Подкурс «Английский язык для общих целей» (General English – GE)
Данный подкурс при интенсивности 2 ак.ч/нед предполагает существенное расширение словарного запаса студентов, а также знакомство со сложными грамматическими конструкциями, характерными для устной и письменной речи. В основу курса положен учебник Global Upper-Intermediate. В дополнение, предусматривается работа с оригинальными неадаптированными текстами из англоязычной прессы, а также художественными текстами.
Развитие навыков по видам речевой деятельности.
Программа 2 курса по GE включает развитие всех видов языков навыков: аудирования, чтения, устной и письменной речи.
-Аудирование включает прослушивание аутентичных записей различных видов устной речи. В дополнение к аудиозаписям базового учебника, включающего диалоги, полилоги и монологическую речь, предусматривается использование оригинальных материалов (новости на англоязычных телеканалах, аудио-записи лекций и т.д.).
Ставится цель овладения навыками выявления важной и второстепенной информации, наличия указателей и маркеров; распознавания средств связи предложения: ссылки, дополнения, противопоставления, причина и следствие, перечень; оценка значимости информации: распознавание частей текста, выявление важных моментов.
- Говорение включает совершенствование устной речи монологического, диалогического и полилогического характера, что достигается участием студентов в дискуссиях, дебатах, круглых столах по проходимым темам.
Ставится цель овладения навыками выражения согласия и несогласия, разъяснения, сомнения, убеждения, выделения главной мысли, прерывания, представления решений.
- Чтение предусматривает ознакомительное, просмотровое, детальное чтение, понимание организации текста, распознавание значения неизвестных слов из контекста, наличие аргументации, дифференциацию между главной и сопутствующей информацией, фактом и мнением, оценку цели автора и его отношения, гипотезы и доказательства, обобщение и конспектирование.
- Письмо, которое предусматривает овладение техникой составление различных типов текстов (письма, эссе, доклады), в том числе понимание организация текста, разделение на параграфы, дискутирование, аргументация, логика изложения, главная мысль и вспомогательные идеи, когерентность, пунктуация.
Для достижения поставленных целей предусматривается знакомство студентов со следующими разделами грамматики и лексики:
Грамматика
Система видовременных форм английского глагола.
Активный и пассивный залог. Согласование времен и косвенная речь.
Порядок слов в предложении.
Придаточные предложения (времени и условия, определительные, дополнительные). Союзы и союзные слова.
Группа существительного. Исчисляемые и неисчисляемые существительные.
Артикли и другие определители существительного.
Эмфатические конструкции.
Лексика
Лексические единицы для описания следующей тематики:
Человек и окружающая среда
Образование
Путешествия
Информационные технологии
Глобализация
Семья и ее роль в современном мире
Власть и деньги
Современный мегаполис
V. Тематический расчет часов
1) Подкурс «Английский для академических целей» (English for Academic Purposes - EAP)
№ мод
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Название темы
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Всего часов
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Аудиторные часы
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Самостоятельная работа
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Лекции
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Семин/ практич занятия
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I
II
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1) The History of Geography: skimming, multiple choice / writing an introductory statement, describing data / form filling, table completion, note completion / expanding answers, nouns relating to places, verbs relating to changes in maps.
2) What is Beauty: modal verbs for evaluating, prediction, guessing meaning from context / drafting and editing / short answers, sentence completion / giving and justifying opinions.
3) Is it Art? : defining and non-defining clauses, scanning, reading for gist/ comparing data and describing trends/ listening for gist / labeling a diagram / giving advice / discussing impact of works of art
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14
16
16
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8
8
10
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6
8
6
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III
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4) Psychology & Sociology: conditionals, table and note completion /locating information, organization & coherence in a text /listening & writing simultaneously / connected speech / jigsaw reading, matching headings / expressing personal opinion, giving reasons to support opinions.
5) Travelling around the World: articles, adjectives with multiple meaning, understanding information in tables / comparing & contrasting data / multiple choice, completing a flow chart / identification of information in the text.
6) The Importance of Infrastructure: concession, nouns related to systems / identifying text type / evaluating & challenging ideas, evidence or an argument / note completion.
7) Money & Happiness: substitution & ellipses / financial matters / identifying the writer’s purpose / describing a process / multiple choice, signposts.
