Catalogues of academic disciplines chair of foreign language and foreign languages teaching methodology

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Business English

(2,5 credit points, 96 academic hours)

Position in the educational process	Academic discipline is an optional component (University component) included into the programme of the 1^st degree – specialization “Foreign languages (English, German)”.
Aim, Tasks, Competence	Aim: to acquaint the students with the typical features of English as a means for business communication, to get acquainted with social aspects of language, peculiarities of business writing. Task: to acquaint the students with the basic types of business letters, to study some samples of business letters, to study the samples of business contracts and their components, to learn the vocabulary.
Structure of Academic Discipline (Module)	2,5 credit points. 96 academic hours in total, among them – 40 class hours: 40 hours for tutorials, Final check-up – exam.
Contents/ (Brief Description) of the Discipline (Module) Structure of the company. Marketing. Labour resources. Stock exchange. Documentation of the bank. Negotiations. Presentations.	Methods and Forms of Academic Process Arrangement	Check-up Forms and Marks
	Forms: lecture, tutorials.	1. Final tests. 2. Exam.

Listening Comprehension

(4 credit points, 162 academic hours)

Position in the educational process	Academic discipline is an optional component (University component) included into the programme of the 1^st degree – specialization “Foreign languages (English, German)”.
Aim, Tasks, Competence	Aim: to study the language as a means for communication in social and professional activity under the conditions of intercultural communication, as a means of social and cultural development of personality and a means for creating the dialogue of cultures between Russian and a foreign language. Task: to develop the skills for perception of oral speech, the skills to participate in any communicative and pragmatic situations, to get knowledge how to make up a monologue and dialogue, to know how to use formal and informal style in speech, to enhance the knowledge about country studies, to upgrade professional knowledge, to get ready for self-education, to enhance linguistic competence.
Structure of Academic Discipline (Module)	4 credit points. 162 academic hours in total, among them – 108 class hours: 108 hours for tutorials, Final check-up – credit.
Contents/ (Brief Description) of the Discipline (Module) Identification of the subject and general understanding of the text, finding out the details of the text, to determine the succession of events, to deal with communicatively valuable pieces of information.	Methods and Forms of Academic Process Arrangement	Check-up Forms and Marks
	Forms: lecture, tutorials.	1. Credit.

Discursive Practice

(5 credit points, 208 academic hours)

Position in the educational process	Academic discipline is an optional component (University component) included into the programme of the 1^st degree – specialization “Foreign languages (English, German)”.
Aim, Tasks, Competence	Aim: to develop the skills and competences for perception of English oral speech in various communicative situations, social and pragmatic situations; to get skills for monologue and dialogue speech; to get ready for official and non-official communication. Task: to skills and competence for sensing and interpretation of texts, to get the skills for understanding of various stylistic variety when get the data for topical information; to develop the skills for representing the thoughts in English in a correct way.
Structure of Academic Discipline (Module)	5 credit points. 208 academic hours in total, among them – 114 class hours: 114 hours for tutorials, Final check-up – exam.
Contents/ (Brief Description) of the Discipline (Module) Listening Comprehension. Reading Comprehension. Speaking. Writing.	Methods and Forms of Academic Process Arrangement	Check-up Forms and Marks
	Forms: lecture, tutorials.	1. Exam.

Foreign Literature

(4 credit points, 156 academic hours)

Position in the educational process	Academic discipline is an optional component (University component) included into the programme of the 1^st degree – specialization “Foreign languages (English, German)”.
Aim, Tasks, Competence	Aim: to enhance the skills and competences about the stages in History of Literature of the Great Britain and the USA, to describe historical and cultural context where national literature was created; to study general ideas about literature genres, to acquaint the students with the creative work of great writers; to teach how to apply this knowledge in professional activity. Task: to form literary analysis of a text, to get knowledge about interpretation; to study the approaches to literary text investigation; to conduct comparative analysis, to conduct synchronic and diachronic analysis; to understand general and specific features of world literature.
Structure of Academic Discipline (Module)	4 credit points. 156 academic hours in total, among them – 60 class hours: 40 hours lectures, 20 hours for tutorials, Final check-up – credit, exam.
Contents/ (Brief Description) of the Discipline (Module) Dialogue of the national and foreign literatures. Reports. Individual projects. Workshops. Research.	Methods and Forms of Academic Process Arrangement	Check-up Forms and Marks
	Forms: lecture, tutorials.	1. Credit. 2. Exam.

