2023/2024
International English Examinations Practice
Type:
Optional course
Delivered by:
School of Foreign Languages
When:
1-3 module
Open to:
students of all HSE University campuses
Instructors:
Борисова Юлия Алексеевна,
Воронцова-Менало Анна Сергеевна,
Мищук Анастасия Михайловна,
Хомякова Варвара Ильинична,
Санникова Ольга Александровна,
Воронцова-Менало Анна Сергеевна,
Павлова Ксения Валерьевна,
Хомякова Варвара Ильинична,
Павлова Ксения Валерьевна,
Жаркова Марина Геннадьевна,
Рустамова Юлия Фазилевна,
Шендерович Мария Филипповна,
Джахангирова Вефа Сабухи кызы,
Данилова Елизавета Андреевна,
Рустамова Юлия Фазилевна,
Говорина Елена Ивановна,
Кузина Екатерина Андреевна,
Шкаруба Дарья Дмитриевна,
Букина Анна Викторовна,
Кузина Екатерина Андреевна,
Завалина Анастасия Владимировна,
Шкаруба Дарья Дмитриевна,
Говорина Елена Ивановна,
Санникова Ольга Александровна,
Мищук Анастасия Михайловна,
Natalya Bagrintseva,
Tatyana Baranova,
Tatyana Baranovskaya,
Nadezhda Aleksandrovna Borzova,
Olga V. Burenkova,
Yulia Mikhailovna Chanturidze,
Daria Chikhacheva,
Liudmila Gagarina,
Arina I. Galeyeva,
Nataliya Valentinovna Guskova,
Maria Ivanchenko,
Alexander Vladimirovich Kalashnikov,
Olga Kamenskaya,
Evgeniya Kim,
Irina Alexandrovna Konovalova,
Victoria Kosheleva,
Galina Levitskaya,
Sofia Lozovaia,
Viktor Makarenko,
Yana Makarova,
Vera Maryushko,
Elena Yurievna Mostacheva,
Tatyana Nurgaleeva,
Tatiana Pitra,
Tatiana Borisovna Pospelova,
Maria Pronina,
Ekaterina Vladimirovna Razbaeva,
Lyudmila Yuryevna Rokotyanskaya,
Alexandra Semenova,
Marina Sildimirova,
Alexandra Smorodinova,
Yulia Vladislavovna Styvrina,
Dzhuna Dzhumberievna Tsurtsumia,
Evgenia Vasilyeva,
Marina Anatolievna Volkova,
Ekaterina Ilinichna Yudina,
Dinara Yusipova,
Maria Zamkovaya,
Anna Robertovna Zhavoronkova,
Liliya Vasilevna Zhilina,
Загорулько Яна Сергеевна,
Фроликова Елена Юрьевна,
Загорулько Яна Сергеевна,
Пинчукова Анна Евгеньевна,
Кочухова Анастасия Андреевна,
Авгиненко Анна Дмитриевна,
Шапиро Элина Диаматовна,
Пинчукова Анна Евгеньевна,
Авгиненко Анна Дмитриевна,
Шапиро Элина Диаматовна,
Кочухова Анастасия Андреевна,
Медведева Екатерина Павловна,
Афанасьева Арина Павловна,
Медведева Екатерина Павловна,
Кирилишина Дарья Валерьевна
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
3
Contact hours:
52
Course Syllabus
Abstract
“International English Examinations Practice” course is a specialized highly intensive program designed to give students insight into the IELTS Academic testing system. The program focuses on four parts of the exam which are Reading, Listening, Writing and Speaking and explains aim and format of every task included in the IELTS Academic Exam. The course highlights crucial tips and ready-to-use techniques to keep in mind during the examination. It also draws attention to common mistakes and pitfalls hampering test takers from gaining higher IELTS scores. The program blends theory and practice, though practice prevails. Students are offered to scrutinize printed materials, peruse online learning resources as well as fulfill numerous exercises both in class and at home and thus familiarize themselves with subtleties of the IELTS testing system. The grammar and vocabulary revision materials included in the course are aimed at the score of 7.5 and higher of the 9-band IELTS scale – the results normally expected by the admissions of the top-notch Bachelor and Master courses taught entirely in English in Russia and abroad. The program is built to help students perform their best on the IELTS Academic exam though the final results are entirely conditioned by the eagerness, determination and involvement of each individual student.
Learning Objectives
- - to give a detailed overview of all four parts of IELTS Academic;
- - to provide students with the language, grammar and test-taking strategies required for the IELTS exam;
- - to improve all four language skills, speaking, listening, reading and writing, as required for the IELTS examination.
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;
Course Contents
- Topic 1: Urban and Rural Life
- Topic 2: Health
- Topic 3: Art
- Topic 4: Finance and Business
- Topic 5: History
Assessment Elements
- Written assessmentWritten assessment is conducted in the form of an IELTS written exam and 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
- 2023/2024 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
- Achieve IELTS. English for international education : student's book: intermediate - upper intermediate, Harrison, L., 2005
- Cambridge grammar for IELTS : grammar reference and practice, Hopkins, D., 2012
- Cambridge grammar for IELTS : grammar reference and practice, Hopkins, D., 2013
- Cambridge vocabulary for IELTS advanced with answers : self-study vocabulary practice, Cullen, P., 2012