Информация о курсе

General information about the course

The course aims to develop listening, reading, writing and speaking skills, revise grammar material and increase vocabulary on the topics concerned. The course is developed for learning English for General Purposes by the first year students of the specialty «Translation and Translation Studies», 1st semester. 

The course covers such topics as the basics of English pronunciation and phonetics, Personality (appearance, character and hobbies), Family Issues, Sport and Equipment,  Art, Culture and Entertainment. 

Grammar is introduced by such themes as Degrees of Comparison of adjectives, Word Order, Present Tenses, Past tenses and Future tenses.

After studying this course students should be able to demonstrate

knowledge of: 

• English vocabulary and grammar necessary for successful oral and written communication in the fields related to the thematic scope of the course;   

• different methods for searching and analysing of information from various English language sources (oral and written);

 
skills in:

• understanding oral and written English related to education, work, jobs, career, employment;

• generating written and oral statements using English in the situations related to the thematic scope of the course;

• making and delivering presentations in English;

• writing essays and summaries;

• analysing written and oral English to express their agreement/disagreement and justify personal opinions.

45.05.01 «Translation and Translation Studies»

Module 1 "Introductory phonetic course";
Module 2 "Personality;
Module 3 "Sport, leisure, art".

Course duration: 18 weeks
Course complexity: 5 credits/180 hours
Form of control: Examination