2025/2026

English for Specific Purposes. Art and Design - 3

Type: Optional course

Delivered by: School of Foreign Languages

When: 1-3 module

Open to: students of all HSE University campuses

Instructors: Tatyana Baranova

Language: English

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The purpose of this course is to develop students’ skills in reading, speaking, and writing in English, as well as writing analytical essays and making presentations in their professional area of art and design, develop their active and passive vocabulary, improve their knowledge of advanced grammar. The course is aimed at Bachelor’s and Master’s students taking various courses in art and design. The course consists of 31 units and includes magazine and research articles in animation, fashion, painting, colour, exterior and interior design, logo and many other themes, which constitute the profession of a designer. Tasks developed specifically for each of the units comprise lead-in exercises, vocabulary development, multiple-choice exercises, completing sentences and summaries, YES, NO, Not Given statements and speaking and writing assignments. These are supplemented by translation and text-editing exercises. Appendix 1 and Appendix 2 give information on opinion essays and contrasting points of view essays, criteria for marking essays and summaries.