структура экзамена № п/п Разделы экзамена Задания Оценивание Максимально 10 баллов Комментарии к заданиям 1. Listening (L) Прослушайте аудиофайл один раз и выполните последовательно задания 1-10. каждый верный ответ оценивается в 1 балл Длительность аудиозаписи составляет 6-7 минут. Время выполнения раздела Аудирование составляет не более 10 минут. 2. Reading (R) Прочитайте текст и выполните задания 1-10. каждый верный ответ оценивается в 1 балл Объем текста 3000-3500 знаков Время выполнения раздела Чтение составляет не более 20 минут. 3. Writing (W) Напишите review/report. в соответствии с критериями Рекомендуемое количество слов Review 250-30 Report 150-200 Время выполнения раздела Письмо составляет не более 50 минут. Формула оценивания: L*0,3+R*0,3 +W*0,4 = 10
• Independent assessment
  According to the "Regulations for Interim and Ongoing Assessments of Students at National Research University Higher School of Economics” the grades for all assessment elements are assigned using 10-points scale, while the grades for particular elements (e.g. tests, quizzes etc.) can be determined using the following scale: Grading Scale (% correct answers/grade): 100 - 96% (10) 95 - 91% (9) 90 - 86% (8) 85 - 78% (7) 77 - 71% (6) 70 - 61% (5) 60 - 51% (4) 50 - 36% (3) 35 - 21% (2) 20 - 1 % (1) 0% (0) Students are expected to turn in assignments on the due date. In case of any problems with submitting the assignments, giving presentations etc. on the due date, despite officially proven reasonable excuses, students must inform the instructor about the occurred issue in advance or no later than in 24-hour period after the deadline. If the instructor is informed, assignments (besides listening, group work tasks and the final test) can be accepted after the deadline and presentations can be rescheduled according to the decision of the instructor. All course participants are expected to interact in a respectful manner, be fully engaged with the groupmates, the instructor and the course content. Students must adhere to generally accepted standards of academic honesty, including but not limited to refraining from cheating, plagiarizing, inappropriately collaborating, mispresenting one’s work.
• Review

Interim Assessment

• 2022/2023 3rd module
  0.25 * Written assessment + 0.3 * Final assessment + 0 * Review + 0.25 * Independent assessment + 0.2 * Oral assessment

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• Английский язык в проектной деятельности. История : учебник для изучения английского языка как средства решения профессионально ориентированных проектных задач, Чашко, М. М., 2022
• Смольянина, Е. А.  Английский язык для историков (B1—B2) : учебник и практикум для вузов / Е. А. Смольянина. — Москва : Издательство Юрайт, 2021. — 286 с. — (Высшее образование). — ISBN 978-5-534-01094-7. — Текст : электронный // Образовательная платформа Юрайт [сайт]. — URL: https://urait.ru/bcode/469620 (дата обращения: 28.08.2023).

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Academic Vocabulary for Social Sciences. Академическая лексика социальных дисциплин : учеб. пособие, Короткина И.Б., НИУ ВШЭ, 2016
• Porter, D. (2007). Check Your Vocabulary for Academic English : All You Need to Pass Your Exams: Vol. 3rd ed. A&C Black Business Information and Development.