Английский язык: подготовка к экзаменам

2026/2027

Статус: Факультатив

Кто читает: Школа иностранных языков

Где читается: Факультет гуманитарных наук

Когда читается: 3, 4 модуль

Охват аудитории: для своего кампуса

Преподаватели: Антонова Юлия Владимировна, Чантуридзе Юлия Михайловна

Язык: английский

Кредиты: 5

Контактные часы: 80

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Abstract

«International English Examinations Practice» course is a specialized highly intensive program designed to give students insight into the academic testing system. The program focuses on four parts of the exam which are Reading, Listening, Writing and Speaking. The course highlights crucial tips and ready-to-use techniques to keep in mind during the examination. It also draws attention to common mistakes and pitfalls hampering test takers from gaining higher scores. The program blends theory and practice, though practice prevails. Students are offered to scrutinize printed materials, peruse online learning resources as well as fulfill numerous exercises both in class and at home and thus familiarize themselves with subtleties of the testing systems. Within the course, students' attendance is assessed, and students are supposed to complete home assignments and do tests of various formats to check reading, listening, writing, and speaking skills as well as vocabulary and grammar usage. There are no blocking elements.

Learning Objectives

to give a detailed overview of all parts of various exams;
to provide students with the language, grammar and test-taking strategies required for exams;
to improve all four language skills, speaking, listening, reading and writing, as required for exams.

Expected Learning Outcomes

Listening - understand academic and professional discourse; - identify the main ideas and distinguish relevant supporting details of a formal or academic passage;
Reading - understand a variety of different academic text types; - use different reading strategies and focus on target material in all types of reading passages;
Speaking - demonstrate enhanced speaking in different task formats; - formulate, express and defend opinions using appropriate vocabulary and grammatical structures.
Writing - produce graph descriptions and essays; - demonstrate enhanced vocabulary and grammatical structures;
Lexis and grammar - expand repertoire

Course Contents

Topic 1: Rural and Urban Life
Topic 2: Health
Topic 3: The Arts
Topic 4: Finance and Business
Topic 5: History

Assessment Elements

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.
Written Assessment (WA)
WA consists of minimum 4 tasks of different types, including interim ones. WA includes reading, listening, email, summary and lexical-grammar tests. 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 and a discussion) that students do in class.
Final Assessment (FA)
Final assessment consists of an essay and two speaking tasks. The grading formula: 0.5 Essay + 0.5 Speaking.
Attendance
English Grammar and Vocabulary Test
Students take English Grammar and Vocabulary Test in class.

Interim Assessment

2026/2027 4th module
0.1 * English Grammar and Vocabulary Test + 0.2 * Oral Assessment (OA) + 0.3 * Final Assessment (FA) + 0.1 * Attendance + 0.1 * Home Assignment + 0.2 * Written Assessment (WA)

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

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

Recommended Additional Bibliography

Английский язык для экономистов : учебник и практикум для акад. бакалавриата, Барановская, Т. А., 2014
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

Authors

Chanturidze Iuliia Mikhailovna

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