2025/2026

Английский язык для общих академических целей. Профессиональный курс – 1

Статус: Факультатив

Кто читает: Школа иностранных языков

Когда читается: 1, 2 модуль

Охват аудитории: для своего кампуса

Преподаватели: Пинчукова Анна Евгеньевна

Язык: английский

Course Syllabus

Abstract

«English for General Academic Purposes. Proficiency Course–1» is designed for first-year HSE undergraduates of the «Foreign Languages and Intercultural Communication» programme to enhance their English skills in specialized academic discourses at the proficiency level. In compliance with «Concept of Development of English-language Communicative Competence of HSE Students» and «Regulations for Interim and Ongoing Assessments of Students at National Research University Higher School of Economics», the course aims at developing English-language communicative, integrated, critical and creative thinking competences. Students should get no less than 75 points as a result of the Entrance Test to join the course. The course comprises two general academic topics crucial for navigating modern sociocultural contexts – sociology and economics. Students are expected to master different receptive and productive skills at the C1+ CEFR level, such as skimming and scanning, taking notes, annotating, paraphrasing, summarizing, participating in discussions, encouraging participation, preparing and delivering presentations, identifying main ideas and supporting details, developing their own ideas, integrating, and producing coherent and cohesive oral and written texts. The acquisition of the skills is checked with the help of written tests (in vocabulary, grammar, reading, and listening), written works (an email and a summary), oral works (a discussion and a monologue), and student independent work in class and at home (participation in discussions and online work on SmartLMS). The offline exam (final assessment) checks students’ ability to deal with listening to texts within the academic context and producing comprehensible written summaries of academic texts. To successfully master the course, students are encouraged to work independently on SmartLMS. There are no blocking elements of assessment.