2025/2026
Английский язык для общих коммуникативных целей. Базовый курс - 2
Статус:
Факультатив
Когда читается:
3, 4 модуль
Охват аудитории:
для всех кампусов НИУ ВШЭ
Преподаватели:
Андрюшкина Юлия Александровна,
Антонова Евгения Борисовна,
Балакирева Юлия Александровна,
Баранова Татьяна Александровна,
Белякова Екатерина Андреевна,
Бобок Ирина Викторовна,
Бородкина Елена Владимировна,
Вержбицкая Елизавета Дмитриевна,
Галеева Арина Ильгамовна,
Гордиенко Татьяна Александровна,
Гридина Наталья Васильевна,
Жилина Лилия Васильевна,
Кузина Екатерина Андреевна,
Леонов Тимофей Витальевич,
Лесниченко Михаил Михайлович,
Малинина Ирина Александровна,
Пинчукова Анна Евгеньевна,
Плясунова Елизавета Денисовна,
Славинская Наталья Васильевна,
Тейбаш Виктория Анатольевна,
Филина Анна Борисовна,
Шендерович Мария Филипповна,
Щепина Наталья Андреевна
Язык:
английский
Кредиты:
5
Контактные часы:
80
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 HSE Concept of Development of English-language Communicative Competence. This course aims to enhance language skills for everyday communication. Throughout the course, students develop their listening, reading, writing, and speaking skills, along with vocabulary and grammar, through both in-person interactions and online activities. By the end of the course, students will gain the skills and confidence to communicate effectively in English at the intermediate level (HSE Scale 40-49). They will be able to write essays, participate in discussions, answer questions confidently, read both adapted texts, and understand lectures, podcasts, and everyday conversations. 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.
Learning Objectives
- This course aims to help students advance to the level of confident users of English and boost their language skills and competencies to the intermediate level (HSE Scale 40-49).
Expected Learning Outcomes
- To develop skills of using basic listening techniques (predicting, understanding main ideas and details)
- To improve understanding of dialogues and polylogues on both familiar and unfamiliar topics
- To develop understanding of lectures and learning context
- To form understanding of text structure
- To develop understanding of articles and other texts
- To develop writing skills (essay)
- To expand lexical and grammatical repertoire
- To develop skills of using basic reading techniques of skimming and scanning (predicting, understanding main ideas, understanding details)
- To be able to produce monologues (descriptive/argumentative)
- To be able to participate in dialogues/discussions
Assessment Elements
- Classroom Written AssessmentClassroom written assessment includes: • min 1 reading test, • min 1 listening test, • min 1 vocabulary and grammar test • min 1 essay. The Classroom Written Assessment (CWA) comprises 6 to 8 tasks. The final grade is the arithmetic mean of all but two tasks (meaning 4, 5, or 6 tasks depending on the total number of all tasks) for which the student has received the lowest scores. The final grade is not rounded up.
- Classroom Oral AssessmentOral assessment includes 1 monologue on a given topic and 1 discussion.
- Home Assignment
- 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. It includes: Reading (R) and Writing (W). Grading formula: R* 0.4 + W*0.6.
Interim Assessment
- 2025/2026 4th module0.3 * Final Assessment + 0.2 * Classroom Oral Assessment + 0.25 * Classroom Written Assessment + 0.25 * Home Assignment
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- New language leader: intermediate : coursebook, Cotton, D., 2015
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- A GUIDE TO EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION IN ENGLISH: Учебное пособие / Вертоградова Л.А., Манжелеевская Е.В., Милькевич Е.С. - Ростов-на-Дону:Издательство ЮФУ, 2016. - 160 с.: ISBN 978-5-9275-2004-6 - Режим доступа: http://znanium.com/catalog/product/990026
- Booth, T. (2018). English for Everyone : English Vocabulary Builder (Vol. First American edition). New York, New York: DK. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1636939
- English Grammar and Vocabulary in Use : учебно-методическое пособие / Н. Е. Чернявская, А. А. Новикова, О. С. Кравец [и др.]. — Москва : РТУ МИРЭА, 2025. — 108 с. — ISBN 978-5-7339-2672-8. — Текст : электронный // Лань : электронно-библиотечная система. — URL: https://e.lanbook.com/book/507516 (дата обращения: 00.00.0000). — Режим доступа: для авториз. пользователей.