Bachelor 2024/2025

Intermediate English - 2

Type: Compulsory course (HSE/NES Programme in Economics)

Area of studies: Economics

Delivered by: Undergraduate Programmes Curriculum Support

Where: Faculty of Economic Sciences

When: 1 year, 3, 4 module

Mode of studies: offline

Open to: students of one campus

Language: English

ECTS credits: 6

Contact hours: 64

Course Syllabus

Abstract

This course is designed to introduce the basic elements of academic writing and improve the students’ ability to properly organize and express themselves in clear, coherent and grammatically correct English. Various types of basic skills will covered, including outlining, paragraph writing, and frequent opportunities will be provided for practicing the various types of academic essay forms, including descriptive, process, compare and contrast, classification, argumentative and cause and effect essays. In addition to learning the basic types of writing, students will focus on improving their critical thinking skills, grammar and vocabulary throughout the course. Writing topics will cover a broad range of issues, from social and historical topics to political and economic themes. Pre-writing tasks will include class discussions, focused grammar practice, or authentic media presentations. Selected articles will be presented for analysis and discussion and further used as a writing top