Foreign language (professional)

Gorban Elena Evgenyevna

The instructor profile

Description: The course focuses on the formation of linguistic, discursive and socio-cultural competence of postgraduates, access to the culture of a target language, acquisition of professional speech skills, development of translation skills in a professional sphere. The course includes grammar review, preparation for writing assignments, reading, listening and speaking techniques.

Amount of credits: 3

Пререквизиты:

  • Foreign language

Course Workload:

Types of classes hours
Lectures
Practical works 30
Laboratory works
SAWTG (Student Autonomous Work under Teacher Guidance) 15
SAW (Student autonomous work) 45
Form of final control Exam
Final assessment method

Component: University component

Cycle: Base disciplines

Goal
  • To mastering a wide range of linguistic means which allow expressing any thoughts on a large number of topics clearly, fluently and within the framework of an appropriate style (general, professional, everyday) without limiting the choice of the statement content.
Objective
  • To develop skills in the application of phonological, lexical, grammatical knowledge of the English language in a specific volume program (linguistic competence);
  • To form a system of knowledge and skills to apply the learned language tools in communication and professional activities for speaking at international conferences, writing articles in English with subsequent publication, conducting business negotiations with foreign partners (discursive competence);
  • To develop intercultural communication abilities taking into account the national-cultural specificity of linguistic phenomena and the verbal behavior of native English speakers in comparison with the realities of the Republic of Kazakhstan (sociocultural competence).
Learning outcome: knowledge and understanding
  • To know the features of the scientific style of written and oral texts and organization principles of scientific texts;
  • To understand comprehensive complex texts on various subjects;;
  • To master a wide range of linguistic means which allow expressing any thoughts on a large number of topics clearly, freely and within the framework of an appropriate style (general, professional, everyday) without limiting the choice of the statement content.
Learning outcome: applying knowledge and understanding
  • The ability to use phonological, lexical, and grammatical phenomena of the English language in communicative and professional activities in a volume determined by program.
Learning outcome: formation of judgments
  • The ability to use the learned linguistic means in communicative and professional activities for speaking at international conferences, writing articles in English with subsequent publication, conducting business negotiations with foreign partners
Learning outcome: communicative abilities
  • The development of the ability for intercultural communication taking into account the national-cultural specifics of linguistic phenomena and the verbal behavior of native English speakers in comparison with the realities of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Learning outcome: learning skills or learning abilities
  • The ability to create, edit, abstract and systematize all types of texts of scientific and public style;
  • The ability to transform various types of texts (changing the style, genre, purpose of the text);
  • The willingness to plan and conduct public speaking using oratory skills;
  • The knowledge of communicative strategies and tactics, rhetorical, stylistic and linguistic norms and techniques adopted in different areas of communication, the ability to use them adequately in solving professional problems.
Teaching methods

The course consists of role-playing games, cases, presentations, dialogical and polylogical forms of work, discussions, analysis of practical tasks, quizzes, self-control of written tasks.

Topics of practical classes
  • Production 1
  • Production 2
  • Research and Development 1
  • Research and Development 2
  • Information Technology 1
  • Information Technology 2
  • Logistics
  • Quality
  • Health and Safety
  • Engineering
  • Automotive
  • Construction
  • Civil Engineering 1
  • Civil Engineering 2
  • Mining
Key reading
  • Cambridge IELTS: Examination Papers from University of Cambridge ESOL examinations: English for Speakers of Other Languages 2009 - Cambridge University Press.
  • Diana Hopkins with Pauline Cillen. 'Grammar for IELTS' Cambridge University Press. - 2007.
  • Sam McCarter. ‘Tips for IELTS’ Macmillan Publishers Limited. – 2006.
  • Mark Ibbotson. ‘Cambridge English for Engineering’ Cambridge University Press. - 2012
  • Tamzen Armer. ‘Cambridge English for Scientists’ Cambridge University Press. 2012.
  • Nick Brieger, Alison Pohl. Technical English: Vocabulary and Grammar – Summertown Publishing, 2002.
  • Celia Bingham. Technical English. – Person Education Limited, 2008.
Further reading
  • Cambridge Academic English: Intermediate: Student's Book Thaine Craig, Cambridge University Press, 2012
  • Элс Ван Гейте Writing. Collins English for Academic Purposes Издательство HarperCollins Publishers, 2013
  • Study Writing. A Course in Written English for Academic Purposes, Лиз Хэмп-Лайонс, Бен Хизли, Cambridge University Press, 2013
  • McVeigh J., Bixby J. Q:Skills for Success
  • Reading and Writing. – Oxford University Press, 2011.
  • McCormack J, Slaght J. English for Academic Study: Extended Writing and Research Skills. Garnet Education. 2009. - 154p.
  • Murray N., Hughes G. Writing up your University. Assignments and Research Projects. A practical handbook. McGraw-Hill Education, Open University Press. 2008. - 252p.
  • Leki I. Academic Writing. Exploring Processes and Strategies. Cambridge University Press. 1998. - 433p.