Foreign Language for Specific Purposes, part 5

Major: Museum, Monument Protection Activity and Cultural Tourism
Code of subject: 6.027.03.O.035
Credits: 3.00
Department: Foreign Languages
Lecturer: Novosilets' O.V., Vysotska R.R.
Semester: 5 семестр
Mode of study: денна
Мета вивчення дисципліни: The aim of the descipline is to formulate communicative competence to let students communicate in well-known situations that may occur in in general language context
Завдання: General competences: GC5 - the ability to operate in international environment GC6 - the ability to generate new ideas (creativity) GC7 - the ability to apply knowledge in practice GC8 - abstract thinking, analysis and synthesis GC9 - the ability to use information and communicatio technologies GC11 - the ability to communicate in a foreign language GC12 - to ability to search, process and analyze information from different sources GC14 - interpersonal interaction and respect for cultural diversity GC15 - the ability to work individually and in a team. Professional competences: - linguistic, which represents the level of knowledge of language norms and the ability to demonstrate language skills; - socio-linguistic, which presupposes the ability of a learner to produce and identify language styles according to a particular communicative situation; - pragmatic, which shows the ability to use acquired knowledge to influence an interlocutor while communicating in a foreign language.
Learning outcomes: By the end of the study learners are expected to be able to: • maintain a conversation on familiar study and specialism-related topics, expressing and exchanging opinions and factual information on study-related events; • demonstrate understanding of clear and simple notices, including details on warning, announcements and instructions in academic and job-related events; • make arrangements on the telephone in academic or professional environment, including getting connected, leaving and taking messages, provided the interlocutor’s speech is clearly articulated in a generally familiar accent; • make public presentations on a number of general issues in the political, economic and cultural spheres using appropriate linguistic and non-linguistic means of communication; • write e-mails for educational purposes conveying simple straightforward information of immediate relevance /close to academic environment and everyday life; • write forum posts and comments, expressing their own opinion and commenting on other opinions, agreeing/disagreeing on what can be found in social media and virtual learning environment; • fill in correctly application and registration forms for accommodation and \ or for a conference with an appropriate degree of accuracy and adequacy
Required prior and related subjects: Prerequisites: The level of knowledge A2-B1 Corequisites: Foreign Language.
Summary of the subject: Тhe curriculum for the descipline "English for Specific Purposes" is aimed at the 1st year students of all specialities who possess level A2-B1 according to the general European recommendations on learning and teaching modern languages. At the end of the course students are supposed to acquire level B1+ which is an intermediary one between lower-intermediate and upper-intermadiate levels. The course is practically oriented and thus enables students to get communicative competence in a foreign language. Learning process is based on integration of language knowledge and skills in situational context according to a major students have chosen. Selfstuding and individual studying are considered to be an essential part of the curriculum.
Опис: Modern inventions of mankind. Your attitude to the new inventions. Advertising as an incentive for the business to develop. Socializing. Young people and modern society. Age of a person. An optimist versus pessimist. A healthy way of life. Travelling and holidays. Video watching to the topic.
Assessment methods and criteria: Assessment methods: - oral and direct questioning; - questioning in writing; - random oral questioning; - presentations during practical classes; - tests; - activity assessment; - evaluation of proposals, original decisions, suggestions, etc. Credit - Oral component - Written test
Критерії оцінювання результатів навчання: Current control: listening, monologic and dialogic speech, reading, writing. Control test. Final control: differentiated test/credit. . The distribution of points according to a 100-point scale Current control (CC) Total for the discipline 100 Classroom work 75 Listening 5 Reading 5 Speaking 5 Writing 5 Test № 1 25 Individual written task 25 Self-study 30 Exercises from textbooks. 5 Lexical and grammatical tests in Virtual Educational Environment (VEE) 5 Extracurricular reading. 5 Vocabulary of educational and special professional vocabulary. 5 Monologic speech.. 5 Dialogic speech. 5 Maximum: 100
Порядок та критерії виставляння балів та оцінок: Listening - Complete comprehension of the listening material. Students have to demonstrate the ability to comprehend and reproduce, interpret, memorise the material and perform oral and written tasks. Reading - students demonstrate the knowledge of the reading material; they are able to reproduce all the facts correctly; certain inconsistencies are allowed, however, students should demonstrate critical thinking, the ability to analyze and lay out the material consecutively. Students understand and can explain most of the words in a text, can translate and use them participating in a discussion. Speaking - students are able to express themselves on a given topic using lexical and grammar constructions, speak fluently and support their point of view by the help of language means and participate in discussions. Writing - students possess an appropriate level of knowledge of grammar and vocabulary. A written paper should be concise, coherent, logical (an essay, a letter, a summary, etc.)
Recommended books: 1. Eales F. Oakes Fr. Speakout. Upper Intermediate. Pearson / Longman, 2016. – 175 p. 2. Eales F. Oakes Fr. Speakout. WorkBook Upper Intermediate. Pearson / Longman, 2016. – 96 p. 3. Кострицька С.І., Зуєнок І.І., Швець О.Д, Поперечна Н.В.. Англійська мова для навчання і роботи: підручник для студ. вищ. навч. закл.: у 4 т. Т. 1. Спілкування в соціальному, академічному та професійному середовищах = English for Study and Work: Coursebook in 4 books. Book 1 Socialising in Academic and Professional Environment / С.І. Кострицька, І.І. Зуєнок, О.Д. Швець, Н.В. Поперечна; М-во освіти і науки України, Нац. гірн. ун-т. – Дніпропетровськ : НГУ, 2015. – 162 с. 4. Azar, B.S (2013) Understanding and Using English Grammar. New York: Pearson Education – 437p. 5. Evans, V. (2015) Round-Up 6. English Grammar Book. Longman. 6. Murphy R., English Grammar in Use. CEF Level: B1 Intermediate - B2 High Intermediate. Cambridge University Press. 7. My Grammar Lab. Longman, 2016.
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