Бакалавриат
2025/2026
Английский язык: международные дебаты
Статус:
Курс обязательный (Мировая экономика)
Кто читает:
Школа иностранных языков
Когда читается:
4-й курс, 1-3 модуль
Охват аудитории:
для своего кампуса
Язык:
английский
Контактные часы:
50
Course Syllabus
Abstract
The course is designed for students majoring in World Economy and International Relations as English for Special Purposes. The course tailors to the needs of the students in terms of their professional specialization in language skills and specialized vocabulary. The course summarizes the skills obtained in the previous courses of English for Special Purposes and advances the language mastery to a higher proficiency level (C1-C2). In addition to traditional educational formats, the course provides for the development of skills in working with artificial intelligence tools such as Deep Learning and Natural Language Processing to collect information, work with sources, formulate arguments and counter-arguments in the course of training for debates. Elements of such instruments as automatic speech recognition (ASR) and deep learning for audio (DLA) are also introduced for independent assessment of a student’s performance in debate.The course consists of six units varying economics and international affairs agenda: economy vs ecology, global governance, wealth redistribution, immigration, security, labour market. The topics are mastered through authentic language materials used in fostering the skills of listening, reading, writing and speaking. The ultimate goal of the course is to promote the skill of debate that includes inter-personal communication with persuasion techniques. Using artificial intelligence (AI) as a complementary tool may improve students’ learning process while challenging their critical thinking abilities. Encouraging human-machine collaboration reinforces a student’s ability to adapt the technology to a variety of tasks and roles, to sort through large sets and amounts of data, analyse large blocks of information in terms of reliability and quality, identify fake information. AI tools will also enrich students' self-study and self-improvement processes.In addition to traditional educational formats, the course provides for the development of skills in working with artificial intelligence tools such as Deep Learning and Natural Language Processing to collect information, work with sources, formulate arguments and counter-arguments in the course of training for debates.