Foreign Language

(2 credit points, 300 academic hours)

Position in the educational process	Academic discipline is an optional component (University component) included into the programme of the 1^st degree – specialization “The Russian Language and Literature. Foreign language (English)”.
Aim, Tasks, Competence	Aim: to form communicative competence for a foreign language, to use a foreign language as a means for professional and interpersonal communication. Task: to form linguistic/ social and cultural/ academic/ cognitive/ competence, to form ethic/ cognitive/ regulatory/ valuable/ orientation functions; to form skills for oral and written communication, to upgrade techniques for self-education in Linguistics.
Structure of Academic Discipline (Module)	2 credit points. 300 academic hours in total, among them – 140 class hours: 140 for tutorials, Final check-up –exam.
Contents/ (Brief Description) of the Discipline (Module) Intercultural communication. Development of international connections. Development of modern science and techniques. International data exchange. Value of correct translation for social sphere. Translation as a means of breakage of linguistic barrier.	Methods and Forms of Academic Process Arrangement	Check-up Forms and Marks
	Forms: lecture, tutorials.	1. General testing. 2. Credit. 3. Exam.

Foreign Language

(7 credit points, 252 academic hours)

Position in the educational process	Academic discipline is a basic component (State component) included into the programme of the 1^st degree – specialization “Biology and Chemistry”, “Biology (Research activity)”, “Applied Mathematics (research)”, “Mathematics and Physics”, “Primary Education”, “Preschool education”, “Speech therapy”, “History and Social Sciences”, “Belarusian and Belarusian Literature”, “Russian and Russian Literature”, “Computerized Physics. Computer modelling of physical processes”, “Mathematics and Informatics”, “Service work and Decorative art”, “Technical labour and Business studies”, “Social work (social and teaching activity)”, “Physical education”, “Physical Education. Special training”, “Sportive and teaching activity (coaching)”, “Vocational training (Building)”, “Vocational training (Agricultural engineering)”, “Vocational training (Machinery building)”, “Vocational training (Economics and management)”.
Aim, Tasks, Competence	Aim: to form communicative competence for a foreign language, to use a foreign language as a means for professional and interpersonal communication.
Structure of Academic Discipline (Module)	7 credit points. 252 academic hours in total, among them – 136 class hours: 116 for tutorials, Final check-up –exam.
Contents/ (Brief Description) of the Discipline (Module) Module “Communication in the society” Module “Professional communication” Module “Revision and consolidation”	Methods and Forms of Academic Process Arrangement	Check-up Forms and Marks
	Forms: tutorials, individual work.	1. Credit. 2. Exam.

Literary Interpretation

(7 credit points, 252 academic hours)

Position in the educational process	Academic discipline is an optional component (University component) included into the programme of the 1^st degree – specialization “Foreign languages (English, German)”
Aim, Tasks, Competence	Aim: to develop skills for literary interpretation, to acquaint students with literary text creation. Task: to form skills and competence useful for literary interpretation, to understand the direct idea of the text, to retell the content of the text, to give reasons for understanding the content of the text, to evaluate and understand text.
Structure of Academic Discipline (Module)	3 credit points. 122 academic hours in total, among them – 46 class hours: 12 for lectures, 34 hours for tutorials, Final check-up –exam.
Contents/ (Brief Description) of the Discipline (Module) Module “Communication in the society” Module “Professional communication” Module “Revision and consolidation”	Methods and Forms of Academic Process Arrangement	Check-up Forms and Marks
	Forms: tutorials, individual work.	1. Exam.

History of Language

(2,5 credit points, 100 academic hours)

Position in the educational process	Academic discipline is a basic component (State component) included into the programme of the 1^st degree – specialization “Foreign languages (English, German)”
Aim, Tasks, Competence	Aim: to form the system of knowledge about the basic stages of development of English; to develop overview about Historical and Cultural context where English was developed; to form critical thinking by means of scientific approaches to linguistic phenomena, to develop skills for observation in linguistics, to conduct linguistic analysis and to use linguistic terms; to develop Task: to study phonetic system of English at each historical period and to investigate the characteristic features of these changes; to study the grammar system of English and grammar changes; to study peculiarities of lexical system of English, to study linguistic phenomema of previous periods, to analyze the connections between the History of language and the history of the nation.
Structure of Academic Discipline (Module)	2,5 credit points. 100 academic hours in total, among them – 34 class hours: 20 for lectures, 14 hours for tutorials, Final check-up –exam.
Contents/ (Brief Description) of the Discipline (Module) Phonetic system of English Grammar system of English Lexical system of English Changes in English	Methods and Forms of Academic Process Arrangement	Check-up Forms and Marks
	Forms: tutorials, individual work.	1. Exam.

