2025/2026

Английский язык для специальных целей. История искусств - 2

Статус: Факультатив

Кто читает: Школа иностранных языков

Когда читается: 3, 4 модуль

Охват аудитории: для своего кампуса

Язык: английский

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 developing English communicative competence of students of Higher School of Economics — National Research University. The course “English for Specific Purposes (History of Art)”-1 is designed for the 1st year Undergraduate (BA) students that study History of Art. The course adheres to the Regulations for Interim and Ongoing Assessments of Students and the Concept of Developing Foreign Language Communicative Competence of Undergraduate, Specialist and Master's Students of the National Research University "Higher School of Economics". The main goal of this course is to develop students’ professional intercultural communicative competence (PICC) that is referred to as the “integrative ability of solving professional tasks with the help of foreign language”. The types of learning activities, methods of instruction and the materials of the course enable to model social and professional context of the future graduates’ career paths in the field of Art and engage students into the process of using English as a tool of solving professional tasks while developing their hard and transferrable skills, cultivating ability to analyze and think critically, work with different types of information autonomously, cooperate with others, set goals, create new products, work on projects and reflect on their own experience. Students learn to work with various digital sources about art - search, read, comprehend, analyse and process the information in text, audio and video formats in English. Together with practicing receptive language skills, students develop their writing and speaking skills through creating brief descriptions of art objects, solving thematic quizzes and tests, writing summaries and essays, as well as giving talks, participating in discussions and making presentations about art. The course supports guided and autonomous learning engaging on-line/distance learning sources, develops professionally valuable skills and competences and provides tools for undertaking life-long learning activities. Pre-requisites: • intermediate level of the English language (B2 level / Independent user according to CEFR). According to the HSE regulations students should either successfully pass the Placement Test with not lower than B2 level result or possess a Certificate for the appropriate level of one of the international English language tests.