2026/2027
Деловой английский язык для международного бизнеса
Статус:
Факультатив
Кто читает:
Школа иностранных языков
Где читается:
Факультет гуманитарных наук
Когда читается:
1-4 модуль
Охват аудитории:
для своего кампуса
Преподаватели:
Сорокина Елена Владимировна
Язык:
английский
Кредиты:
3
Контактные часы:
68
Course Syllabus
Abstract
The discipline refers to the variable educational tracks offered to students of the curricula for Bachelor's and Specialist's degrees of choice while mastering the optional course of English in accordance with the Concept of Development of Foreign-language Communicative Competence of HSE Students. The course is designed for Bachelor's students mastering English within a Management curriculum. The course is designed to help the students communicate effectively in the workspace using the language of business, building effective business communications. The course offers practical training in functional business skills such as collaboration, challenging conversations, presentations, analysing risk and maintaining relationships, which allows for personalization of the learning experience with a structured modular approach that gives the flexibility to focus on specific needs and learning outcomes. The course is based on authentic materials and encourages students to engage in a variety of topics, from career to social media, sustainability, impact investment, globalization, and many others. Besides reading and watching authentic content that has not been adapted for non-native speakers, the students get engaged in research, pair- and group-work to investigate the world of business and practice communication skills that are vital for entrepreneurs and managers. Students who successfully complete the program will be ready to take Linguatest. The course ongoing control types include graph decsriptions, reports, vocabulary and grammar quizzes, reading and listening tests, presentations, discussions and dialogues. The course interim assessment is a blocking control element and consists of listening and reading tests and writing a report. Completing the course enables students to improve their English to the Advanced (Proficient User) level (HSE Scale 80-100).
Learning Objectives
- The main objective of the course is for the students to acquire a set of business English competencies and skills that will allow them to communicate effectively in professional and academic contexts. On completing the course, the students will be able to:
- understand the details in linguistically complex talks on a range of business, political, environmental, and social issues; infer implicit meaning, opinion, and attitude between fluent speakers with a variety of accents.
- express himself or herself fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions and use language flexibly and effectively for academic and professional purposes, such as negotiations, presentations, meetings, discussions, conversations, or debates.
- produce clear, well-structured, argumentative, detailed texts on complex subjects, showing controlled use of organizational patterns, connectors, cohesive devices, grammar, and vocabulary range.
- освоения understand the details of lengthy, demanding texts; extract arguments, facts, ideas, and opinions from highly specialized written sources within the management field, such as work-related documents, textbooks, instructions, or articles.
- apply basic business skills in academic and professional contexts and sustain written and oral formal corporate communication in English.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- To identify ways to adapt to local circumstances to overcome misunderstandings in global negotiations.
- To form skills of note-taking
- To develop skills in delivering a monologue (informative/descriptive/argumentative/persuasive speech)
- To improve understanding academic/ professional presentations which are linguistically complex
- To write a report on workrelated topics about complex subjects, underlining the key issues and in a style appropriate to the intended reader.
- To write emails (business correspondence)
- To develop skills in writing a cover letter and a CV
- To develop skills in writing clear, well-structured texts on a variety of subjects expanding points of view, developing arguments, synthesising and evaluating information, can evaluate different ideas or solutions to a problem (summary, essay, report, review)
- To develop skills of participating in dialogues and briefings on professional topics (active listening, questioning, responding to questions, emphasizing, discussion strategies)
- To improve skills in taking part in debates (debate on abstract, complex topics)
- To use basic reading techniques, skimming & scanning to make inferences or predictions about the content of texts/ newspaper and magazine articles
- To develop skills in analyzing and describing visual data
- To develop skills of using different listening techniques (listening for gist, listening for details, listening for specific information)
- To produce clear, well-structured, detailed academic paragraphs on different subjects
- To give effective non-academic presentations engaging the audience
- To aquire vocabulary and complex grammar structures to participate in job interviews
- To interpret instructions; understand scoring criteria; plan answers; complete tasks under time pressure
- To gain skills in analysing errors and making a final review
- To recognize and apply targeted lexical items and grammatical structures correctly in controlled test tasks, demonstrating comprehension of form, meaning, and typical contextual usage
Course Contents
- Project Management: Planning and Dealing with Contingencies
- Contracts and Negotiations: Finding a Resolution
- Teamwork and Managing Talent
- Global Economy, Finance and Investment
- Digital Era Management and Business Networking
- Circular Economy and Sustainable Business Practices
- Customer Engagement and Marketing Campaign Analysis
- Linguatest Preparation and Simulation
Assessment Elements
- Written AssessmentWA consists of minimum 6 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.
- Summer Final AssessmentSummer Final Assessment is held at the end of the 4 module. Time limit: 70 minutes offline. The structure of the exam: 1. Reading (R): Students read a text and complete the tasks. Max. 10 points. 2. Writing (W) A student should write an analytical report. Grading formula: R*0,4 + W*0,6 = 10.
- Home AssignmentHA 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.
- Winter Final AssessmentWinter Final Assessment is held at the end of the 2 module. Time limit: 80 minutes offline. The structure of the exam: 1. Listening (L): Listen to the text ONCE and complete the tasks. Max. 10 points. Students have no more than 15 minutes to complete the Listening (L) part. 2. Reading (R): Read the text and complete the tasks. Students have no more than 25 minutes. 2. Writing (W) A student should write a report. Students have no more than 40 minutes. Grading formula: L*0,3 + R*0,3 + W*0,4 = 10.
- Oral AssessmentOA consists of minimum 6 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.
- AttendanceAttendance grade is calculated using a 10-point grading scale based on a student’s attendance rate.
Interim Assessment
- 2026/2027 2nd module0.25 * Written Assessment + 0.3 * Winter Final Assessment + 0.25 * Oral Assessment + 0.1 * Home Assignment + 0.1 * Attendance
- 2026/2027 4th module0.1 * Home Assignment + 0.25 * Written Assessment + 0.1 * Attendance + 0.3 * Summer Final Assessment + 0.25 * Oral Assessment
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Business partner C1 : coursebook, , 2021
- Стогниева, О. Н. Английский язык: Гибкие навыки для успешной карьеры = Business English: Soft Skills for Career Success : учебник / О. Н. Стогниева, Е. В. Габриелова. — Москва : ФЛИНТА, 2026. — 245 с. — ISBN 978-5-9765-5834-2. — Текст : электронный // Лань : электронно-библиотечная система. — URL: https://e.lanbook.com/book/505946 (дата обращения: 00.00.0000). — Режим доступа: для авториз. пользователей.
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Business partner B2+ : coursebook, , 2019
- 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: 02.07.2026).