Culture of the Written Language

(3,5 credit points, 136 academic hours)

Position in the educational process	Academic discipline is a basic component (State component) included into the programme of the 1^st degree – specialization “Foreign languages (English, German)”
Aim, Tasks, Competence	Aim: to enhance the skills and develop competence for speaking and written speech. Task: to systematize the knowledge on writing and punctuation; to get acquainted with lexical and communicative arrangement of the text; to retell the text as a logical plan, to be able to write an essay.
Structure of Academic Discipline (Module)	3,5 credit points. 136 academic hours in total, among them – 66 class hours: 8 for lectures, 56 hours for tutorials, Final check-up –exam.
Contents/ (Brief Description) of the Discipline (Module) Peculiarities of English punctuation Peculiarities of plan/ review/ summary/ resume/ paraphrase/ essay Lexical and grammatical skills	Methods and Forms of Academic Process Arrangement	Check-up Forms and Marks
	Forms: tutorials, individual work.	1. Exam.

Lexicology

(2,5 credit points, 100 academic hours)

Position in the educational process	Academic discipline is a basic component (State component) included into the programme of the 1^st degree – specialization “Foreign languages (English, German)”
Aim, Tasks, Competence	Aim: to form the overview about lexical content of English as an organized system; to reveal peculiarities and regularities of English lexical units; to form skills for research when theoretical data is analyzed; to teach the students how to apply to theoretical data in linguistic practice; to establish connection between linguistic disciplines. Task: to describe general characteristics of vocabulary and regularities of its development; to study general notions of lexical semantics; to reveal basic approaches to classification of lexical content of the language; to describe structural and derivational types of words, types and models word building models; to describe phraseology as a subsystem of English; to analyze various types of dictionaries and modern tendencies of Lexicography; to present various types of enrichment of the vocabulary; to get acquainted with new methods of lexical issues investigation.
Structure of Academic Discipline (Module)	2,5 credit points. 100 academic hours in total, among them – 34 class hours: 20 for lectures, 14 hours for tutorials, Final check-up –exam.
Contents/ (Brief Description) of the Discipline (Module) Theory of word Connection of lexicology with other sciences Introduction into Language studies History of a language Stylistics.	Methods and Forms of Academic Process Arrangement	Check-up Forms and Marks
	Forms: tutorials, individual work.	1. Exam.

Country studies

(4 credit points, 168 academic hours)

Position in the educational process	Academic discipline is an optional component (University component) included into the programme of the 1^st degree – specialization “Foreign languages (English, German)”
Aim, Tasks, Competence	Aim: to acquaint the students with peculiarities of historical development of the Great Britain and the USA. Task: to acquaint the students with basic notions of chronology of languages, culture and traditions; to describe historical realias.
Structure of Academic Discipline (Module)	4 credit points. 168 academic hours in total, among them – 60 class hours: 20 for lectures, 20 hours for tutorials, Final check-up – credit, exam.
Contents/ (Brief Description) of the Discipline (Module) Economic, social, political, historical, geographical data and connection of the data with the way how people speak Communicative needs of students	Methods and Forms of Academic Process Arrangement	Check-up Forms and Marks
	Forms: tutorials, individual work.	1. Exam.

Foreign languages teaching methodology

(4 credit points, 168 academic hours)

Position in the educational process	Academic discipline is a basic component (State component) included into the programme of the 1^st degree – specialization “Foreign languages (English, German)”
Aim, Tasks, Competence	Aim: to train a teacher of a foreign languages who will work in modern environment, to form foreign communicative competence and train the students to be ready to talk in a foreign language. Task: to form theoretical basis for methodologic knowledge, to get information of how knowledge is connected with psychological and pedagogical disciplines, philological disciplines, to lecture about the content, forms and methods of professional activity, to acquaint the students with the most famous techniques for teaching methodology, systems and methods of professional activity, forms of studies and methods of studies; to train the students to form communicative competence; to form skills of creative use of knowledge when academic/ educational/ developmental tasks in the system of non-stop training of foreign students; to form methodological skills i.e. planning, adaptation, communication, management, motivation, research; to develop professional and methodological thinking; to form necessary skills for professional interpersonal communication.
Structure of Academic Discipline (Module)	2 credit points. 230 academic hours in total, among them – 106 class hours: 60 for lectures, 32 hours for tutorials and 20 hours for seminars, Final check-up – credit, exam.
Contents/ (Brief Description) of the Discipline (Module) English German Foreign language teaching methodology	Methods and Forms of Academic Process Arrangement	Check-up Forms and Marks
	Forms: tutorials, individual work.	1. Credit. 2. Exam.

