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Foreign Language I, Part 3
Major: International Information
Code of subject: 6.291.02.O.020
Credits: 5.00
Department: Department of Foreign Languages for Engineering
Lecturer: Martsihiv K.R., Stolyarchyk L.B., Havran M. I.
Semester: 3 семестр
Mode of study: денна
Завдання: General competences:
GC2 - The ability to preserve and multiply moral, cultural, scientific values and achievements of society based on understanding the history and patterns of development of the subject area, its place in the general system of knowledge about the nature of society and technology; ability to use various types of activity to lead a healthy lifestyle.
GC3. Ability to learn and master modern knowledge
GC5. Ability to work in an international context.
GC6. Ability to generate new ideas
GC8. Ability to abstract thinking, analysis and synthesis
GC10. Ability to communicate in the national language both orally and in writing.
Professional competences:
FC2. Ability to analyze international processes in various contexts, including political, legal, economic, social, cultural and informational.
FC6. Ability to apply the principles of diplomatic and consular service, diplomatic protocol and etiquette, ability to conduct diplomatic and business correspondence (in Ukrainian and foreign languages).
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: Ukranian Language.
Summary of the subject: The program of the study discipline "Foreign language"
developed for students who know the language at a level that corresponds to A2 - B1 according to the CEF (General - European recommendations for learning and teaching modern languages).
As a result of successful study under the program of this course, the level of language proficiency is expected to increase to B1+, which is transitional between the borderline and advanced levels of an independent language user.
The course has a practical orientation, providing students with opportunities to acquire general professional communicative competence in using the English language. Education is carried out by integrating speaking skills and language knowledge within a familiar general thematic and situational context in accordance with a certain academic and professional field of activity of students. Self-education is considered an integral part of this educational course, and special attention in the program is paid to independent work of students.
Опис: Topic: Higher education: educational institutions, educational courses, educational technologies, extracurricular activities, problems of modern students, the importance of higher education in the life of a modern student.
Topic: Individual and professional success: the path to success, individual and professional development, unemployment, the life of a successful person.
Topic: Culture and society: culture, cultural diversity, cultural affiliation
Topic: Culture and society: Language and art, ideological culture.
Topic: Problems of environmental protection: environmental pollution, global warming, international cooperation on global warming, environmental and technogenic disasters.
Topic: Science and technology: technologies of the 20th century, artificial intelligence, the Internet, genetic engineering, nuclear energy, nanotechnology, space exploration.
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 60
Listening 5
Reading 5
Speaking 5
Writing 5
Test 40
Self-study 40
Exercises from textbooks. 5
Lexical and grammatical tests in Virtual Educational Environment (VEE) 10
Extracurricular reading. 5
Vocabulary of educational and special professional vocabulary. 5
Monologic speech.. 10
Dialogic speech. 5
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, 2012. – 175 p.
2. Eales F. Oakes Fr. Speakout. WorkBook Upper Intermediate. Pearson / Longman, 2012. – 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.
4. Зуєнок, О.Д. Швець, Н.В. Поперечна; М-во освіти і науки України, Нац. гірн. ун-т. – Дніпропетровськ : НГУ, 2015. – 162 с.
5. Azar, B.S (999) Understanding and Using English Grammar. New York: Pearson Education – 437p.
6. Comfort, J. (1996) Effective Telephoning. Oxford: Oxford University Press. – 126 p.
7. Ellis, M. and Nina O’Driscoll (1992) Socialising. Longmann. – 129 p.
8. Evans, V. (2005) Round Up 6. English Grammar Book. Longman.
9. Getting on in English (Upper Intermediate). За ред. І.Байбакової, О.Гасько, М.Федоришина, Львів – 2009.
10. Murphy R., English Grammar in Use. CEF Level: B1 Intermediate - B2 High Intermediate. Cambridge University Press.
11. Quick Placement Test (2001) Oxford: Oxford University Press. – 26 p.
12.Dignen, B. (2013). Communicating across Cultures. Cambridge University Press. 203p.
13.Турчин Д.Б.Англійська мова для міжнародних відносин. [Підручник]. Вінниця: Нова книга. 2018. 256 с.
14.Hewings M. (2013). Advanced grammar in use. CUP. 2013. 295 p.
15.Dictionaries.
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