2025/2026
Английский язык для общих коммуникативных целей. Основной курс - 1
Статус:
Факультатив
Когда читается:
1, 2 модуль
Охват аудитории:
для своего кампуса
Преподаватели:
Баранова Татьяна Александровна,
Белова Виктория Сергеевна,
Былова Полина Дмитриевна,
Гуськова Наталия Валентиновна,
Джахангирова Вефа Сабухи кызы,
Егорова Ирина Сергеевна,
Жилина Лилия Васильевна,
Занина Елена Леонидовна,
Злобина Варвара Алексеевна,
Калашников Александр Владимирович,
Кошелева Виктория Павловна,
Красильникова Елена Михайловна,
Кульков Даниил Андреевич,
Левитская Галина Юрьевна,
Лесниченко Михаил Михайлович,
Лозовая Софья Сергеевна,
Лушина Анастасия Сергеевна,
Макаркина Мария Игоревна,
Макарова Яна Петровна,
Мищук Анастасия Михайловна,
Морозова Анна Сергеевна,
Морозова Татьяна Александровна,
Мостачева Елена Юрьевна,
Овчинникова Алёна Дмитриевна,
Питра Татьяна Георгиевна,
Плясунова Елизавета Денисовна,
Ражев Валерий Васильевич,
Разбаева Екатерина Владимировна,
Родина Мария Алексеевна,
Саулина Мария Алексеевна,
Семенова Александра Романовна,
Сильдимирова Марина Александровна,
Славинская Наталья Васильевна,
Сорокина Елена Владимировна,
Спиридонова Анна Александровна,
Супрун Дарья Игоревна,
Тамбовцева Ольга Борисовна,
Федосеева Полина Евгеньевна,
Хомутский Константин Игоревич,
Чантуридзе Юлия Михайловна,
Шмакова Анастасия Валерьевна,
Шустова Елена Дмитриевна,
Юдина Екатерина Ильинична
Язык:
английский
Кредиты:
3
Контактные часы:
48
Course Syllabus
Abstract
This discipline is part of the elective educational tracks offered to Bachelor's and Specialist's degree students choosing their optional English course in accordance with the Concept for the Development of Foreign Language Communicative Competence of HSE students. The discipline aims to build students’ confidence in using English in various real-life situations and contexts and develop their language skills and communicative competences to the upper-intermediate level (HSE Scale: 50-59).
The course is designed to assist students in becoming independent users by developing their reading, listening, writing, and speaking skills, as well as attaining excellence in vocabulary management and grammatical accuracy. It offers a variety of authentic materials that familiarize students with real-life English expressions and scenarios, provides an array of contemporary topics for discussion, and develops 21st-century skills such as critical thinking, text analysis, and digital literacy. Furthermore, the course establishes a solid general English foundation for future academic studies, research, or success in learning English for academic and specific purposes. Within the course, students are expected to do home assignments and take tests in various formats, including but not limited to lexical-grammar, reading, listening, writing, and speaking tests. The course grading formula does not include blocking elements. The prerequisite for course enrolment is a minimum score of 30 points on the Placement Test.
Learning Objectives
- This course helps students advance to the level of independent users of English for general communicative purposes and boost their language skills to the upper-intermediate level (HSE Scale 50-59) via enhancing reading and listening comprehension, increasing effectiveness in spoken and written production, improving spoken interaction, promoting communicative language competences (vocabulary range and grammatical accuracy), and raising sociocultural awareness.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- To develop skills of using basic listening techniques (predicting, understanding main ideas and details)
- To develop skills of using basic reading techniques skimming and scanning (predicting, understanding main ideas, understanding details)
- To develop understanding of articles, reports, straightforward and specialised texts concerned with contemporary problems at the threshold/vantage/effective operational proficiency level
- To form skills of note-taking
- To form understanding of text structure
- To improve understanding of dialogues and polylogues on both familiar and unfamiliar topics
- To develop understanding of lectures and learning context
- To improve understanding of dialogues and polylogues on both familiar and unfamiliar topics
- To form understanding of text structure
- To develop writing skills (email / summary)
- To produce monologues ( descriptive/informative/argumentative/persuasive speech)
- to produce monologues (informative/descriptive/argumentative/persuasive speech)
- to develop writing skills (email&summary)
- to participate in dialogues on general, academic and professional topics. (active listening, questioning, responding to questions, emphasizing, discussion strategies)
- To expand lexical and grammatical repertoire
- To participate in dialogues on general, academic and professional topics (active listening, questioning, responding to questions, emphasizing, discussion strategies)
Assessment Elements
- Classroom Written AssessmentClassroom Written Assessment refers to written tasks given to students in class. The tasks include min 1 reading test, min 1 listening test, min 1 vocabulary and grammar test, and min 2 written works (email and summary).
- Classroom Oral AssessmentClassroom Oral Assessment refers to oral tasks that are offered to students in the classroom. The tasks include min. 1 monologue on a given topic and min. 1 discussion.
- Home AssignmentHome assignment includes varied types of tasks, oral and/or written, that are assigned to students for independent completion and submission. Students do the tasks at home and submit them in class.
- Final AssessmentFinal assessment equals to the interim exam which is held in the form of a written test. The exam aims to check whether the student demonstrates the acquisition of the set learning objectives. The exam includes two parts: Listening and Writing. Listening (L): Max. 10 points (1 point for every correct answer). Time: 20 min. Duration of audio file: 5-7 minutes. Writing (W): Max. 10 points. Time: 50 min. Task: Write a summary of the following text (text range: BE, AE, GE, ESP). Recommended word count: 10-30% of the total word count of the text. Grading formula: L* 0.5 + W*0.5 = 10. Period of FA: 10 days prior to the second module’s session.
Interim Assessment
- 2025/2026 2nd module0.3 * Final Assessment + 0.25 * Home Assignment + 0.2 * Classroom Oral Assessment + 0.25 * Classroom Written Assessment
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- New language leader: upper intermediate : coursebook, Cotton, D., 2019
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Авакова М.Л., Гончарова Е.А., Милетова Е.В. - Communication Elevator. Учебное пособие - 978-5-6050774-2-8 - ООО "Блок-Принт" - 2024 - http://ebs.prospekt.org/book/47388 - 47388 - PROSPECT
- Комаров, А. С. Practical Grammar Exercises of English for Students. Практическая грамматика английского языка для студентов: сб. упражнений : учебное пособие / А. С. Комаров. — 4-е изд., стер. — Москва : ФЛИНТА, 2024. — 254 с. — ISBN 978-5-89349-849-3. — Текст : электронный // Лань : электронно-библиотечная система. — URL: https://e.lanbook.com/book/408542 (дата обращения: 00.00.0000). — Режим доступа: для авториз. пользователей.