Foreign languages teaching methodology

(5 credit points, 230 academic hours)

Position in the educational process	Academic discipline is a basic component (State component) included into the programme of the 1^st degree – specialization “Foreign languages (English, German)”
Aim, Tasks, Competence	Aim: to train a teacher of a foreign languages who will work in modern environment, to form foreign communicative competence and train the students to be ready to talk in a foreign language. Task: to form theoretical basis for methodologic knowledge, to get information of how knowledge is connected with psychological and pedagogical disciplines, philological disciplines, to lecture about the content, forms and methods of professional activity, to acquaint the students with the most famous techniques for teaching methodology, systems and methods of professional activity, forms of studies and methods of studies; to train the students to form communicative competence; to form skills of creative use of knowledge when academic/ educational/ developmental tasks in the system of non-stop training of foreign students; to form methodological skills i.e. planning, adaptation, communication, management, motivation, research; to develop professional and methodological thinking; to form necessary skills for professional interpersonal communication.
Structure of Academic Discipline (Module)	5 credit points. 230 academic hours in total, among them – 106 class hours: 60 for lectures, 32 hours for tutorials and 20 hours for seminars, Final check-up – credit, exam.
Contents/ (Brief Description) of the Discipline (Module) English German Foreign language teaching methodology	Methods and Forms of Academic Process Arrangement	Check-up Forms and Marks
	Forms: tutorials, individual work.	1. Credit. 2. Exam.

Society and Culture of English

(3,5 credit points, 126 academic hours)

Position in the educational process	Academic discipline is an optional component (University component) included into the programme of the 1^st degree – specialization “Foreign languages (English, German)”
Aim, Tasks, Competence	Aim: to analyze the discipline, to analyze English speaking society, to discuss the issues of development and enhancement of civil society in the Great Britain, the USA, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, to conduct critical analysis of social structure, social groups, basic components of modern educational system and culture. Task: to correct and systematize knowledge about modern stages of life development in English speaking countries, to accept new information about English speaking countries, to accept notions and terms used in English; to enhance culture of mental work and individual work; to develop the skills for making up and present information in an oral and written form; to develop critical thinking.
Structure of Academic Discipline (Module)	3,5 credit points. 126 academic hours in total, among them – 54 class hours: 54 hours for tutorials, Final check-up – credit.
Contents/ (Brief Description) of the Discipline (Module) Way of life Culture Educational environment Concept and cultural types of information about the country Social and political competence Research	Methods and Forms of Academic Process Arrangement	Check-up Forms and Marks
	Forms: tutorials, individual work.	1. Credit.

Fundamentals of Intercultural communication and professional competence

(1,5 credit points, 66 academic hours)

Position in the educational process	Academic discipline is an optional component (University component) included into the programme of the 1^st degree – specialization “Foreign languages (English, German)”
Aim, Tasks, Competence	Aim: to form personal characteristics of students who will be capable and ready to interpersonal communication while conducting personal and professional social cooperation. Task: to form intercultural competence and professional competence.
Structure of Academic Discipline (Module)	1,5 credit points. 66 academic hours in total, among them – 44 class hours: 44 hours for tutorials, Final check-up – credit.
Contents/ (Brief Description) of the Discipline (Module) Forms of communication Participants of communication Spheres of communication Basic mechanisms of communication Means of communication Connection between language and culture Personal identity when communicate Regularities and peculiarities of verbal and non-verbal behavior of the Americans and the Russian people when they communicate to each other National and cultural peculiarities of linguistic culture	Methods and Forms of Academic Process Arrangement	Check-up Forms and Marks
	Forms: tutorials, individual work.	1. Credit.

Fundamentals of Speaking Etiquette

(2,5 credit points, 82 academic hours)

