Module/Course Department of
Syllabus Intercultural
Integrated English communication and
60230200 -Theory and tourism
Practice of Translation
Course: Integrated English
Type of the course: Obligatory
Course code:
Year: 2021-2022
Semester: 5-6
Form of the degree programme: Full-time students
Form of classes and number of hours per
420
semester:
Lectures -
Practical lessons 180
Seminars -
Self-study 240
8 credits for first semester/6 credits for second
Number of ECTS credits:
semester
Form of assessment: Course completion assessment (exam)
Course language: English
Course objective (CO)
To improve students' listening comprehension, reading, speaking and
CO1
writing skills in English
CO2 To develop students’ translation skills and to apply them in practice
Formation of a scientific worldview by supplying students with theoretical
CO3 knowledge, practical skills, and teaching the basis of methodological
approach to the processes in various spheres of society,
Prerequisites in terms of knowledge, skills and other competencies
1 Theoretical and practical aspects of the language
2 General English
Learning outcomes (LO)
In terms of knowledge the student will:
LO 1 Master main theoretical knowledge in English
LO2 Master main practical skills of English(reading, speaking, writing, listening)
LO 3 Master communicative skills of communication
In terms of social competence:
LO4 The student will be able to use his/her communicative, social knowledge
in English in the process of cross-cultural communication
LO5 The student will be able to use his/her communicative and social
knowledge in English in professional activities
Course content
1 – term
Topics
1 Introduction to the course:
Course syllabus, assessment criteria
Introduction to the modul “Scientific and creative writing in English”
2 Relationship and Friendship: Are you really my friend? Gathering ideas
(brainstorming, clustering and free writing)
3 Talking
Are youabout
really changes.
my friend?Grammar competence: Present simple, Present continuous
and Perfect tense. State verbs
4 Vocabulary enhancement: Noun suffixes/ Noun-formation
5 Opinions and advice. Developing speaking: Forming requests and expressing
opinion.
6 Social media marketing. Understanding consumer needs online.
7 Phonetic Drills ( basic assumptions of articulation system, rules and framework)
Capitalization and punctuation rules
8 Round Table Discussion: O’Henry stories: “The gift of the Magi”, “After twenty
years”, “Furnished rooms”, “The Ransom of Red Chief”, “Last leave”
9 Describing past experiences:
I'll never forget that day.
Sentence construction. Types of sentences (simple, complex and compound)
10 Narrative
\ story: A lucky escape. Grammar competence: Past tenses and
sequencing events
11 Reading comprehension: Not as expert as they think. Vocabulary enhancement:
Comment adverbs
12 Developing speaking: Listener engagement and showing
13 Video
interestdiscussion: Seven good stories
14 ESL activities to teach perfect pronunciation and get mouths moving 2
15 Life challenges, success and revealing abilities. Developing speaking: Talking 2
about goals.
16 Expressing abilities. Grammar competence: be able 2
17 Work skills: abilities, Obligations, permissions and 2
18 Vocabulary
to/can enhancement: Using compound adjectives 2
19 Developing
possibilities speaking: Giving practical instructions 2
Conjunctions: four types of conjunctions
20 Video discussion: A woman's life 2
Conjunctions: four types of conjunctions
21 Sounds of English Consonants and their phonetic symbols 2
Ways of improving style (relative clauses, inversion, cleft sentences)
22 Project work presentation. Role play. 2
23 Article discussion: Scientific article about challenges and 2
24 The natural world: Living on water
success 2
Working with adjectives, adverbs and parallel structure
25 Expressing predictions and decisions. 2
Grammar competence: will/be going to
Plagiarism: how to avoid plagiarism
26 Eco-therapy. 2
Vocabulary enhancement: Place idioms
Paragraph development: Understanding topic sentence and controlling idea
27 Developing speaking: Making enquiries/requests. 2
Avoiding repetition in writing
Paragraph development: Understanding topic sentence and controlling idea
28 Video discussion: What is Songdo? 2
29 The aspects of connected speech: Assimilation, Elision, Flapping, Deletion. 2
Paragraph development: Descriptive paragraphs
30 Round Table Discussion: O’Henry stories: “Last leaf”, “A Cosmopolite in a Café”, 2
“Between Rounds”, “Memoirs of a Yellow Dog”, “Proof of the Pudding”
Descriptive paragraphs: Using spatial order in descriptive paragraphs