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16
14
16
16
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8
8
8
8
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8
6
8
8
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Итого:
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90
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52
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38
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2) Подкурс «Английский язык для общих целей» (General English – GE)
модуля
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Название темы
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Всего часов
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Аудиторные часы
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Самостоятельная работа
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|
|
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Лекции
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Семинарские и практические занятия
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I
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1) Alive and Well Auxiliary verbs/Predicative adjectives/Future continuous and perfect/illness and disease/questions about family and professional goals/paragraphs: topic sentence and supporting sentences
2) Right and Wrong: questions review/the prefix mis-/ the definite article/ narrative tenses/metaphor (honesty and dishonesty)/structuring an essay, introducing topics
3) Land and Sea: collocations for the natural world/present perfect simple and continuous, part simple/adjective order/word formation/informal emails
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10
10
10
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4
6
6
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4
6
4
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II
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4) Magic and Mystery: Modals and speculation present and past/suffixes/impersonal passive/contractions and weak forms/vague language/connecting sentences: relative clauses, noun phrases, after+ gerund or noun/ writing a review
5) Parents and Children: Metaphors ( relationships)/will for present habits/used and would and past simple/prefixes with self-/adjectives to describe taste and texture/ “is used to”-“get used to”/ writing an article
6) Power and Money:
The passive voice/ causative have-get/adverb phrases/metaphors (money) /talking about money/granting and refusing a favour/writing a report – giving reasons and describing consequences/describing finance/recording and learning vocabulary
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10
10
10
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6
6
6
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4
4
4
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III
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7) Rhyme and Reason:
Ways of saying “beautiful”/ homophones/ “so” and “such”/idioms for knowing and not knowing/reposting verbs/stating another point of view, introducing arguments and counter-arguments/an information sheet: giving instructions/punctuation
8) Dreams and Reality: Metaphors (minds)/conditional structures/unreal conditionals/wishes and regrets/life experiences (collocations)/giving and reacting to surprising news/a formal letter of complaint/formal words and phrases/examination strategies.
9) Rise and Fall: word formation (nouns and adjectives)/collocations with “rise”/phrasal verbs/verb patterns (gerunds and infinitives)/conceding points in discussion/inferring statements from the text/writing a proposal (describing problems)
10) Tears and Laughter: Defining and non-defining relative clauses/metaphors (strong emotions)/present simple clauses/emphasizing (cleft sentences)/telling a story and interrupting for information/writing a competition entry/ writing a checklist/keeping up your English
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12
10
12
12
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6
6
6
6
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6
4
6
6
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Итого:
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90
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52
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38
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VI. Тематика заданий по различным формам текущего контроля.
Примерная тематика письменных работ для текущего контроля
1) Подкурс «Английский для академических целей» (English for Academic Purposes - EAP)
Describing data which shows changes over time: You are given a chart which illustrates a number of students studying different subjects at the university over a five-year period. Write a report for a lecturer describing the given information. (150 words)
Organizing a piece of writing, drafting and editing: Present a written argument or case to an educated reader with no specialist knowledge of the issue. Identify the most serious problems of overpopulation, suggest possible ways of tackling these problems for governments and communities. (250 words)
Selecting significant information, comparing data and describing trends: You are given a table which shows the amount of tourists from 7 countries who visited Russia in the period from 2000 to 2007. Write a report for a statistical bureau describing the information given. (150 words)
Text organization and coherence, paragraphing: Present a written argument on the following topic. Parents, social background have more influence than schools on teenagers’ learning & academic achievement. (250 words)
Comparing and contrasting data: Write a report for a lecturer describing unemployment rates in 2000 for men and women in five different countries. (150 words)
Evaluating and challenging ideas, evidence or an argument. Present a written argument on the following topic. In the last 20 years there have been significant development in IT, However, future developments in IT are likely to have more negative effects than positive. To what extent do you agree with this view?
Лексико-грамматические тесты для промежуточного контроля содержат грамматические структуры и лексику по темам, представленным в разделе
Примерная тематика письменных работ для текущего контроля
Подкурс «Английский для общих целей» (General English)
Write a report on changes in family life in your country based on discussions with your classmates
Write an essay about the influence of globalization on local culture
Write an email to a friend describing your last holiday
Write a book/film review
Write an article about your upbringing
Write a report on how people in your country manage their finances
Write a proposal on how to improve student facilities at your university
Write a competition entry about someone you admire
VII. Вопросы для оценки качества усвоения дисциплины.
Примерная тематика устной беседы для итогового контроля навыков говорения и проверки качества усвоения дисциплины
1) Подкурс «Английский для академических целей»
(English for Academic Purposes - EAP)
The purpose of different types of maps: satellite, electronic, etc.
