2025/2026
Английский язык для специальных целей. Социальные науки - 3
Статус:
Факультатив
Кто читает:
Школа иностранных языков
Где читается:
Школа иностранных языков
Когда читается:
1-3 модуль
Охват аудитории:
для своего кампуса
Преподаватели:
Наумова Екатерина Михайловна
Язык:
английский
Кредиты:
3
Контактные часы:
48
Course Syllabus
Abstract
Today knowledge of the English language has become an essential key for future researchers to gain access and participate in the contemporary world of scientific discourse. Most articles dedicated to the topics which form the basis of Social sciences are written in English; most conferences, panel discussions, and forums are held in this language. The aim of the course - English for Specific Purposes - Social Studies 3 - is to teach students how to master the English language for use in further educational and professional spheres by drawing on multiple topics connected mostly with sociology, as well as political science, psychology and other related fields; consequently, providing the students with a tool for self-enlightenment. The discipline English for Social Studies, Year II, is dedicated to developing cognitive skills using authentic materials as resources in the classroom, engaging students in discussions, and independent work in the form of projects and presentations. The course has an aim to enhance critical thinking and foster socio-cultural awareness in the range of the indicated level of communicative competence. Thus, brushing up the oral and written skills, necessary for further education in the Bachelor’s, Master’s and research activities in a given area. For the successful completion of the course, the students are required to have at least a B2 level of English (CEFR). Throughout the course various methods of assessment are used: written assessment (reading, listening, grammar and vocabulary tests, and written papers), oral assessment, independent work assessment (activities that students do at home and in class), and Final Assessment. No blocking assessment elements are included.
Learning Objectives
- The aim of the course is: • to form the skill and abilities of academic and professional communication, by developing oral and written skills, necessary for further education in bachelor’s, master’s and research activities in a given area;
- • to form a large pool of active vocabulary and terminological knowledge in the specified area in the target language;
- • to develop cognitive skills using authentic material as resources in classroom and independent work;
- • to develop the ability to understand and analyze data, and work with sufficient amounts of information in a foreign language;
- • to form socio-cultural awareness in the range of the indicated level of communicative competence.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- • Listening: • will improve understanding of dialogues and polylogues on both familiar and unfamiliar topics • will develop understanding of lectures and learning context • will develop skills of using basic listening techniques (predicting, understanding main ideas and details) • will form skills of note-taking
- • Reading: • will develop understanding of articles, reports, straightforward and specialised texts concerned with contemporary problems at the threshold/vantage/effective operational proficiency level • will form an understanding of text structure • will develop skills of using basic reading techniques skimming and scanning (predicting, understanding main ideas, understanding details)
- • Speaking: • will improve strategies of a monologue and discussion dedicated to general, academic and professional topics (responding to questions, emphasizing, discussion strategies) (informative/descriptive/argumentative/persuasive speech) • will enhance Presentation skills (informative/descriptive/argumentative speech)
- • Writing: • will develop the understanding of how to summarize and compress information • will enhance Paragraph-writing strategies (opinion/ discussion essay) • will enhance Review-writing strategies (opinion/ discussion essay)
- • Listening: • will improve understanding of monologues on both familiar and unfamiliar topics • will develop understanding of lectures and learning context • will develop skills of using basic listening techniques (predicting, understanding main ideas and details) • will form skills of note-taking
- • Speaking: • will improve strategies of a monologue dedicated to general, academic and professional topics (informative/descriptive/argumentative/persuasive speech) • will enhance Presentation skills (informative/descriptive/argumentative speech)
- • Reading: • will develop understanding of articles, straightforward and specialised texts concerned with contemporary problems at the threshold/vantage/effective operational proficiency level • will develop skills of using basic reading techniques skimming and scanning (predicting, understanding main ideas, understanding details)
- • Writing: • will enhance Paragraph-writing strategies (opinion/ discussion essay)
- • Listening: • will improve understanding of monologues on social topics • will develop understanding of academic context • will develop skills of using basic listening techniques (predicting, understanding main ideas and details);
- • Reading: • will develop understanding specialised texts concerned with contemporary problems at the threshold/vantage/effective operational proficiency level • will form an understanding of text structure • will develop skills of using basic reading techniques skimming and scanning (predicting, understanding main ideas, understanding details);
- • Speaking: • will improve strategies of a monologue and discussion dedicated to academic and professional topics (responding to questions, emphasizing, discussion strategies) • will enhance Presentation skills (informative/descriptive/argumentative speech);
- • Writing: • will develop the understanding of how to summarize and compress information • will enhance Paragraph-writing strategies;
Assessment Elements
- Classroom Oral Assessment (COA)COA includes a monologue in a format of TED talk and debates.
- Classroom Written Assessment (CWA)CWA includes 6 elements: 3 Vocabulary tests (1 for each module), a reading test, a listening test, and 1 written work (Critical review).
- Home Assignment (HA)HA includes 9 elements: 6 graded written home assignments (2 for each module), which include writing short argumentative paragraphs, and 3 oral presentations (1 for each module) that students prepare in a pair/a small group.
- Final Assessment (FA)The exam consists of 3 parts: Listening (30%), Reading (30%) and Writing (40%) respectively in the total mark for the exam.
Interim Assessment
- 2025/2026 3rd module0.2 * Classroom Oral Assessment (COA) + 0.25 * Classroom Written Assessment (CWA) + 0.3 * Final Assessment (FA) + 0.25 * Home Assignment (HA)
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Academic project presentations. Student's workbook: Презентация научных проектов на английском языке : Учеб. пособие для вузов, Кузьменкова, Ю.Б., 2009
- Academic project presentations. Презентация научных проектов на английском языке : учеб. пособие для студентов ст. курсов и аспирантов, Кузьменкова Ю.Б., 2011
- Academic project presentations. Презентация научных проектов на английском языке : учеб. пособие для студентов ст. курсов и аспирантов, Кузьменкова Ю.Б., 2013
- Downing, A. (2015). English Grammar : A University Course (Vol. Third edition). London: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=929043
- Dugan, C. (2011). Academic Vocabulary : 25 Content-area Lessons. Huntington Beach, CA: Shell Education. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=663234
- Dugan, C. (2011). Academic Vocabulary : 25 Content-area Lessons. Huntington Beach, CA: Shell Education. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=663236
- Revising, Reading and Reasoning for your English Exams, Английская грамматика и лексика в тестах и текстах, 160 с., Кузьменкова, Ю. Б., Жаворонкова, А. Р., Извольская, И. В., 2002
- Английский язык для социологов : учебник и практикум для академического бакалавриата, Кузьменкова, Ю. Б., 2015
- Кузьменкова, Ю. Б. Английский язык для социологов (A2). English for Social Studies : учебник и практикум для вузов / Ю. Б. Кузьменкова, А. Р. Жаворонкова. — Москва : Издательство Юрайт, 2025. — 263 с. — (Высшее образование). — ISBN 978-5-534-19601-6. — Текст : электронный // Образовательная платформа Юрайт [сайт]. — URL: https://urait.ru/bcode/580771 (дата обращения: 04.07.2025).
- Кузьменкова, Ю. Б. Английский язык для специалистов по социальной работе : учебник и практикум для среднего профессионального образования / Ю. Б. Кузьменкова, А. Р. Жаворонкова. — Москва : Издательство Юрайт, 2025. — 263 с. — (Профессиональное образование). — ISBN 978-5-534-19596-5. — Текст : электронный // Образовательная платформа Юрайт [сайт]. — URL: https://urait.ru/bcode/580770 (дата обращения: 04.07.2025).