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

Bachelor 2024/2025

Type: Compulsory course (Foreign Languages and Intercultural Communication)

Area of studies: Linguistics

Delivered by: School of Foreign Languages

When: 2 year, 1-4 module

Mode of studies: offline

Open to: students of one campus

Instructors: Кульков Даниил Андреевич, Ананьева Елена Петровна, Кульков Даниил Андреевич, Михеева Наталья Дмитриевна, Алешин Виталий Сергеевич, Ананьева Елена Петровна, Alina Budnikova, Daria Mazurova, Daria Ulkhanovna Mirzaeva, Anna Andreevna Samoilova, Elena Styrina, Греченко Анастасия Александровна, Сарайва Сан Педро Даниел

Language: English

ECTS credits: 10

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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
Molchanova EKATERINA SERGEEVNA
Bogolepova Svetlana Viktorovna

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