2026/2027

Английский язык для специальных целей. Английский для кинопроизводства - 3

ID 1259736

Статус: Факультатив

Кто читает: Школа иностранных языков

Где читается: Факультет гуманитарных наук

Когда читается: 1-3 модуль

Охват аудитории: для своего кампуса

Преподаватели: Хомутский Константин Игоревич

Язык: английский

Кредиты: 3

Контактные часы: 48

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The discipline refers to the educational tracks offered to students within the curricula for Bachelor's and Specialist's degrees, while mastering the courses of English in accordance with the Concept of developing Foreign-speaking communicative competence of students of Higher School of Economics — National Research University (Bachelors, Masters; Specialists) https://www.hse.ru/docs/981357423.html. The ESP course ‘English for Film Production’ for second-year bachelor students explores the following topics: ‘Media and Society ’; ‘Three Ps (Pre-production, Production, Post-production’); ‘Screenwriting: structuring a story and developing concepts’; ‘Video storytelling methods and script creation’. 'Pitching storytelling in English'. Apart from a strong focus on mastering relevant and most frequently used subject-specific vocabulary and key terminology through communication practice, the course provides an empirically based understanding of the discourse and language used in the target ESP variety by involving students in projects related to film production. The course also aims at developing four major sets of language skills — listening, reading, writing, and speaking through various tasks (both in standard and creative formats) based on the communicative approach to foreign language teaching. Moreover, the course also provides task-based activities such as projects, most of which simulate workplace assignments and help students to practice them prior to real working experience. The prerequisite level of English for students willing to take the course is upper-intermediate level or higher. The course assessment consists of 'Written Assessment', 'Oral Assessment', 'Attendance', 'Home Assignment', 'English Grammar and Vocabulary Test', and 'Final Assessment'. None of these assessment components are blocking.

Learning Objectives

• 1. To sharpen students’ comprehension skills of manifold traditional and emerging (hybrid) types of media products (e.g., professional articles, reports/user-generated content). 2. To master essential genres and appropriate specialized registers of English. 3. To enable students to acquire specialized vocabulary (key terminology) and a set of lexical items with the highest frequency of occurrence in various professional contexts. 4. To develop the ability to use essential domain-specific and conventionalized grammatical structures prevalent in the target ESP variety. 5. To master analytical and critical thinking/writing skills/to master writing skills in various spheres. 6. To upgrade skills related to the solution of diverse professionally oriented tasks both individually and in teams. 7. To foster awareness of long-term patterns and relevant trends in the spheres of cinematography and film production. 8. To improve media literacy and develop a creative approach applicable to a range of professionally relevant tasks (content creation; storytelling; film production).

Expected Learning Outcomes

• uses the theoretical knowledge to perform practical tasks
• to deliver the presentation to the audience
• to analyze the stages of a film product development
• to enable students to acquire specialized vocabulary (key terminology) and a set of lexical items with the highest frequency of occurrence in various professional contexts
• to develop the ability to use essential domain-specific and conventionalized grammatical structures prevalent in the target ESP variety
• grasp the fundamental components of film, including narrative structure, character development, and thematic elements
• to use practical skills gained during the seminars
• to pitch a scene of a film or TV-series in English using Power Point Presentation
• to get practical skills in screenplay writing in English

Course Contents

• Unit 1. Media and Society
• Unit 2. Three Ps: Pre- Production; Production; Post-Production
• Unit 3. Screenwriting: structuring a story and developing concepts
• Unit 4. Video storytelling methods and script creation
• Unit 5. Pitching Film Product in English

