Speech Culture (English)

2025/2026

Учебный год

ENG

Обучение ведется на английском языке

Кто читает:

Департамент иностранных языков и профессиональной коммуникации

Статус:

Курс обязательный

Когда читается:

4-й курс, 1-3 модуль

Преподаватель

Павлина Светлана Юрьевна

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The course in Speech Culture is designed to advance students' competence in cross-cultural and cross-linguistic communication in line with the students' specialisation. It aims at developing students’ communicative competence in all skills and aspects beyond the C1 level. The course will enable the students to acquire skills required for corporate linguistic mediation and for interpreting and translation practices.

Learning Objectives

• It aims to hone students' linguistic and crosscultural competence

Expected Learning Outcomes

• Developing analytical & research skills (Incl. usage of traditional search engines and AI)
• Developing creative delivery skills
• Usage of active vocabulary and advanced grammar structures.

Course Contents

• Work
• Politics
• Play
• Danger and risk
• Economics
• History
• Health
• cybersecurity law
• criminal law vs civil law
• US legal system
• UK legal system
• Current issues of business and economics

Assessment Elements

• Prepared speech
  a 5-minute monologue (not less than 30 sentences)
• Unprepared speech
  a 5-minute monologue (not less than 30 sentences), a dialogue of about 15 sentences for each interlocutor
• Individual reading
  Read the book. Be ready for the discussion of its contents. Prepare an analysis of the problems raised. Prepare a glossary of 50 new terms and expressions.
• Vocabulary test
  Define the terms.
• Essay

Interim Assessment

• 2024/2025 2nd module
  0.3*Oral Assessment + 0.2*Written Assessment + 0.2*Individual Reading + 0.3*Final Assessment
• 2024/2025 4th module
  0.3*Oral Assessment + 0.2*Written Assessment + 0.2*Listening Comprehension + 0.3*Final Assessment
• 2025/2026 2nd module
  0.3 oral assessment + 0.2 written assessment + 0.2 vocabulary test + 0.3 exam
• 2025/2026 3rd module
  0.3 oral assessment + 0.2 written assessment + 0.2 individual reading + 0.3 exam

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• Outcomes : Advanced, Student's Book, 2nd edition, 7 Print Number, 214 p., Dellar, H., Walkley, A., 2020
• Павлина, С. Ю. Английский язык. Аналитическое чтение художественного текста (В2-С1) : учебное пособие / С. Ю. Павлина. — Москва : ФЛИНТА, 2021. — 236 с. — ISBN 978-5-9765-4449-9. — Текст : электронный // Лань : электронно-библиотечная система. — URL: https://e.lanbook.com/book/181856 (дата обращения: 00.00.0000). — Режим доступа: для авториз. пользователей.

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Business Vision : Oxford Business English, Class CDs : in 2 CD-ROM, 2 оптич. диска (CD-ROM), Wallwork, A., 2002
• Cambridge Business English Dictionary, Editors R. Combley, A. Delahunty, J. Plier, K. Stern, L. Wedgeworth, S. Wehmeier ; Publisher Stella O'Shea, X, 947 p., , 2011

Authors

• Pavlina Svetlana Iurevna
• Абрамычева Анжелика Геннадьевна
• Safina Marina Rafailovna
• Bulyga Alina Mikhailovna
• Korenkova Marianna Maksimovna