LAW INSTITUTE
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WORK
THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Syllabus
September 2015 January 2016 Semester
Instructor: Alla Viktorovna Belousova
Contact: http://vk.com/Englishsfu
Course Location: Rooms 4-18, 6 Maerchaka-Street
Course Description: It is a multi-skills course and it aims at developing the students proficiency in language and communication skills. The course is designed to provide intensive listening, speaking, reading and writing in English at elementary level.
Course books:
Lebeau, I. Language Leader. Pre-intermediate: Coursebook and CD-ROM. UK: Pearson Longman, 2008.
Lebeau, I. Language Leader. Pre-Intermediate: Workbook with Key and Audio CD. UK: Pearson Longman, 2008.
Useful Resources:
1. Murphy, R. English Grammar in Use: A self-study reference and practice book for intermediate students of English witch answers / R. Murphy. Third edit. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009.
2. McCarthy, M. English Vocabulary in Use. Advanced / M. McCarthy, F. O'Dell. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007.
3. http://www.mystudv.ru/ http://linguistic.ru/
4. http://www.linguist.ru/test/eng/test.html
5. www.elllo.org/
6. www.englishlistening.com/
7. http://www.dmoz.org/Science/Social_Sciences/Social_Work/
8.http://www.ssrn.com/
Brief Course Outline (38 contact hours)
| Week | Units | Speaking Topics/Writing | Score |
| 1. 07.09 12.09 | Placement Test | ||
| 2. 14.09 - 19.09 | Revision | ||
| 3. 21.09 26.09 | Revision | ||
| 4. 28.09 03.10 | Unit 3. The Media Unit Test 1 (Use of English) | Speaking: Discussing types of media. Discussing news companies. Writing: a TV programme review. | |
| 5. 05.10 10.10 | |||
| 6. 12.10 17.10 | |||
| 7. 19.10 24.10 | Unit 2. People Presentations A Person That Inspires Me | Speaking: Discussing creativity and creative people. Talking about Mother Teresa. Writing: keeping a learning diary. | |
| 8. 26.10 30.10 | |||
| 9. 02.11 07.11 | |||
| 10. 09.11 14.11 | |||
| 11. 16.11 21.11 | Unit 10. Global Affairs | Speaking: talking about big businesses and globalization. Writing: For-and-against essay. | |
| 12. 23.11 28.11 | |||
| 13. 30.11 06.12 | Credit test (Reading) | ||
| 14. 07.12 12.12 | Credit (Presentations Going global) | ||
| 15. 14.12 19.12 | Review |
Course Requirements
| 1. Portfolio of written assignments | Writing (3 assignments) | |
| Unit Test (1 test) | ||
| Credit Test | ||
| 2. Current Work | Vocabulary Lists | |
| Speaking / Writing | ||
| Listening Use of English | ||
| Reading | ||
| Reading (Test) | |
| Speaking (Presentation) |
|
|
|
, , .
. , ( ), . , , . .
,
, . 30 % . , , , − , .
Credit test (Reading) (Sample Tasks)
Scan the text given below and do tasks:
A) Give your own title to the text.
B) Match parts of the text with titles.
C) Answer the questions to the text. Mark your choice.
D) Write the main ideas to each part of text (3-4 sentences).
E) Ask 3 questions to each part of text.
F) Translate marked sentences into Russia.
Credit test (Reading) , 75 % .
- , .
- ; , , , , .
- ; .
- !
- ! , , . ! , !
- , (. Parts of Presentation); , Giving Presentation.
- , , !
- !
Parts of Presentation
1. Greet the audience.
2. Introduce yourself.
3. Introduce the topic.
4. Give a plan of the presentation.
5. Set the rules.
6. Come from one point to another.
7. Finish the presentation.
Giving Presentation
Beginning
-OK, Id like to begin by introducing myself.
-Id like to start by giving you a brief run-down of what Ill be covering today.
-In the first part of my talk, Ill be looking at.
-Then Ill go on to
-And finally well take a look at
-Before we go on. Id just like to highlight a few things.
-Id like to start by outlining the main aims objectives of this talk.
-Firstly, let me explain the main aim of this presentation.
|
|
|
-Please feel free to interrupt at any points.
Signposting
-If we look at the next slide
-This slide illustrates how
-The most important point here is
-If you look at this diagram, you can see that
