Foreign Language
Description: Within the course, the student masters the skills of reading, listening, writing and speaking; develops practical knowledge of a foreign language necessary for its active use in everyday and professional communication.
Amount of credits: 10
Пререквизиты:
- Foreign Language
- Иностранный язык. Школьный курс
Course Workload:
Types of classes | hours |
---|---|
Lectures | |
Practical works | 45 |
Laboratory works | |
SAWTG (Student Autonomous Work under Teacher Guidance) | 30 |
SAW (Student autonomous work) | 75 |
Abstract | |
Form of final control | Abstract |
Final assessment method | Written exam |
Component: Mandatory component
Cycle: Secondary disciplines
Goal
- The purpose of studying the discipline: Teaching practical knowledge of a foreign language for its active use in everyday communication.
Objective
- Objectives of studying the discipline: - Teaching a student a certain amount of language knowledge, ethnocultural and universal in nature, humanizing the training of a future technical specialist.
Learning outcome: knowledge and understanding
- knowledge of linguistic means (phonetic, spelling, lexical, grammatical) in accordance with the topics and situations of communication;
Learning outcome: applying knowledge and understanding
- recognition of studied lexical units (words, phrases, cliche remarks of speech etiquette) and grammatical structures in written and spoken text;
Learning outcome: formation of judgments
- the ability to express one’s opinion, impressions and desires within the studied topic, contextual insight;
Learning outcome: communicative abilities
- the use of four main types of speech activity (speaking, listening, reading, writing) to solve communicative problems;
Learning outcome: learning skills or learning abilities
- the ability to plan and organize independent work when studying and using language material.
Teaching methods
When conducting training sessions, the use of the following educational technologies is provided: games, role-playing games, simulation games. Discussion platform, Press conference, interview. Interactive round table, discussions in small groups (3-5 people). Independent work Project method. When conducting training sessions, the use of the following innovative educational technologies is provided: Reflective approach to learning, Use of ICT.
Assessment of the student's knowledge
Teacher oversees various tasks related to ongoing assessment and determines students' current performance twice during each academic period. Ratings 1 and 2 are formulated based on the outcomes of this ongoing assessment. The student's learning achievements are assessed using a 100-point scale, and the final grades P1 and P2 are calculated as the average of their ongoing performance evaluations. The teacher evaluates the student's work throughout the academic period in alignment with the assignment submission schedule for the discipline. The assessment system may incorporate a mix of written and oral, group and individual formats.
Period | Type of task | Total |
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1 rating | Reading | 0-100 |
Listening | ||
2 rating | Speaking | 0-100 |
Writing | ||
Total control | Abstract, Exam | 0-100 |
The evaluating policy of learning outcomes by work type
Type of task | 90-100 | 70-89 | 50-69 | 0-49 |
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Excellent | Good | Satisfactory | Unsatisfactory | |
The teacher carries out all types of ongoing monitoring and provides an appropriate assessment of the current performance of students twice during the academic period (semester, trimester, quarter). Based on the results of the current control, a rating of 1 and 2 is formed. In this case, the student’s educational achievements are assessed by accumulating points for certain types of tasks from 0 to 100. The assessment of the student’s work during the academic period is carried out by the teacher in accordance with the schedule for submitting assignments in the discipline. The control system can combine written and oral, group and individual forms. | The theoretical content of the course has been fully mastered, the necessary practical skills for working with the mastered material have been developed without gaps, all educational tasks provided for in the training program have been completed, the quality of their implementation is assessed with a number of points close to the maximum. | The theoretical content of the course has been fully mastered, without gaps, some practical skills in working with the mastered material have not been sufficiently developed, all the educational tasks provided for in the training program have been completed, the quality of none of them has been assessed with a minimum number of points, some types of tasks have been completed with errors | The theoretical content of the course has been partially mastered, but the gaps are not significant, the necessary practical skills in working with the mastered material have been basically formed, most of the educational tasks provided for in the training program have been completed, some of the completed tasks may contain errors | The theoretical content of the course has been fully mastered, the necessary practical skills for working with the mastered material have been developed without gaps, all educational tasks provided for in the training program have been completed, the quality of their implementation is assessed with a number of points close to the maximum. |
library research paper | meets all design requirements; presentation at a very good language level | meets all design requirements; minor errors in oral presentation | does not fully comply with the design requirements; the presentation is not well prepared | meets all design requirements; presentation at a very good language level |
exam | test result in the range of 90-100% | test result in the range of 70-89% | test result in the range of 50-69% | test result in the range of 90-100% |
Evaluation form
The student's final grade in the course is calculated on a 100 point grading scale, it includes:
- 40% of the examination result;
- 60% of current control result.
The final grade is calculated by the formula:
FG = 0,6 | MT1+MT2 | +0,4E |
2 |
Where Midterm 1, Midterm 2are digital equivalents of the grades of Midterm 1 and 2;
E is a digital equivalent of the exam grade.
Final alphabetical grade and its equivalent in points:
The letter grading system for students' academic achievements, corresponding to the numerical equivalent on a four-point scale:
Alphabetical grade | Numerical value | Points (%) | Traditional grade |
---|---|---|---|
A | 4.0 | 95-100 | Excellent |
A- | 3.67 | 90-94 | |
B+ | 3.33 | 85-89 | Good |
B | 3.0 | 80-84 | |
B- | 2.67 | 75-79 | |
C+ | 2.33 | 70-74 | |
C | 2.0 | 65-69 | Satisfactory |
C- | 1.67 | 60-64 | |
D+ | 1.33 | 55-59 | |
D | 1.0 | 50-54 | |
FX | 0.5 | 25-49 | Unsatisfactory |
F | 0 | 0-24 |
Topics of practical classes
- Topic 1
- Topic 2
- Topic 3
- Topic 4
- Topic 5
Key reading
- 1. 1. New Headway Fourth Edition, Liz and John Soars - Cambridge University Press: 2019; 2. English Grammar in Use. Murphy R. - Cambridge University Press 2019; 3.Semyonova S.D., Betimbaeva I.B., Stepanova V.E. English Upper-Intermediate. Guidelines for student's independent work level training according to CEFR, level A2 for students of all specialties - Ust-Kamenogorsk, 2019 -141p.4. Understanding and using English Grammar Fourth Edition, Betty Schrampfer Azar - Longman: 2014; 5. Oxford University Press, Student’s Site, New Headway Pre-Intermediate Fourth Edition https://elt.oup.com/student/headway/preintermediate
Further reading
- 1. 6. IPR SMART http://www.iprbookshop.ru 7. ScienceDirect - http://www.sciencedirect.com 8. EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) - http://search.ebscohost.com 9. Semyonova S .D. Mastering English Grammar. Guidelines on English for 1st and 2nd year students of all specialties of EKSTU - Ust-Kamenogorsk, 2009 -122p. 10. English-Kazakh dictionary = Kazakh-English dictionary S. G. Akhmetova, Zh. B. Tursunbaeva, Zh. I. Iskakova, E. F. Yarovaya. – Almaty: Mektep. – 2006