Bachelor
2024/2025
Practical Course of the English Language: Grammar, Phonetics, Practice of Oral and Written Speech
Category 'Best Course for Career Development'
Category 'Best Course for Broadening Horizons and Diversity of Knowledge and Skills'
Type:
Compulsory course (Foreign Languages and Intercultural Communication)
Area of studies:
Linguistics
Delivered by:
School of Foreign Languages
Where:
School of Foreign Languages
When:
1 year, 1-4 module
Mode of studies:
offline
Open to:
students of one campus
Instructors:
Ананьева Елена Петровна,
Мартюшова Наталья Олеговна,
Греченко Анастасия Александровна,
Yulia Aleshina,
Alina Budnikova,
Elena Kapustkina,
Daria Mazurova,
Daria Ulkhanovna Mirzaeva,
Anna Andreevna Samoilova,
Irina Terentieva,
Kira Zharova,
Ланина Татьяна Николаевна
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
17
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 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 and non-academic communication writing skills
- develop academic and non-academic communication speaking skills
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 effectively produce diverse forms of both spoken and written communication tailored for various contexts, including but not limited to academic assignments, professional presentations, informal discussions, formal correspondence, and creative writing tasks
- To demonstrate proficiency in adapting language use according to audience expectations, purpose, register, and genre conventions across different communicative situations
Course Contents
- 1. ‘To have another language is to possess a second soul.’ Charles the Great
- 2. 'If you want to know your past, look into your present conditions. If you want to know your future, look into your present actions.' Buddhist Saying
- 3. ‘The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.’ Ralph Waldo Emerson
- 4. 'What we think, we become.' Buddha
- 5. 'All artforms are in the service of the greatest of all arts: the art of living.’ Karl Marx
- 6. 'Life imitates art far more than art imitates life.' Oscar Wilde
Assessment Elements
- Class ParticipationThe 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 SystemsThe control element assesses grammar, lexis, phonology and discourse in-class quizzes.
- Language SkillsThe control element assesses listening, reading tests; speaking, writing communicative assignments.
- Smart LMS Self-StudyThe control element assesses completion of online tests in Smart LMS.
- Exam Year 1 Module 2The control element assesses target oral and written communication products of the Module(s).
- Exam Year 1 Module 4The control element assesses target oral and written communication products of the Module(s).
- Exam Year 2 Module 1The control element assesses target oral and written communication products of the Module(s).
- Exam Year 2 Module 3The control element assesses target oral and written communication products of the Module(s).
- Exam Year 2 Module 4The control element assesses target oral and written communication products of the Module(s).
- Module TestsThe control element is designed to assess students' understanding and mastery of the material covered in each module throughout the course. These tests serve as an essential tool for evaluating learning outcomes and ensuring that students have acquired the necessary skills and knowledge before progressing to subsequent modules.
Interim Assessment
- 2024/2025 2nd module0.15 * Class Participation + 0.15 * Class Participation + 0.3 * Exam Year 1 Module 2 + 0.3 * 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
- 2024/2025 4th module0.15 * Class Participation + 0.15 * Class Participation + 0.3 * Exam Year 1 Module 4 + 0.3 * 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
- 2025/2026 1st module0.1 * Class Participation + 0.1 * Class Participation + 0.25 * Exam Year 2 Module 1 + 0.25 * Exam Year 2 Module 1 + 0.25 * Language Skills + 0.25 * Language Skills + 0.25 * Language Systems + 0.25 * Language Systems + 0.15 * Module Tests + 0.15 * Module Tests
- 2025/2026 3rd module0.1 * Class Participation + 0.1 * Class Participation + 0.25 * Exam Year 2 Module 3 + 0.25 * Exam Year 2 Module 3 + 0.25 * Language Skills + 0.25 * Language Skills + 0.25 * Language Systems + 0.25 * Language Systems + 0.15 * Module Tests + 0.15 * Module Tests
- 2025/2026 4th module0.1 * Class Participation + 0.1 * Class Participation + 0.25 * Exam Year 2 Module 4 + 0.25 * Exam Year 2 Module 4 + 0.25 * Language Skills + 0.25 * Language Skills + 0.25 * Language Systems + 0.25 * Language Systems + 0.15 * Module Tests + 0.15 * Module Tests
