Bachelor
2023/2024
Practical Course of the English Language: Grammar, Phonetics, Practice of Oral and Written Speech
Type:
Compulsory course (Foreign Languages and Intercultural Communication)
Area of studies:
Linguistics
Delivered by:
School of Foreign Languages
Where:
School of Foreign Languages
When:
2 year, 1, 2 module
Mode of studies:
offline
Open to:
students of one campus
Instructors:
Антонова Евгения Борисовна,
Ананьева Елена Петровна,
Листопадова Мария Владимировна,
Алешин Виталий Сергеевич,
Карпова Алина Владиславовна,
Кульков Даниил Андреевич,
Антонова Евгения Борисовна,
Карпова Алина Владиславовна,
Ананьева Елена Петровна,
Садекова София Равилевна,
Кульков Даниил Андреевич,
Yulia Aleshina,
Polina Kirillova,
Marina A. Kosycheva,
Daria Ulkhanovna Mirzaeva,
Ekaterina Molchanova,
Elena Styrina,
Elena Terekhova,
Ksenia Vasilyuk,
Греченко Анастасия Александровна,
Бражникова Александра Максимовна
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
8
Contact hours:
154
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 for university studies
- develop effective listening, reading, and note-taking skills to work with different types of academic input
- develop academic communication writing skills: academic emails, event invitations, paragraphs, essays
- develop academic communication speaking skills: self-presentation, personal interview, academic talk, academic discussion
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 present oneself in a way that leaves the desired image in accordance with socially and culturally accepted norms of action and behaviour
- 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 make a good impression at a personal academic interview by highlighting desirable traits like your accomplishments, skills, and abilities
- To email your lecturers, tutors, or other university staff members to communicate personal or non-public matters
- To craft the perfect invitation letter to encourage people to participate in the event
- To give an academic talk that communicates opinions effectively relying on relevant arguments and evidence
- To produce clear, well-structured, detailed academic paragraphs on different subjects
- To produce clear, well-structured, detailed academic essays on different subjects
- To conduct group discussions with audience awareness knowing the structure, purposes of an academic discussion, and speakers’ roles
- 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
- Section 3. Listening and Note-taking for University Studies
- Section 4. Advanced Understanding of the English Tense System
- Section 5. Reading for University Studies and Locating and Writing Thesis Statements
- Section 6. Academic Communication Skills: University Interaction via Emails
- Section 7. Intonation in Context
- Section 8. Academic Communication Skills: Self-presentation
- Section 9. Academic Communication Skills: Academic Talk
- Section 10. Academic Communication Skills: from Paragraph to Essay
- Section 11. Academic Communication Skills: Academic Discussion
- Module 1. ‘The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.’ Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Module 2. 'All artforms are in the service of the greatest of all arts: the art of living.’ Karl Marx
Assessment Elements
- Continuous AssessmentLinguistic phenomena or academic style quizzes which are aimed at controlling new knowledge and skills formation, timely correction of reaching strategies. The maximum grade for this type of assessment is 10. To calculate the final (cumulative) grade for this type of assessment the following formula is applied: G continuous assessment = (G c.a. 1 + G c.a. 2 + …….)/G total number.
- Academic Progress AssessmentStudent’s academic progress is comprised by the following constituent parts: active classroom participation, demonstration of critical and original thinking, homework completion. The maximum grade for this type of assessment is 3 (+/- system may be applied as well). To calculate the final grade for this type of assessment a percentage formula is applied: G academic progress = G cumulative * 10/G max. points.
- Smart LMSSmart LMS training includes extra tasks and practical exercises aimed at extending student learning beyond the classroom and checking knowledge acquisition and skills development progress. The maximum grade for this type of assessment is 100%, which is then converted to the 10-point scale using the percentage formula.
- Exam Module 2The examination is taken during the period of 10 days prior to an examination week in written format. The exam paper is based on the materials studied throughout all the Sections in Modules 1-2.
- Integrated SkillsIntegrated Skills assessment element consists of receptive activities such as listening and reading tasks as well as productive activities, such as speaking and writing tasks, which may include monologues, debates, discussions, projects, presentations, paragraphs, essays. The maximum grade for this type of assessment is 10. To calculate the final (cumulative) grade for this type of assessment the following formula is applied: G integrated skills = (G task 1 + G task 2 + …….)/G total number.
- Exam Module 4The exam is taken on the examination week. It tests the knowledge and skills acquired throughout the whole academic year and includes receptive and productive tasks. The exam consists of written and oral parts. The written part includes a written product. The oral part includes a discussion task.
- Practice of SpeechThe Current Grade in Practice of Speech is calculated according to the formula: G pr.o.sp. = 0,1*G contact work + 0,3*G quizzes + 0,3*G speaking/writing + 0,3*G final test 1. Contact work – student’s work in class/at home is comprised by the following constituent parts: active classroom participation, demonstration of critical and original thinking, self-study activities. Each class you receive +/- for each constituent part. The number of pluses is calculated and then the following formula is applied: G CW = G cumulative * 9/G max. points. The maximum grade for this type of assessment is 9. You may earn 1extra point if you complete >90% of Smart LMS activities. Thus, you may receive 10 as the final grade for this type of assessment. If a seminar is held online, active classroom participation is graded under the condition that the student keeps their camera on. 2. Quizzes – lexical or academic style tests which are aimed at controlling new knowledge and skills formation, timely correction of reaching strategies. The maximum grade for this type of assessment is 10. To calculate the final (cumulative) grade for this type of assessment the following formula is applied: G quizzes = (G quiz 1 + G quiz 2 + …….)/G total number; If a seminar is held online, quizzes are graded graded under the condition that the student keeps their camera on. 3. Speaking and writing activities – monologues, debates, discussions, role-plays, round-table discussions, projects, written products. The maximum grade for this type of assessment is 10. To calculate the final (cumulative) grade for this type of assessment the following formula is applied: G speaking/writing = (G speaking 1 + G speaking 2 + …….)/G total number; If a seminar is held online, speaking and writing activities are graded graded under the condition that the student keeps their camera on. 4. Final tests – the lexical test on the entire Unit. The maximum grade for this type of assessment is 10. If a seminar is held online, final tests are graded graded under the condition that the student keeps their camera on.
