2025/2026
Английский язык для делового общения. Продвинутый курс - 2
Статус:
Факультатив
Кто читает:
Школа иностранных языков
Где читается:
Школа иностранных языков
Когда читается:
3, 4 модуль
Охват аудитории:
для своего кампуса
Преподаватели:
Антонова Юлия Владимировна,
Букина Ирина Юрьевна,
Воронцова-Менало Анна Сергеевна,
Жукова Виктория Александровна,
Завалина Анастасия Владимировна,
Зайцева Софья Алексеевна,
Клепко Евгения Юрьевна,
Кульков Даниил Андреевич,
Макаренко Виктор Петрович,
Малых Ольга Сергеевна,
Нургалеева Татьяна Галинуровна,
Парамонова Елена Владимировна,
Поспелова Татьяна Борисовна,
Сафонова Рузанна Акоповна,
Фамильцева Полина Александровна,
Фарвазетдинова Диана Фанилевна,
Хомякова Варвара Ильинична,
Черемных Анна Евгеньевна
Язык:
английский
Кредиты:
5
Контактные часы:
80
Course Syllabus
Abstract
The discipline refers to the variable educational tracks offered to students of the curricula for bachelor's and master's degree at choice while mastering the optional course of English in accordance with the Concept of Development of English-language Communicative Competence of HSE Students. The course is designed to introduce the students to the language of business, specifically to the peculiarities of building effective business communications. The course offers practical training in functional business skills such as presentations, negotiations, meeting facilitation, and brainstorming, allowing for personalization of the learning experience with a structured modular approach that gives the flexibility to focus on specific needs and learning outcomes.
Learning Objectives
- The course focuses on introducing students to the general vocabulary of work-place English and the main language functions and is aimed at acquiring language mastery relevant to common business communication areas, such as finance, digital business, performance appraisal, time management and managing change, thus the main objectives of the course are as follows: to enhance the basic skills of argumentative communication in English and successful representation of intentions and results to ensure the maximum range and authenticity of business content; to develop the basic skills of business communication (structural elements, business register peculiarities, essential business vocabulary) within multiple touchpoints from which to explore the possibilities of use of any given language skill; to master presentation agility and fluency with the various skills through practical training in functional business areas such as presentations, negotiations, meeting facilitation, and brainstorming; to apply BC skills to the specific subject areas, from business conversations in the workplace to negotiations and presentation skills .
Expected Learning Outcomes
- To develop understanding of lectures and learning context
- To develop skills in delivering a monologue (informative/descriptive/argumentative/persuasive speech)
- To develop skills in writing a summary
- To develop skills in writing essays (opinion, discussion)
- To develop skills of participating in dialogues on general, academic and professional topics. (active listening, questioning, responding to questions, emphasizing, discussion strategies)
- To develop skills of using basic listening techniques (predicting, understanding main ideas and details) To form skills of note-taking
- To improve understanding of dialogues and polylogues on both familiar and unfamiliar topics
- To write a detailed structured cover letter.
- To form understanding of text structure
- To develop skills in giving a presentation (informative/descriptive/argumentative/persuasive speech)
- To develop skills in writing e-mails
- To improve understanding academic/ professional presentations which are linguistically complex
- 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 effective operational proficiency level
- To use business vocabulary
Course Contents
- Corporate social responsibilities 2
- Challenges
- Global mobility
- Alliances.
- Risk.
- Decisions.
Assessment Elements
- Home Assessment (HA)Tasks from SMART LMS Grading scale: 10 =100 - 96%, 9=95 - 91%, 8=90 - 86%, 7 = 85 - 78%, 6 =77 - 71%, 5= 70 - 61%, 4 = 60 - 51%, 3 = 50 - 36%, 2 = 35 - 21%, 1 = 20 - 1 %, 0 = 0%. Home assignment work includes activities that students do at home for submission. They can be written and oral and include essays, presentations, projects, emails, grammar/vocabulary/reading/listening quizzes etc.
- Final AssessmentPeriod of FA: 10 days prior to the 4th module’s session. The release of examination papers: during the session. Time limit: 70 minutes online/offline. The structure of the exam: 1. Reading (R): Read the text and complete the tasks. Max. 10 points. Students have no more than 20 minutes to complete the Reading (R) part. 2. Writing (W) Write an essay. A student should write a 250-word essay. Students have 50 minutes to complete the Writing (W) part. Grading formula: R*0,4 + W*0,6 = 10.
- Classroom Oral Assessment (COA)Oral assessment includes dialogues, Q&A sessions and monologues.
- Classroom Written Assessment (CWA)Essay, e-mail, grammar test, vocabulary test, reading test, listening test
Interim Assessment
- 2025/2026 4th module0.2 * Classroom Oral Assessment (COA) + 0.25 * Classroom Written Assessment (CWA) + 0.3 * Final Assessment + 0.25 * Home Assessment (HA)
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Business partner B2+ : coursebook, , 2019
- Sankrusme, S. (2017). International Business Correspondence. Anchor Academic Publishing.
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Effective business communications, Murphy, H. A., 1997
- Semenova, I. M. Business correspondence : учебное пособие / I. M. Semenova. — Иркутск : ИГМУ, 2023. — 89 с. — Текст : электронный // Лань : электронно-библиотечная система. — URL: https://e.lanbook.com/book/419951 (дата обращения: 00.00.0000). — Режим доступа: для авториз. пользователей.
- Бортникова, Т. Г. Деловая корреспонденция на английском языке. = Business Correspondence in English : учебное пособие / Т. Г. Бортникова, И. Е. Ильина, С. А. Лычаная. — 2-е изд., стер. — Москва : ФЛИНТА, 2024. — 128 с. — ISBN 978-5-9765-4905-0. — Текст : электронный // Лань : электронно-библиотечная система. — URL: https://e.lanbook.com/book/390731 (дата обращения: 00.00.0000). — Режим доступа: для авториз. пользователей.
- Стогниева, О. Н. Английский язык для экономистов (B1–B2). English for Business Studies in Higher Education : учебник для вузов / О. Н. Стогниева. — Москва : Издательство Юрайт, 2025. — 163 с. — (Высшее образование). — ISBN 978-5-534-18207-1. — Текст : электронный // Образовательная платформа Юрайт [сайт]. — URL: https://urait.ru/bcode/565350 (дата обращения: 04.07.2025).