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Foreign Language for Specific Purposes
Major: Hydraulic Engineering, Water Engineering and Water Technologies
Code of subject: 6.194.00.M.44
Credits: 3.00
Department: Foreign Languages
Lecturer: Zakaulova Yu.V., Zhorniak N.Ye.
Semester: 4 семестр
Mode of study: денна
Learning outcomes: By the end of the module learners are expected to be able to:
- make and give structured presentations of professional content using appropriate linguistic and non-linguistic means of communication;
- demonstrate the ability to arrange the information on the common study and job/ specialism-related topics in a logical and coherent way, demonstrate a sufficient appropriate vocabulary range related to the topic;
- demonstrate the general understanding of the objective, framework, general and detailed content and respective demands towards academic and professional documentation;
- understand and interpret the notion of intercultural communication;
- operate terms relevant to the topic;
- master the skills of verbal and non-verbal communication on different levels considering the peculiarities of the latter in different countries;
- work effectively with information sources, accumulate and operate data;
- analyze the peculiarities of intercultural communication in different spheres.
Required prior and related subjects: The level of knowledge B1
Foreign language for specific purposes
Summary of the subject: The scope of intercultural communication
The factors that may influence intercultural communication
The ways to understand each other: the features of a perfect speker and listener
Non-verbal communication and language
Efficient note-taking and memorizing information
The importance of cultural communication in different professional spheres
The prospects of intercultural communication
Cultural intelligence
Assessment methods and criteria:
Current control: listening, monologic and dialogic speech, reading, writing.
Final control: credit
The distribution of points according to 100-point scale:
70 – current control; 30 – control written test
Classroom work (70)
Listening 10
Reading 10
Speaking 10
Writing 10
Self-study (30)
Lexical and grammatical exercises from textbooks and tests in Virtual Educational Environment (VEE) 10
Extracurricular reading 10
Educational and special professional vocabulary. 10
Recommended books: . Arent, R. Building the cross-cultural gap: Listening ans Speaking tasks for developing Fluency in English / http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=302593. -Michigan, 2009.
2. Stockinger, P. Intercultural communication. A general introduction. NATO Regional Cooperation Course.- Paris, 2010.
3. Behning, A. Intercultural communication: An Overview. – Berlin, 2017.
4. Holliday, A., Hyde, M., Kullman, J. Intercultural communication: An advanced resource book. – Taylor & Francis E-library, 2004.
5. Livermore, D. Expand your borders. Published by Cultural Intelligence Center. – Michigan, 2013.
6. 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. 2.Зуєнок, О.Д. Швець, Н.В. Поперечна; М-во освіти і науки України, Нац. гірн. ун-т. – Дніпропетровськ : НГУ, 2015. – 162 с.
7. Convery I., Corsane G., Davis P. Making Sense of Place, Multidisciplinary Perspectives. – Boydell & Brewer, 2012. — 350 p.
8. Murphy R., English Grammar in Use. CEF Level: B1 Intermediate - B2 High Intermediate. Cambridge University Press.
9. Stone Philip, Hartmann Rudi, Seaton Tony (eds.) The Palgrave handbook of dark tourism studies. – New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018. — 806 p.
10. The Routledge Handbook of Cultural Tourism / Ed. by: Melanie Smith , Greg Richards. – Routledge, 2012.
11. Електронний навчально-методичний комплекс «Іноземна мова за професійним спрямуванням, ч.1», Сертифікат №02044. Укладачі Білик О.О., Гавран М.І., Гук Л. І., Марціхів Х.Р.,Проць М.З.
Адреса розміщення: http://lpnu.ua/course/view.php?id=3277
Номер та дата реєстрації: Е41-185-191/2017 від 20.11.2017 р.
12. Dictionaries.