Ship or Sheep? An Intermediate Pronunciation Course. Ann Baker. Third Edition - Cambridge University Press, 2006.

INSTITUTE OF PHILOLOGY AND LANGUAGE COMMUNICATION

DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES

THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

(LEARNING ENGLISH as a FOREING LANGUAGE)

Term 1, 2015

*Syllabus

September 2015 – January 2016

Course Coordinator: Ekaterina V. Eremina [ write to

[e-mail]]

Course Tutors: Ksenia A. Vasilyeva [ write to

[e-mail]]

Course Examiner: Ekaterina V. Eremina [ write to

[e-mail]]

Consultation Hours: Fixed consultation hours:

can be requested from Office 2-34 (ask the secretary)

otherwise by personal appointment with a tutor

Course Description: It is a multi-skills course and 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 Level B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). It is a “corpus-informed” course, which is a large database of everyday conversations and texts that show how people actually use English. The course ensures that learners will encounter the most useful and widely used words, phrases, and grammar in a range of everyday situations.

The syllabus is subject to amendments

Coursebooks, Useful Resources:

Eales F., Oakes S. Speak Out. Student’s Book – Pearson Education Limited, 2011.

2. Evans V. Successful Writing – Express Publishing, 2000.

3. Jenny Dooley, Virginia Evans. Grammarway 4. Student's book (with answers) - Express Publishing, 1999-2004.

Ship or Sheep? An Intermediate Pronunciation Course. Ann Baker. Third Edition - Cambridge University Press, 2006.

5. Free practice tests for learners of English \ http://www.examenglish.com/

6. The Oxford English Dictionary Online \ www.askoxford.com/dictionaries

7. The Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary \ www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary

8. Cambridge Dictionaries On-line \http:\\dictionary.cambridge.org

9. ABBY Lingvo \ www.lingvo.yandex.ru

10. Dictionary Link \ www.dictionarylink.com

11. Acronym search \ www.acronymsearch.com

12. The Free Dictionary\ www.thefreedictionary.com

13. English Listening English Listening Lesson Library OnlineEnglish Listening Lesson Library OnlineLesson Library Online (elllo) \ http://www.elllo.org/

14. An Academic Writing Module: Paragraphs. Writing exercises for self-directed study \ http://www.victoria.ac.nz/llc/academic-writing/index.html

15. Learn English/British Council: http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/ru

16. BBC world service: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/

FYI! This term you are going to use Speak Out student’s book as the basic one; however the tutors are going to supplement it intensively with texts and tasks from other sources, for which purpose you will be supplied with respective scans of the Modules to be used.

Brief Course Outline (108 contact hours), Autumn Term 2015:

Week	Speaking Topics	Modules \ Units \ Writing	Score
1. 1.09-6.09	Unit 1 Beginnings	Unit presentations / Class discussions At-home / In-class Writing: Informal Email Word list	3% - unit test 5% - home writing / class writing 3% - current work
2. 7.09-13.09	Unit 1 Beginnings
3. 14.09-20.09	Unit 1 Beginnings
4. 21.09-27.09	Unit 1 Beginnings
5. 28.09-4.10	Unit 2 Issues	Unit presentations / Class discussions At-home / In-class Writing: Creative writing Word list	3% - unit test 5% - home writing / class writing 5% - current work
6. 5.10-11.10	Unit 2 Issues
7. 12.10-18.10	Unit 2 Issues
8. 19.10-25.10	Unit 2 Issues
9. 26.10-1.11	Unit 3 Downtime	Unit presentations / Class discussions At-home / In-class Writing: Opinion Essay Word list	3% - unit test 5% - home writing / class writing 5% - current work
10. 2.11-8.11	Unit 3 Downtime
11. 9.11-15.11	Unit 3 Downtime
12. 16.11-22.11	Unit 3 Downtime
13. 23.11-29.11	Unit 4 Stories	Unit presentations / Class discussions At-home / In-class Writing: Creative Writing Word list	3% - unit test 5% - home writing / class writing 5% - current work
14. 30.11-6.12	Unit 4 Stories
15. 7.12-13.12	Unit 4 Stories
16. 14.12-20.12	Unit 4 Stories
17. 21.12-27.12 18. 28.12-31.12	Reading Groups Written part of the exam		Reading – 6% Use of English – 6% Listening – 8% Writing – 15%
HOLIDAYS
11.01 – 24.01	ENGLISH EXAM	Speaking – 15%
	Total	100%

Course Requirements:

1. Portfolio 32 %
2. Current Work 18%
3. Exam (written part, speaking part) 50 %

Total: 100%*

*According to the SibFU Assessment Regulations your semester exam mark will correspond to the score you get:

100% - 84% “5”

83% - 67% “4”

66% - 50% “3”

Portfolio Contents **:

At-home / In-class Writing 20 %

Tests 12 %

Current work 18%

Word lists -

Reading groups -

**All the mentioned parts of your Portfolio are a must for submission. Once papers are turned in and evaluated, the points you receive are final (no more revisions can be submitted).

The documents you include into the portfolio may be requested by your course tutor for scrutinizing at the end of the term about which you will be advised in advance.

Timely submission of all the portfolio components is obligatory. Late submission (though within a week time) will be scored lower. Later submission, without an agreed extension requested from a course tutor, will not be scored. In case of any excused absence, work is due immediately upon return whether or not we meet in class that day. In ALL circumstances it is the student’s responsibility to enquire about missed work.

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