Position in the educational process	Academic discipline is an optional component (University component) included into the programme of the 1^st degree – specialization “Foreign languages (English, German)”
Aim, Tasks, Competence	Aim: to form multicultural multi-linguistic personality, to assist the students to speak a foreign language as a means to of communication in various spheres of public and professional activity under the condition of intercultural communication, as a means for social and cultural development of a person and forming of valuable orientation for the dialogue between the Mother language and a foreign language. Task: to get acquainted with the principles of speech acts, to get acquainted with the linguistic peculiarities of communicative situations of modal-pragmatic diversities of oral speech, phonetic flexibility; to get acquainted with communicative and situational; genre and stylistic flexibility of oral and written speech; basic functional types of dialogues and their structure: dialogue-interview, dialogue – exchange of views, dialogue - will expressions, dialogues of a combined type; polylogue; basic functional types of a monologue, structure of a monologue; peculiarities of perception of oral speech; linguistic peculiarities of genre-stylistic varieties of the texts implemented in a written form; peculiarities of commodity composition and communicative orientation.
Structure of Academic Discipline (Module)	2 credit points. 82 academic hours in total, among them – 36 class hours: 36 hours for tutorials, Final check-up – credit.
Contents/ (Brief Description) of the Discipline (Module) Forms of communication Participants of communication Spheres of communication Basic mechanisms of communication Means of communication Connection between language and culture Personal identity when communicate Regularities and peculiarities of verbal and non-verbal behavior of the Americans and the Russian people when they communicate to each other National and cultural peculiarities of linguistic culture	Methods and Forms of Academic Process Arrangement	Check-up Forms and Marks
	Forms: tutorials, individual work.	1. Credit.

Speech practice

(219 credit points, 698 academic hours)

Position in the educational process	Academic discipline is an optional component (University component) included into the programme of the 1^st degree – specialization “Foreign languages (English, German)”
Aim, Tasks, Competence	Aim: to integrate phonetic, grammar, lexical knowledge and skills into oral and written speech, to form effective basis of knowledge while developing receptive (listening and reading comprehension) and productive speech (speaking and writing). Task: to develop skills and competence for sense perception of authentic oral English speech in various communicative and situational, social and pragmatic varieties; to develop speaking skills for monologue and dialogue speech; to develop skills for sense interpretation; to develop skills and competence in different types of reading; to form the skills to express the ideas correctly in a written form; to evaluate the statements of other people;
Structure of Academic Discipline (Module)	219 credit points. 698 academic hours in total, among them – 36 class hours: 36 hours for tutorials, Final check-up – credit.
Contents/ (Brief Description) of the Discipline (Module) Forms of communication Participants of communication Spheres of communication Basic mechanisms of communication Means of communication Connection between language and culture Personal identity when communicate Regularities and peculiarities of verbal and non-verbal behavior of the Americans and the Russian people when they communicate to each other National and cultural peculiarities of linguistic culture	Methods and Forms of Academic Process Arrangement	Check-up Forms and Marks
	Forms: tutorials, individual work.	1. Credit.

Speech practice

(3,5 credit points, 606 academic hours)

Position in the educational process	Academic discipline is an optional component (University component) included into the programme of the 1^st degree – specialization “Foreign languages (English, German)”
Aim, Tasks, Competence	Aim: to integrate phonetic, grammar, lexical knowledge and skills into oral and written speech, to form effective basis of knowledge while developing receptive (listening and reading comprehension) and productive speech (speaking and writing). Task: to develop skills and competence for sense perception of authentic oral English speech in various communicative and situational, social and pragmatic varieties; to develop speaking skills for monologue and dialogue speech; to develop skills for sense interpretation; to develop skills and competence in different types of reading; to form the skills to express the ideas correctly in a written form; to evaluate the statements of other people;
Structure of Academic Discipline (Module)	219 credit points. 698 academic hours in total, among them – 36 class hours: 36 hours for tutorials, Final check-up – credit.
Contents/ (Brief Description) of the Discipline (Module) Forms of communication Participants of communication Spheres of communication Basic mechanisms of communication Means of communication Connection between language and culture Personal identity when communicate Regularities and peculiarities of verbal and non-verbal behavior of the Americans and the Russian people when they communicate to each other National and cultural peculiarities of linguistic culture	Methods and Forms of Academic Process Arrangement	Check-up Forms and Marks
	Forms: tutorials, individual work.	1. Credit.

Practical Grammar

(2,5 credit points, 390 academic hours)

Position in the educational process	Academic discipline is an optional component (University component) included into the programme of the 1^st degree – specialization “Foreign languages (English, German)”
Aim, Tasks, Competence	Aim: to form applied knowledge about grammar phenomena in English; about optional nature of English when various form are possible, to enhance grammar skills and speech skills. Task: to give students the knowledge about basic grammar structure of English; to form the skills which will help to differentiate between oral and written, formal and informal speech; to be able use correct grammar structures in oral speech; to develop skills and competence of pedagogical talk.
Structure of Academic Discipline (Module)	2,5 credit points. 390 academic hours in total, among them – 36 class hours: 36 hours for tutorials, Final check-up – credit.
Contents/ (Brief Description) of the Discipline (Module) The Verb The Noun The Adjective The Adverb The Numeral	Methods and Forms of Academic Process Arrangement	Check-up Forms and Marks
	Forms: tutorials, individual work.	1. Credit.