Foreign Language I, Part 3

Major: International Relations
Code of subject: 6.291.01.O.015
Credits: 5.00
Department: Foreign Languages
Lecturer: Novosilets O.V., Puha O.O.
Semester: 3 семестр
Mode of study: денна
Learning outcomes: By the end of the study learners are expected to be able to: • apply lexical units according to the topics relevant to the sphere of international relations and in accordance with the curriculum for the second year of studies; • know the typology of English texts (newspaper/magazine reports and articles, agendas, formal and informal letters, discursive compositions); • use grammar structures related to the topic effectively; • apply knowledge about the system of English sounds, intonation; acquire and develop listening-comprehension skills required to understand the authentic language in live situations; • use professional vocabulary according to the curriculum. • actively participate in communication; • read literary and scientific papers in original (English); • understand the topics according to the curriculum with the use of specialized vocabulary; • translate grammar constructions into English and into Ukrainian. • Express one’s ideas in writing (with the use of active vocabulary according to the topics from the curriculum).
Required prior and related subjects: Prerequisites: The level of knowledge В1+ Corequisites: Ukrainian language for professional purposes.
Summary of the subject: Topic: Higher education: educational institutions, courses, education technologies, extracurricular activity, modern student life, higher education in modern student life. Topic: professional and personal success: the way to success, personal and professional development, unemployment, the life of the success. Topic: culture and society: culture, cultural diversity, cultural identity. Topic: Environmental problems: contamination, global warming, international cooperation on environmental issues, environmental disasters.
Assessment methods and criteria: 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 70 Listening 10 Reading 10 Speaking 10 Making dialogues 10 Writing 10 Lexical and grammatical tests in Virtual Educational Environment (VEE) 5 Extracurricular reading. 10 Presentation 10 Control test 25
Recommended books: 1. Literary sources for theoretical courses. 2. Literary sources for practical classes. Manuals: 1 Turchyn D.B. English for International Relations / Англійська мова для міжнародних відносин: Educational manual. For higher ed. inst. 2d edition / Dmytro Turchyn. – Vinnitsa: Nova Knyha, 2017. – 256 p. : il. 2. Fuchs M., Bonner M. Focus on grammar..- Longman, 2015. - 432 p. 3. Pilbeam A. Market Leader: Working Across Cultures/ Pearson / Longman Education Limited, 2017. – 96 p. 4. Prodromou L. Grammar and Vocabulary for First Certificate, Pearson / Longman, 2015. – 319 p. 5. Vince M. Advanced. Language practice with keys. Mcmillan, 2019. 6. V. Evans. Round-up 6.– Longman, 2015. – 268 p.