- Phonetics
- GrammarThe Current Grade in Grammar is calculated according to the formula: G gr. = 0,25*G class work + 0,25*G LMS Tests + 0,5*G Intermediate tests 1. Class work - Student’s work is comprised by the following constituent parts: attendance, active classroom participation, home assignment. To calculate the final (cumulative) grade for this type of assessment, the following formula is applied: G class work = (G class 1 + Grade class 2...)/total number*33.3333333333333. The maximum grade for this type of assessment is 9. You may earn 1extra point if you complete >90% of Smart LMS activities. Thus, you may receive 10 as the final grade for this type of assessment. If a seminar is held online, active classroom participation is graded under the condition that the student keeps their camera on. 2. LMS tasks - online tests in LMS system. The students are given a list of tests that they need to do online asyncronically at their own pace for each module, and are informed about the deadlines. The maximum grade for this type of assessment is 10. To calculate the final (cumulative) grade for this type of assessment, the following formula is applied for each module: G LMS tests M1/2 = (G lms test 1 + G lms test 2 + ...)/total number. Then, the average grade for 2 modules is calculated. The following formula is applied: G LMS Tests = (G LMS tests M1 + G LMS tests M2)/2. 3. Tests - grammar tests which are aimed at controlling new knowledge and skills formation, ability to apply the rules studied correctly. The maximum grade for this type of assessment is 10. There are 2 tests in Module 1 and 2 tests in Module 2. To calculate the final (cumulative) grade for this type of assessment the following formula is applied: G tests = (G test 1 + G test 2 + G test 3 + G test 4)/4. If a seminar is held online, tests are graded under the condition that the student keeps their camera on.
- Exam Module 3The examination is taken during the period of 10 days prior to an examination week in both written and oral formats. The written part includes writing an email, the oral part includes self-presentation and academic talk tasks.
- Independent Work AssessmentIndependent work assessment includes extra tasks and practical exercises aimed at extending student learning beyond the classroom and checking knowledge acquisition and skills development progress. The maximum grade for this type of assessment is 100%, which is then converted to the 10-point scale using the percentage formula.
- Language SystemsLinguistic phenomena or academic style quizzes which are aimed at controlling new knowledge and skills formation, timely correction of reaching strategies. The maximum grade for this type of assessment is 10. To calculate the final (cumulative) grade for this type of assessment the following formula is applied: G continuous assessment = (G c.a. 1 + G c.a. 2 + …….)/G total number
- Language SkillsThe assessment element consists of receptive activities such as listening and reading tasks as well as productive activities, such as speaking and writing tasks, which may include monologues, debates, discussions, projects, presentations, paragraphs, essays. The maximum grade for this type of assessment is 10. To calculate the final (cumulative) grade for this type of assessment the following formula is applied: G integrated skills = (G task 1 + G task 2 + …….)/G total number.
- Exam Module 1The examination is taken during the period of 10 days prior to an examination week and includes productive activities tasks.
- Final Exam Module 2The examination is taken during the examination week in Module 2. The exam includes productive activities tasks. Constituent elements: informal (film, book, painting, song, restaurant, food, etc.) review (written in class) persuasive short talk (prepared and delivered in class) Part 1. Written - informal review Time limit: 50 minutes. Part 2. Oral - persuasive short talk Time limit: 30 minutes for preparation, 3 minutes for delivery. ASSESSMENT FORMULA: 0,5 REVIEW + 0.5 TALK
- Academic ProgressLinguistic phenomena or academic style quizzes which are aimed at controlling new knowledge and skills formation, timely correction of reaching strategies. The maximum grade for this type of assessment is 10. To calculate the final (cumulative) grade for this type of assessment the following formula is applied: G continuous assessment = (G c.a. 1 + G c.a. 2 + …….)/G total number.
Interim Assessment
- 2022/2023 2nd module0.05 * Academic Progress + 0.05 * Academic Progress + 0.1 * Continuous Assessment + 0.1 * Continuous Assessment + 0.3 * Exam Module 2 + 0.125 * Integrated Skills + 0.125 * Integrated Skills + 0.075 * Smart LMS + 0.075 * Smart LMS
- 2022/2023 3rd module0.1 * Academic Progress + 0.2 * Continuous Assessment + 0.3 * Exam Module 3 + 0.25 * Integrated Skills + 0.15 * Smart LMS
- 2022/2023 4th module0.1 * Academic Progress + 0.2 * Continuous Assessment + 0.3 * Exam Module 4 + 0.25 * Integrated Skills + 0.15 * Smart LMS
- 2023/2024 1st module0.2 * Academic Progress Assessment + 0.25 * Exam Module 1 + 0.05 * Independent Work Assessment + 0.25 * Language Skills + 0.25 * Language Systems
- 2023/2024 2nd module0.2 * Academic Progress Assessment + 0.25 * Final Exam Module 2 + 0.05 * Independent Work Assessment + 0.25 * Language Skills + 0.25 * Language Systems