31 Movie time: different genres of films. 2
32 Film reviews. Grammar competence: Gerund or Infinitive? 2
Present perfect simple and past simple
33 Vocabulary enhancement: Using extreme adjectives and linkers 2
34 Developing speaking: comparing and recommending films. 2
35 Video discussion: Film studies 2
36 Reduction, Strong and Weak forms 2
37 Reading and listening practice: Entertainment 2
38 The role of machines in our lives: Man and machine 2
39 Climate and extreme weather. Grammar competence: Relative clauses/ Present 2
perfect simple and Present perfect continuous
40 Vocabulary enhancement: Linkers in conversation/ Adjective forming suffixes 2
41 Developing speaking: Changing and confirming meeting arrangements 2
42 Video discussion: Mist catchers 2
43 Turning Native: Advanced pronunciation and accent reduction tactics 2
44 Article discussion: Scientific article about climate changes 2
45 Good prospects. Talking about working conditions. 2
Grammar competence: Used to/ would
9
0
2 – term
Topics
1 Talking about experts and high achievers. Developing speaking: Direct and
indirect questions
2 A successful career.
Vocabulary enhancement: Business and career collocations
3 Preparing an application letter or email. Asking for/giving clarification
Paragraph development: Definition paragraphs
4 Video discussion. Moving abroad to work
Definition paragraphs
5 Word stress. Weak Syllables and Schwa..
6 Round table discussion: Short stories of James Joyce, “Dubliners”
7 Main happiness factors. Grammar competence: Real and unreal conditionals
Paragraph development: Narrative paragraphs
8 What makes a hero? Vocabulary enhancement: Talking about personality and 2
behaviour
9 Strange and unusual. Icelandic culture. Developing speaking: using prefixes 2
Paragraph development: Process paragraphs
10 Giving a talk. Developing oratorical skills. 2
11 Video discussion. Where happiness dwells. Happiness in Mexico 2
12 Parts of intonation group. Functions of Intonation 2
13 Developing interpersonal skills. An art of taking interview. 2
14 Article discussion: Scientific article about personality and behaviour 2
15 People and appearences. Vocabulary enhancement: Describing physical 2
appearance.
16 Paintings and art. Grammar competence: Deduction and speculation. 2
17 Internet blogs. Developing speaking: phrasal verbs. 2
18 Participating in online discussion. Making complaints. 2
19 Video discussion. Selfie is an integral part of modern life. 2
20 Stress, Rhythm, and Constractions 2
Paragraph development: Opinion paragraphs
21 Project work presentation. Creating a Youtube video 2
22 Roundtable discussion: Arthur Conan Doyle's detective stories about Sherlock 2
Holmes.
Cause and effect paragraphs
23 Business and Crowd-funding. Grammar competence: Passives 2
24 Competitive sports. Developing speaking: Talking about competitions 2
25 Sport events. Vocabulary enhancement: take/have phrases 2
Three ways of organizing supporting details in cause and effect paragraphs
26 Travelling. Famous cities. Developing speaking: Making recommendations 2
27 Video discussion. Borussia Dortmund 2
Compare and contrast paragraphs: Point-by-point method
28 The use of drilling method in teaching and word stress of pronunciation class 2
29 Article discussion: Scientific article about competitive sport 2
30 Round table discussion. Outstanding people in sports 2
31 Crime and outlaws. Grammar competence: Unreal past conditionals 2
32 Behaviour on social media. Developing speaking. Criticizing past actions 2
33 Setting goals. Vocabulary enhancement: words with multiple meanings 2
34 Making decisions. Phrases related to the process of making decision 2
35 Video discussion: Cyber crime 2
36 Integrating pronunciation into classroom activities (long vowel stress) 2
37 Roundtable discussion: Charles Dickens' stories, “Christmas Tree", “A Holiday 2
Romance”, “A message from the Sea”
38 Advertising and advertisements. Developing listening: Paraphrasing. 2
Compare and contrast paragraphs: Block method
39 How to persuade and influence people? 2
Grammar competence: Reported speech/Reported questions
40 Global success. Vocabulary enhancement: Complex noun phrases. 2
Writing course reflection: analysis of frequent mistakes
41 Fast fashion: advantages and disadvantages. Developing speaking: Agreeing 2
and disagreeing
42 Video discussion: Worldwide famous brands 2
43 Integrating pronunciation into classroom activities (short vowel stress) 2
44 Project work presentation. Creating a Toontastic cartoon 2
45 Good prospects. Talking about working conditions. Grammar competence: Used 2
to/would
9
0
Self-study topics.