Assessment Elements

• Written Assessment (WA)
  WA consists of minimum 4 tasks of different types, including interim ones (for example, essays, graph descriptions, reviews, reports). WA can also include annotations, emails, listening and reading tasks, grammar and vocabulary tasks at the end of a section or topic. WA refers to written tasks that students complete in class.
• Oral Assessment (OA)
  OA consists of minimum 3 tasks of different types, including interim ones (for example, a monologue for 1-year students as well as dialogues and presentations) that students do in class.
• Home Assignment
  HA includes oral and/or written tasks that are assigned to students for independent completion and submission. Students do the tasks at home and either turn them in to their teachers or submit them via Smart LMS for grading.
• Attendance
• English Grammar and Vocabulary Test
  Students take English Grammar and Vocabulary Test in class.
• Final Assessment (FA)
  Reading, Listening tasks, report/review

Interim Assessment

• 2026/2027 3rd module
  0.1 * Attendance + 0.3 * Final Assessment (FA) + 0.1 * English Grammar and Vocabulary Test + 0.2 * Oral Assessment (OA) + 0.2 * Written Assessment (WA) + 0.1 * Home Assignment

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• A creator's guide to transmedia storytelling : how to captivate and engage audiences across multi..., Phillips, A., 2012
• A history of narative film, Cook, D. A., 1996
• A history of Russian cinema, Beumers, B., 2013
• A new history of documentary film, McLane, B. A., 2012
• Action figures : men, action films, and contemporary adventure narratives, Gallagher, M., 2006
• An introduction to film analysis : technique and meaning in narrative film, Ryan, M., 2012
• Barry Keith Grant, Jeannette Sloniowski, Documenting the Documentary : Close Readings of Documentary Film and Video (Wayne State University Press, 2013).
• Communication in everyday life : the basic course edition with public speaking, Duck, S., 2015
• Introduction to film studies, , 2012
• Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious basterds : a manipulation of metacinema, , 2012
• Real images : Soviet cinema and the thaw, Woll, J., 2000
• Storytelling techniques for digital filmmakers : plot structure, camera movement, lens selection,..., Hockrow, B., 2014
• The art of public speaking, Lucas, S., 2012
• The complete film production handbook, Honthaner, E. L., 2010
• Английский язык. Медиакоммуникации и журналистика = English for Mediacommunication and Journalism : учебник / К. И. Хомутский, А. А. Левина, А. А. Хавронич [и др.] ; под ред. К. И. Хомутского. — Москва : КноРус, 2023. — 200 с. — ISBN 978-5-406-10727-0. — URL: https://book.ru/book/947063 (дата обращения: 09.12.2025). — Текст : электронный.
• Вертоградова Л.А., Абросимова Л.С. - A Guide To Better English Accent - 978-5-9275-1970-5 - Южный федеральный университет - 2016 - https://znanium.ru/catalog/document?id=326360 - 326360 - ZNANIUM
• Вертоградова Л.А., Манжелеевская Е.В., Милькевич Е.С. и др. - A GUIDE TO EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION IN ENGLISH - 978-5-9275-2004-6 - Южный федеральный университет - 2016 - https://znanium.ru/catalog/document?id=326379 - 326379 - ZNANIUM
• Чикилева, Л. С.  Английский язык для публичных выступлений (B1-B2). English for Public Speaking : учебное пособие для среднего профессионального образования / Л. С. Чикилева. — 2-е изд., испр. и доп. — Москва : Издательство Юрайт, 2024. — 167 с. — (Профессиональное образование). — ISBN 978-5-534-12960-1. — Текст : электронный // Образовательная платформа Юрайт [сайт]. — URL: https://urait.ru/bcode/543468 (дата обращения: 02.07.2026).

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Puzzle films : complex storytelling in contemporary cinema, , 2009
• Платова, Е. Д. Effective Presentations in English : учебное пособие / Е. Д. Платова. — Оренбург : ОГУ, 2019. — 140 с. — ISBN 978-5-7410-2406-5. — Текст : электронный // Лань : электронно-библиотечная система. — URL: https://e.lanbook.com/book/160030 (дата обращения: 00.00.0000). — Режим доступа: для авториз. пользователей.

Authors

• Khomutskii Konstantin Igorevich