Academic Language Skills: Listening and structures 3

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English Philology

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Academic Language Skills: Listening and structures 1

Academic Language Skills: Listening and structures 2

ECTS points in relation to student’s duties

Total ECTS: 7

1 ECTS - 30 class participation hours

1 ECTS - 25 hours of consultations

1 ECTS - 25 hours preparing for classes

1 ECTS - 25 hours preparing for the final listening test

1 ECTS - 25 hours preparing for the final test in advanced grammar and vocabulary of English

2 ECTS - 60 hours preparing for the final C2 exam

Course description

The course is a continuation of the development of advanced and proficiency grammar, use of English, and academic vocabulary and listening-oriented activities. Through practical analysis of exam-oriented tasks with reference to the structures and vocabulary of English, and the language skill of listening, the course guides students towards their Practical English Exam at C2 level as described within the CEFR for Languages framework.

Course objectives

development of students knowledge of advanced and proficiency grammar development of use of English skills,

development of academic vocabulary

development of listening-oriented skills

preparation for C2-Level Practical English Exam with respect to listening and the use of English, with special attention to academic style.

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Course content

- developing students' command of vocabulary with special reference to the academic discourse

- recognising and using phrases and idioms, recognising and using phrasal verbs, understanding parts of speech, rephrasing and

transforming, understanding confusable words, understanding grammatical structure;

- listening: general gist, details, specific information,

- interpreting context; listening to understand the meaning of a range of spoken material, including lectures, radio broadcasts, speeches

and talks.

- improving students' knowledge of English grammar and structures used on the C2 level,

- developing exam task-solving techniques.

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Methods of instruction/ forms of classroom activity

listening tasks, language tasks, ICT tools/MSTeams, discussion

Reading list

Gude, K. & M. Duckworth. (2008). Proficiency masterclass: Student book. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Harrison, M. (2013). Proficiency testbuilder. Oxford: Macmillan.

Jones, L. (1995). Progress to proficiency: Student’s book. Cambridge: Cambridge Examinations Publishing.

More, J. (2005). Common mistakes at proficiency and how to avoid them. Cambridge: University Press.

Wilson, J. & J. Newbrook. (2004). New proficiency gold. London: Longman.

Learning outcomes acc to PQR 2019

Knowledge

Student knows and understands:

1. grammatical and lexical rules of C2-Level academic English, in particular, word formation, reported speech, conditional sentences, rephrasing and transforming, confusable words (k_W02/P7S_WG)

2. rare expressions and idioms, phrasal verbs and confusable words (k_W06/P7S_WG)

Skills

Student can:

3. apply grammatical, lexical and stylistic rules of C2-Level academic English, in particular students can identify and use parts of speech in a sentence (k_U05/P7S_UK)

4. use conditional sentences, reported speech, apply reporting verb patterns, rephrase and transform sentences (k_U05/P7S_UK)

5. understand, use and match rare expressions, idioms, and phrasal verbs to a given context (k_U05/P7S_UK)

6.understand a range of spoken material and use English as a foreign language at the level of C2 (k_U05/P7S_UK)

Forms of evaluation of learning outcomes

1. Active participation in class - 20% of the final grade (outcomes: 1,2,3,4,5,6)

Informed, participation in classes (pluses for informed participation in discussions and exercises: 2-3 pluses 3,0; 4-5 pluses 3,5; 6-7 pluses

4,0; 8-9 pluses 4,5; 10 pluses and more 5,0)

2. Listening test – 40% of the final grade (outcome 2,3,5,6)

3. Test in advanced grammar and vocabulary of English – 40% of the final grade (outcomes 1,2,3,4,5,6)

To get a credit students need to pass all tests.

Test marks are granted according to the following framework:

grade 2,0 (fail): 0–59%

grade 3,0 (average): 60 - 68%

grade 3,5 (plus average): 69–76%

grade 4,0 (good): 77–84%

grade 4,5 (plus good): 85–92%

grade 5,0 (very good): 93–100%