1 Relationship (Family, siblings) and Friendship 8
2 Background knowledge 8
3 Social media and Relationship (Family, siblings) 6
4 Social media and Friendship 6
5 Phrasal verbs about relationship and friendship 6
6 Idioms about relationship and friendship 6
7 Past experience, Life stories, Unforgettable memories 5
8 Lucky events 5
9 A wonderful world of literature 4
10 Sounds of English Vowels and their phonetic symbols 8
Sounds of English Consonants and their phonetic symbols
11 Life challenges 4
12 Successful people and their revealing abilities 6
13 Work skills: abilities, Obligations, permissions and possibilities 6
14 Unordinary life-style people who live on island, forest etc 6
15 The natural world and Travelling, Eco-therapy 6
16 Phrasal verbs and idioms about places 6
17 Entertainment. Films, music, theatre, sport and unsual hobbies 6
18 Modern world and Modern technologies 6
19 Humankind and climate, (the natural world, climate changes, extreme 6
weather)
20 Reduction, Strong and Weak forms 6
The aspects of connected speech: Assimilation, Elision, Flapping,
Deletion
Required textbooks and other course materials
Navigate. B1+. Intermediate. Coursebook. (Teacher's Edition) Roberts Rachael, Buchanan
Heather, 2015
Navigate. B2. Upper-intermediate. Coursebook. Krantz Caroline, Roberts
Rachael. 2016
Solutions. Intermediate. Student’s book. Tim Falla, Paul Davies, 2017
Solutions. Upper- Intermediate. Student’s book. Tim Falla, Paul Davies, 2017
Solutions. Advanced. Student’s book. Tim Falla, Paul Davies, 2017
New Cutting Edge. Upper-Intermediate. Student’s book. Sarah Cunningham & Peter
Moor, 2007
Keynote. Upper-Intermediate. Student’s book. 2016
Virginia Evans. Succesfull Writing. Express Publishing, 2000.
Recommended textbooks and other course materials
Malcolm Mann, Steve Taylore-Knowles. Destination B2: (Grammar and Vocabulary).
Macmillan, 2008.
Hugh Dellar, Andrew Walkley. Outcomes. Advanced. Student's book 2nd Ed. Heinle
ELT, National Geographic, Cengage Learning, 2016.
Michael McCarthy, Felicity O‘Dell. English Vocabulary in Use (Upper-intermediate). 4th.
Ed. Cambridge University Press, 2017.
Michael McCarthy, Felicity O‘Dell. English Vocabulary in Use (Advanced). 3rd. Ed.
Cambridge University Press, 2017.
Milada Broukal What a World 1, 2, 3. [Link]
Sue O’connell, Focus on IELTS foundation, [Link], 2006
IELTS for academic purpose: a short intensive course, Malcolm Mann, Steve Taylore-
Knowles; Mc Graw Hill press 2008
Pauline Cullen Vocabulary for IELTS Cambridge university Press 2008
IELTS Masterclass, Simon Haines, Peter May, Oxford, 2010
Louis Harrison, Caroline Cushen, Susan Hutchison Achieve IELTS, 2006, Marshall
Cavendish Ltd.
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The teachers of the Gulyamova Ozodaxon
programme:
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E-mail address:
Organisational
Department of Intercultural communication and tourism
unit:
Date: 27.08.2021
Head of Department of
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