Describe a place which is special for you: where it is, what appeals to you about it, explain why this place is special to you.
Cartography: science and practice.
Describe your favourite building/buildings. Why do you think it’s beautiful?
Say if it is important or not to live in beautiful surroundings. Explain why.
Your attitude to art: should young people be encouraged to be involved in the arts? Should an arts component be made compulsory for all students at university, even for scientists?
What are the advantages of the arts to society?
How do you think the arts should be funded – by tax payers or by fees?
Describe an important friendship that you had when you were a child / teenager. Explain why this friendship was important to you.
Describe your closest family relationship. Explain how the person is related to you, what he/she looks like, why you like this person.
What do you think reflects the family and the society a person comes from?
Describe a memorable journey you have made, explain why it was most memorable.
What problems do people face when they travel?
Have you ever visited anywhere that you would classify as exotic? Where was it? Do you think our desire to visit exotic places is actually destroying them? In what ways?
Can transportation systems only help or in some cases hinder people? In what way?
How would you interpret the quote from Benjamin Franklin: “Money makes the world go round”?
Is money included into the set of your personal values? What importance does it have?
Do you think people associate money with happiness? Is it possible to lead a happy life without money? What other factors are necessary to lead a happy life?
2) Подкурс General English (Английский язык для общих целей)
What are the advantages and disadvantages of big cities compared to the countryside?
How have attitudes to family and marriage changed over the last 100 years?
Do you think it is now more difficult to know what is right and wrong when so much information is available?
Is the Internet a reliable source of information?
Do you think in the future people will be more or less connected with nature?
What set expression do you know that are linked with nature?
What plot devices can be used in mystery films and books? Can you give examples?
Do you think children at school should be taught parenting?
What would you allow/forbid your future children to do?
Do you think it is possible to spend more money than you have?
Talk about an interesting book you have read recently.
Talk about a memorable event from your childhood.
What are your future plans? What do you have to do to fulfill them?
Do you think it is unfair that English is an international language?
How important do you think to support local languages?
What are your criteria for assessing success in life?
VII. Учебно-методическое обеспечение дисциплины
Подкурс «Английский для академических целей»
(English for Academic Purposes - EAP)
Литература:
Базовая:
Rachael Roberts. Ready for IELTS. Course Book. Macmillan, 2010. + CD-ROM
+ Audio CD
Camblidge IELTS 8. Examination Papers from University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations: English for Speakers of other Languages. Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Дополнительная:
Sam McCarter, Norman Whitby. Writing Skills. Macmillan, 2010.
Pauline Cullen. Vocabulary for IELTS: Self-study vocabulary practice. Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Diana Hopkins, Pauline Cullen. Grammar for IELTS: Self-study vocabulary practice. Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Malcolm Mann, Steve Taylore-Knowles. IELTS for Academic Purposes: 6 Practice Tests.Mc Graw Hill International Edition, 2009.
Simon Haines, Peter May. IELTS Masterclass, Oxford University Press, 2008.
Электронные ресурсы:
www.cambridgeESOL.org
www.ielts.org
www.oxfordenglishtesting.com
2) Подкурс General English (Английский язык для общих целей)
Литература:
Базовая:
Lindsay Clandfield and Rebecca Robb Benne, with additional material by Amanda Jeffries, GLOBAL Upper-intermediate Course, Macmillan Publishers Limited, 2011
Lindsay Clandfield and Frances Watkins, GLOBAL Upper-intermediate Teacher’s Book, Macmillan Publishers Limited, 2011, with Teacher’s Resource Disk
Дополнительная:
Richard Side and Guy Wellman, Grammar and Vocabulary for Cambridge Advanced and Proficiency, Pearson Education Limited, 2002
Электронные ресурсы:
Современная англоязычная пресса: интернет сайты, представляющие ведущие мировые периодические издания “The New York Times”, BBC, CNN: http://www.nytimes.com/, www.bbc.co.uk, www.cnn.com
Словари и справочники:
www.thefreedictionary.com.
Электронный большой англо-русско-английский словарь ABBYY Lingvo 13.0 Версия 2010.
Авторы программы:_____________________ Умерова М.В.
___________________ Ермоленко И.В. |
