Bachelor 2025/2026

Foreign Language (English)

Type: Optional course (HSE University and Kyung Hee University Double Degree Programme in Economics and Politics in Asia)

Delivered by: Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs

When: 1 year, 1-4 module

Open to: students of one campus

Instructors: Elena Andreeva, Natalya Bagrintseva, Elena Anatolyevna Dolgushina, Inna Sergeevna Egorova, Olga Karamalak, Lubov' Nikolaevna Maslova, Elena Vasilyevna Nagornaya, Natalia Perepechkina, Elena Petrova, Andrei Tulum, Evgenia Vasilyeva, Ksenia Vertlib

Language: English

Contact hours: 216

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The main goal of the course is to enable students to use English in their further academic studies and develop their language and communication skills in English to the B2-B2+ level according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) in multiple contexts, such as reading and listening comprehension, written and oral expression, communicative interaction. Content-based language teaching implies development and upgrading of an ability to interact in English in the context of cross-cultural professional communication. This approach allows students to acquire knowledge on a range of issues related to politics, economics, and business. Contemporary topics and issues stimulate students’ minds, develop their critical thinking skills, and motivate learners to meaningfully engage with language. In the second year, the course is aimed at preparing students for the international English language examinations. The main objective of the course is to form general competences in knowledge and skills necessary for passing the international examinations, namely linguistic, sociolinguistic and pragmatic competences. For achieving the objective students are supposed to be involved into the following language activities: reception (listening and reading), production (spoken and written), and interaction (spoken and written).