2025/2026
Английский язык для общих академических целей. Основной курс - 3
Статус:
Факультатив
Кто читает:
Школа иностранных языков
Где читается:
Школа иностранных языков
Когда читается:
1-3 модуль
Охват аудитории:
для своего кампуса
Язык:
английский
Контактные часы:
48
Course Syllabus
Abstract
"English for General Academic Purposes. Upper-Intermediate Course-3" for the 2nd year students is designed to develop foreign-language communicative, integrated, and critical thinking skills that are based on "Regulations for Interim and Ongoing Assessments of Students at National Research University Higher School of Economics" and the Concept of Development of Foreign Language Communicative Competence of HSE University Undergraduate, Specialist and Graduate Students. Every student has slightly different needs, depending on their chosen discipline, cultural background, and other factors. However, the primary skills, tasks, and academic language are common to most disciplines and are relevant to the needs of most students preparing to study English at the university level. The course is focused on core tasks relevant to all students, such as working out the main points of an academic text or lecture (such as biology, economics, the humanities, and others). The course is designed to equip learners with reading, writing, and oral communication skills based on upper-intermediate-level English that are necessary to succeed in courses at the university. The blended instructional model provides students with an inspiring collection of extensive authentic content. There are no blocking points of assessment. Forms of formative and summative assessment are classroom written assessment (0.25),classroom oral assessment (0.20), home assignment (0.25), and final test (0.3).
Learning Objectives
- to improve students' ability to read and understand journal articles, texts, lectures from different perspectives
- to increase students' comprehension of spoken English
- to systematically and progressively develop students’ academic skills, language, and critical thinking
- to provide material for the students to revise, consolidate and extend their command of English grammar and vocabulary
- to develop the students’ reading skills to enable them to skim the text for the main idea, to scan the text for specific information, to interpret the text for inferences, attitudes and styles, to deduce meanings from the context
- to develop the students’ listening skills to enable them to understand and apply specific information from the input
- to develop the students’ general capacity to the level that enables them to use English in their professional and academic environment, granted that they are provided with the specific notions and vocabulary in the course of their studies
- to strengthen students' speaking and writing skills in a range of different topics
Expected Learning Outcomes
- to express oneself fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions
- to produce clear, well-structured, detailed text on complex subjects, showing controlled use of organisational patterns, connectors and cohesive devices
- to interact with other speakers flawlessly and efficiently
- to know and use advanced academic vocabulary
- to link multiple sources to produce a cohesive book/article/documentary/literature review
- to use EGAP flexibly and effectively
Course Contents
- Unit 1. Bioethics
- Unit 2. Business and Design
- Unit 3. Zoology
- Unit 4. History
- Unit 5. Chemical Engineering.
Assessment Elements
- Classroom written assessmentWritten assessment includes at least 3 vocabulary and grammar tests, 2 reviews, 1 listening test and 1 reading test.
- Classroom oral assessment:Oral classroom assessment includes at least one presentation and one dialogue.
- Home assignmentHome assignment includes all types of tasks given to a student for independent work at home.
- Final AssessmentFinal assessment includes writing a listening test (30% of the total grade), a reading test (30% of the total grade) and a review (40% of the total grade).
Interim Assessment
- 2025/2026 3rd module0.2 * Classroom oral assessment: + 0.25 * Classroom written assessment + 0.3 * Final Assessment + 0.25 * Home assignment
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- University success: oral communication : intermediate to high-intermediate, McLaughlin, T., 2018
- University success: reading : intermediate to high-intermediate, Steenburgh, C., 2018
- University success: writing : intermediate to high-intermediate, Dalby, K., 2018
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Collins Cobuild English Grammar, , 1994
- Collins COBUILD student's grammar : self-study editions with answers, Willis, D., 1997
- Английский язык для академических целей. English for Academic Purposes : учебник для вузов / Т. А. Барановская, А. В. Захарова, Т. Б. Поспелова, Ю. А. Суворова ; под редакцией Т. А. Барановской. — 2-е изд., перераб. и доп. — Москва : Издательство Юрайт, 2025. — 203 с. — (Высшее образование). — ISBN 978-5-534-18544-7. — Текст : электронный // Образовательная платформа Юрайт [сайт]. — URL: https://urait.ru/bcode/560849 (дата обращения: 04.07.2025).