2025/2026

English for Business 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: Воронцова-Менало Анна Сергеевна, Жаркова Марина Геннадьевна, Воронцова-Менало Анна Сергеевна, Alla A. Efimova, Irena Fadeeva, Viktor Makarenko, Lyudmila Yuryevna Rokotyanskaya, Alexandra Smorodinova, Larisa Stanislavovna Stupakova, Yuliya Suvorova, Супрун Дарья Игоревна, Цораева Олеся Игоревна

Language: English

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. This course is designed for students who want to communicate effectively in English in their workplace. It allows for personalization of the learning experience with a structured modular approach that gives flexibility to focus on specific needs and learning outcomes. Students who have completed the discipline will learn basic professional terminology and vocabulary for the implementation of business communication and commercial activities and acquire oral and written skills in the field of business communication. Role-playing games involving telephone conversations, exchange of letters, participation in meetings and meetings with business partners as well as case studies form and develop students' business communication skills in a meaningful and authentic professional context.