2025/2026
English for General Communication Purposes. Upper-Intermediate Course - 2
Type:
Optional course
Delivered by:
School of Foreign Languages
Where:
School of Foreign Languages
When:
3, 4 module
Open to:
students of one campus
Instructors:
Гелазония Наталия Владимировна,
Шмакова Анастасия Валерьевна,
Былова Полина Дмитриевна,
Егорова Ирина Сергеевна,
Джахангирова Вефа Сабухи кызы,
Макаркина Мария Игоревна,
Спиридонова Анна Александровна,
Белова Виктория Сергеевна,
Морозова Анна Сергеевна,
Федосеева Полина Евгеньевна,
Саулина Мария Алексеевна,
Гелазония Наталия Владимировна,
Шмакова Анастасия Валерьевна,
Tatyana Baranova,
Yulia Mikhailovna Chanturidze,
Nataliya Valentinovna Guskova,
Alexander Vladimirovich Kalashnikov,
Konstantin Khomutskii,
Elena Krasilnikova,
Galina Levitskaya,
Sofia Lozovaia,
Anastasia Lushina,
Yana Makarova,
Elena Yurievna Mostacheva,
Ekaterina Vladimirovna Razbaeva,
Maria Rodina,
Elena Shustova,
Olga B. Tambovtseva,
Liliya Vasilevna Zhilina,
Varvara Alekseevna Zlobina,
Соболь Яна Игоревна,
Лесниченко Михаил Михайлович,
Соболь Яна Игоревна,
Славинская Наталья Васильевна
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
5
Contact hours:
80
Course Syllabus
Abstract
The discipline refers to the variable educational tracks offered to students of the curricula for bachelor's and master's degree at choice while mastering the optional course of English in accordance with the Concept of Development of English-language Communicative Competence of HSE Students. The course develops language skills and competences for general communication purposes. Throughout the course, students will have multiple opportunities to practise communicative language activities and strategies which concern listening, reading, writing, and speaking, as well as enhance their linguistic competencies in terms of vocabulary range and grammatical accuracy. The course uses only authentic materials and sources which include highly informative and relevant articles, reviews, essays as well as videos and podcasts. The course allows for extensive in-class interactions and online support in the HSE’s SmartLMS. By the end of the course students will have gained the skills and confidence to communicate effectively in English at B2 level (HSE Scale 60-69). Within the course, students are supposed to complete home assignments and take tests of various formats, which may include but are not limited to lexical-grammar tests, reading tests, listening tests, writing tests, speaking tests.