Bachelor
2024/2025
English for special purposes
Type:
Compulsory course (International Program 'International Relations and Global Studies')
Area of studies:
International Relations
Delivered by:
Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs
Mode of studies:
offline
Open to:
students of one campus
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
6
Contact hours:
112
Course Syllabus
Abstract
English for Specific Purposes aims at shaping the communicative and professional competence in English which implies an ability to interact in English in the context of cross-cultural professional communication. Language skills are developed when studying authentic texts on political issues. Learning is practice-oriented.
Learning Objectives
- - to broaden and expand the students’ proficiency and knowledge of English; - to develop the students’ listening skills to enable them to understand and to use the information from the input; - to develop the students’ reading skills for the gist and detailed information, to make inferences and deduce the meanings from the context; - to develop the students’ speaking skills to enable them to produce a structured talk on the issue in question.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- learn types of policies and politics
- learn the difference between politics and policy
- learn what constitues a state
- learm types of sovereignty
- learn about humanitarian intervention
- learn about how to start a country
- learn about the difference between nationalism and patriotism
- learn types of nationalism and patriotism
- learn about constructive and destructive natures of nationalism
- learn types of political regimes
- learn what is democracy
- learn the history of democracy
- discuss democracy and related concepts
- learn about pluses ansd minuses of democracy
- learn about meanings of government
- learn about branches of government
- learn about the difference between presidential and parliamentary systems
- learn about pluses and minuses of two-party and multi-party systems
- learn about pluses andd minuses of big and small goverments
- learn about e-government
- learn about types of bureaucracy
- learn about characteristics of ideal bureaucracy
- learn about climate change
- learn about two perspectives how to act now (to combat climate change now or let future generations to take responsibility)
- learn about two persepctives on the causes of climate change (anthropogetic or natural)
- learn about global attempts to combat climate change
- learn about energy security (definition, factors, components, stategies)
- learn types of energy
- discuss renewables and non-renewables and compare them
- learn about decarbonization
- learn and discuss causes of conflicts
- learn rules of war
- learn and discuss changes in war and warfare in the 20th and 21st cneturies
- learn types of war
- discuss future of war (robotization)
- discuss the role of humanitarian organizations in armed conflicts
- learn about the Harvard principles of negotiation
- learn about cognitive biases
- learn about differences in cross-cultural negotiation
- learn and discuss what makes a successful negotiator and learn some real-life examples
- learn about types of elections
- learn about campaigning techniques
- learn and discuss the role of AI in political campaigns
- learn about smear campaigns
- learn about opinion polls
- learn about ways of voting (polling procedure)
- learn about ways of commiting electoral fraud
- learn about types of media
- learn about freedom of the press (what it is, types and examples)
- discuss two perspectives on how politicians engage with voters online
- discuss political correctness
Course Contents
- Unit 1 Politics vs. Policy
- Unit 2 State, Statehood and Sovereignty (new)
- Unit 3 Nationalism
- Unit 4 Political Regimes (new)
- Unit 5 Government (new)
- Unit 6 Bureaucracy (new)
- Unit 7 Climate Change and Its Political Dimension (new)
- Unit 8 Energy Security (new)
- Unit 9 Armed Conflicts (new)
- Unit 10 Negotiations (new)
- Unit 11 Elections
- Unit 12 Media and Politics
Assessment Elements
- quizzes 1-2
- quizzes 3-4
- opinion essay
- written assignment
- pair presentation
- speaking cards 1-2
- speaking cards 3-4
- M1 Test
- M2 Test
- M3 Test
- M4 Test
- Exam 1-2
- Exam 3-4
- Participation 1-2
- Participation 3-4
Interim Assessment
- 2024/2025 2nd module0.3 * Exam 1-2 + 0.15 * M1 Test + 0.15 * M2 Test + 0.025 * Participation 1-2 + 0.025 * Participation 1-2 + 0.1 * opinion essay + 0.05 * pair presentation + 0.05 * quizzes 1-2 + 0.05 * quizzes 1-2 + 0.05 * speaking cards 1-2 + 0.05 * speaking cards 1-2
- 2024/2025 4th module0.3 * Exam 3-4 + 0.1 * M3 Test + 0.2 * M4 Test + 0.05 * Participation 3-4 + 0.05 * Participation 3-4 + 0.05 * quizzes 3-4 + 0.05 * quizzes 3-4 + 0.05 * speaking cards 3-4 + 0.05 * speaking cards 3-4 + 0.1 * written assignment
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- A short introduction to climate change, Eggleton, T., 2013
- Achieving democracy : democratization in theory and practice, , 2011
- An introduction to the international law of armed conflicts, Kolb, R., 2010
- An introduction to the policy process : theories, concepts, and models of public policy making, Birkland, T. A., 2011
- Bureaucracy : what government agencies do and why they do it, Wilson, J. Q., 1989
- Bureaucracy and the modern world, Thompson, V. A., 1976
- Challenges and solutions for climate change, Gaast van der, W., 2012
- Changing norms through actions : the evolution of sovereignty, Ramos, J. M., 2013
- Citizens and E-government : evaluating policy and management, Reddick, C. G., 2010
- Comparing democracies 2 : new challenges in the study of elections and voting, , 2006
- Comparing democracies 3 : elections and voting in the 21st century, , 2010
- Comparing democracies 4 : elections and voting in a changing world, , 2014
- Concepts in world politics, , 2016
- Considerations on representative government, Mill, J. S., 1991
- Digital government : e-government research, case studies, and implementation, , 2008
- Diplomacy games : formal models and international negotiations, , 2007
- Encyclopedia of media and politics, , 2007
- Encyclopedia of nationalism. Vol.1: Fundamental themes, , 2001
- Encyclopedia of nationalism. Vol.2: Leaders, movements, and concepts, , 2001
- Encyclopedia of social media and politics. Vol.1: ., , 2014
- Encyclopedia of social media and politics. Vol.2: ., , 2014
- Encyclopedia of social media and politics. Vol.3: ., , 2014
- Energy security : economics, politics, strategies, and implications, , 2010
- English for international negotiations : a cross-cultural case study approach, Rodgers, D., 2001
- Essential of negotiation, Lewicki, R., 2007
- Introduction to media and politics, Oates, S., 2008
- On the way to statehood : secession and globalisation, , 2017
- The virtuous citizen : patriotism in a multicultural society, Soutphommasane, T., 2012
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- A Theory of World Politics, Albert, M., 2016
- Accountability and democracy : the pitfalls and promise of popular control, Borowiak, C. T., 2011
- Analyzing elections, Morton, R. B., 2006
- Atmospheric justice : a political theory of climate change, Vanderheiden, S., 2008
- Bureaucracy and democracy : accountability and performance, Gormley, W. T., 2013
- Comparative government and politics : an introduction, Hague, R., 2004
- Comparing media systems : three models of media and politics, Hallin, D. C., 2004
- English for international negotiations : a cross-cultural case study approach, Rodgers, D., 1999
- Global insurgency and the future of armed conflict : debating fourth-generation warfare, , 2009
- Justice without borders : cosmopolitanism, nationalism, and patriotism, Tan, K.-C., 2006
- State formations : global histories and cultures of statehood, , 2018
- Transatlantic energy futures : strategic perspectives on energy security, climate change, and new technologies in Europe and the United States, , 2011