Программа дисциплины Английский язык для направления 030400. 62 «История» подготовки бакалавра (2 курс)

5.Формы контроля знаний студентов

Критерии оценки знаний, навыков

6.Содержание дисциплины

“Travel and tourism”

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  Listening (for detail) to a lecture about transport in different countries
  
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  Reading and analysing a text presenting the writer’s views
  
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  Vocabulary: lexical cohesion, reference and substitution
  
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  Grammar: conditionals for expressing possible and probable results or solutions to problems
  
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  Speaking: advantages/disadvantages
  
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  Writing introductions in academic texts
  
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  Writing and editing problem/solution essays
  

“Globalization, international trade and employment”.

Вопросы для рассмотрения:

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  Reading a newspaper article about international trade and the effect of globalization on local agriculture
  
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  Grammar: that-clauses to report information and opinion
  
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  Vocabulary: synonyms for people
  
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  Speaking: predicting the future/expressing certainty and uncertainty
  
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  Listening to a talk about temporary employment for people with special needs
  
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  Reading an article about work overload
  
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  Multiple diagrams: approaches to making comparisons
  
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  Interpreting graphs and diagrams about work and industry
  
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  Discussing ways of describing data (approximating figures, percentages; determiners)
  
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  Study skills: editing written work
  

Вопросы для рассмотрения:

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  Reading a newspaper article about organic architecture, identifying the writer’s premises and arguments to recognise the facts on which these arguments are based
  
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  Listening (for signposting) to a talk about research and a lecture on contemporary art and analysing multiple options
  
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  Vocabulary: accommodation, buildings, visual arts/performing arts
  
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  Speaking: structuring a short talk
  
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  Giving opinions (argument and opinions about art and architecture)
  
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  Refuting opposing arguments
  
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  Writing conclusions
  
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  Balanced argument and opinion essays
  

Вопросы для рассмотрения:

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  Listening (for dates and numbers) a radio programme about electronic equipment
  
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  Listening (for developing note-taking skills) to a lecture on nanotechnology
  
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  Reading an article about population growth and identifying the writer’s purpose and arguments
  
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  Vocabulary: academic vocabulary; expressing the future probability/hypothetical situations
  

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  Writing: describing illustrations (vocabulary and planning)
  
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  Writing: describing and comparing maps
  
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  Revision of linking devices
  
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  Understanding question task words
  

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  Reading an academic text about electronic media to identify the main idea and supporting information
  
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  Listening (to understand instructions) to a dialogue about using a learning resource centre
  
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  Listening (to understand suggestions) to a feedback discussion between a tutor and two students about an essay on the media
  
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  Speaking: Analysing examination answers
  
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  Writing: Analysing essay questions and essay organization
  
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  Writing: Stating your view
  
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  Vocabulary: using idiomatic expressions
  

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  Interpreting cultural differences
  
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  General attitude
  
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  Distancing and space
  
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  Distancing and social relations
  
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  Distancing and time
  
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  Information and communication
  
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  Communicative strategies
  

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  Distancing by tense shifting and modals
  
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  Downtoning information
  
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  Hinting by negation
  
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  Softening and shifting responsibility
  
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  Softening with questions
  
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  Upgrading, intensification
  
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  Expanding monosyllabic replies
  

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  Reading an excerpt from a research article about farming in the sixth century AD
  
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  Reading an excerpt from the second MHJ (The Medieval History Journal) annual lecture about historical transitions
  
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  Listening to a popular lecture about the archaeological excavations in Silchester
  
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  Academic vocabulary development: framework and pattern
  
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  Language focus: Irregular nouns
  
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  Language focus: Qualifying statements
  

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  Reading a text about the Vikings and the main historical sources concerning them
  
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  Reading an excerpt from a research article about early modern English diaries
  
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  Listening to a talk about the archaeological site “Houndtor medieval village”
  
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  Specialist academic vocabulary development: historical sources (collocations)
  
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  Academic vocabulary development: derive from; originate from; built upon; draw on; be based on
  
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  Language focus: impersonal style and the passive voice
  

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  Reading a text about the weapons and warfare of the Vikings
  
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  Reading an excerpt from a research article about the stereotypes concerning the Vikings
  
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  Reading a text about the battle of Hastings
  
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  Academic vocabulary development: coherence and cohesion
  
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  Academic vocabulary development: consequences, outcomes, implications
  
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  Language focus: acknowledging dates and periods in history texts
  
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  Language focus: forms of the Infinitive
  

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  Reading a text about the social structure of Domesday England
  
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  Reading a text about the upper classes in English medieval society
  
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  Listening to a lecture about the social history of London
  
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  Academic vocabulary development: estimate, assess, evaluate
  
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  Language focus: Participle I
  
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  Language focus: Participle II
  

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  Reading a text about the sources and historiography of pre-Mongol Rus’ in post-Soviet period
  
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  Specialist vocabulary development:
  
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  Reading a text about Vladimir of Rus’ and Harald Fairhair of Norway
  
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  Academic vocabulary development: negative evaluation and expressing criticism
  
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  Reading a text reviewing some scholarly literature on Kievan Rus’ and identifying the items of critical lexis
  
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  Making academic presentations