2025/2026
Английский язык для общих коммуникативных целей. Основной курс - 1
Статус:
Факультатив
Кто читает:
Школа иностранных языков
Где читается:
Школа иностранных языков
Когда читается:
1, 2 модуль
Охват аудитории:
для своего кампуса
Преподаватели:
Баранова Татьяна Александровна,
Белова Виктория Сергеевна,
Былова Полина Дмитриевна,
Гелазония Наталия Владимировна,
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,
Мостачева Елена Юрьевна,
Плясунова Елизавета Денисовна,
Разбаева Екатерина Владимировна,
Родина Мария Алексеевна,
Саулина Мария Алексеевна,
Сильдимирова Марина Александровна,
Славинская Наталья Васильевна,
Спиридонова Анна Александровна,
Тамбовцева Ольга Борисовна,
Федосеева Полина Евгеньевна,
Хомутский Константин Игоревич,
Чантуридзе Юлия Михайловна,
Шмакова Анастасия Валерьевна,
Шустова Елена Дмитриевна
Язык:
английский
Кредиты:
3
Контактные часы:
48
Course Syllabus
Abstract
The discipline refers to the variable educational tracks offered to students of the curricula for Bachelor's and Specialist's degrees of choice while mastering the optional course of English in accordance with the Concept of the Development of English-language Communicative Competence of HSE Students. «English for General Communication Purposes. Upper-Intermediate Course-1» is a course that is aimed at building students’ confidence in using English in different life situations and contexts, i.e. home, university, work, tourism and developing students’ language skills and communicative competences to the B2 level (HSE Scale 50-59). The course is designed to assist students in achieving the level of independent users through developing reading, listening, writing, and speaking skills, attaining excellence in vocabulary management and grammatical accuracy. The course 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. The course develops a solid general English base for further success in learning English for academic or special purposes, taking international examinations, as well as future academic studies and research. Within the course, students are supposed to complete home assignments and take tests of various formats, which may include but are not limited to lexical-grammar tests, reading tests, listening tests, writing tests, speaking tests.
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 B2 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 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 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)
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 module0.2 * Classroom Oral Assessment + 0.25 * Classroom Written Assessment + 0.3 * Final Assessment + 0.25 * Home Assignment
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- New language leader: upper intermediate : coursebook, Cotton, D., 2019
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Downing, A. (2015). English Grammar : A University Course (Vol. Third edition). London: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=929043