International English Examinations Practice

2022/2023

Academic Year

ENG

Instruction in English

3

ECTS credits

Delivered by:

School of Foreign Languages

Type:

Optional course

When:

1-3 module

Instructors

Антонова Евгения Борисовна

Афанасьева Арина Павловна

Bagrintseva, Natalya

Baranova, Tatyana

Baranovskaya, Tatyana

Бойко Татьяна Васильевна

Borzova, Nadezhda A.

Букина Анна Викторовна

Burenkova, Olga V.

Byvalina, Valentina

Vasilyeva, Evgenia

Vahrusheva, Darya

Volkova, Marina A.

Воронцова-Менало Анна Сергеевна

Gavrilina, Anastasia

Gagarina, Liudmila

Galeyeva, Arina I.

Александровна

Guskova, Nataliya V.

Данилова Елизавета Андреевна

Datsenko, Anastasiia

Дашичев Александр Денисович

Mazurova, Daria

Efimova, Alla A.

Zhavoronkova, Anna R.

Zhilina, Liliya V.

Завалина Анастасия Владимировна

Zamkovaya, Maria

Ivanchenko, Maria

Smorodinova, Alexandra

Kalashnikov, Alexander V.

Kim, Evgeniya

Klepko, Evgeniya Y.

Konovalova, Irina A.

Kosheleva, Victoria

Кузина Екатерина Андреевна

Кульков Даниил Андреевич

Latunina, Ekaterina

Levitskaya, Galina

Luchkina, Tatyana V.

Makarenko, Viktor

Makarova, Yana

Медведева Екатерина Павловна

Melkumov, Arsen

Мищук Анастасия Михайловна

Mostacheva, Elena Y.

Nurgaleeva, Tatyana

Pikova, Daria

Пинчукова Анна Евгеньевна

Pitra, Tatiana

Pospelova, Tatiana B.

Пушкина Юлия Алексеевна

Razbaeva, Ekaterina V.

Rokotyanskaya, Lyudmila Y.

Rudakovskaya, Vera A.

Русакова-Могильницкая Софья Радиславовна

Савицкая Наталия Александровна

Semenova, Alexandra

Semenova, Екатерина

Сенникова Ксения Георгиевна

Sildimirova, Marina

Suvorova, Elena

Tabakova, Nina

Tsurtsumia, Dzhuna D.

Chanturidze, Yulia M.

Шапиро Элина Диаматовна

Шендерович Мария Филипповна

Shustova, Elena

Yusipova, Dinara

Course Syllabus

Abstract

“International English Examinations Practice” course is a specialized highly intensive program designed to give students insight into the IELTS Academic testing system. The program focuses on four parts of the exam which are Reading, Listening, Writing and Speaking and explains aim and format of every task included in the IELTS Academic Exam. The course highlights crucial tips and ready-to-use techniques to keep in mind during the examination. It also draws attention to common mistakes and pitfalls hampering test takers from gaining higher IELTS scores. The program blends theory and practice, though practice prevails. Students are offered to scrutinize printed materials, peruse online learning resources as well as fulfill numerous exercises both in class and at home and thus familiarize themselves with subtleties of the IELTS testing system. The grammar and vocabulary revision materials included in the course are aimed at the score of 7.5 and higher of the 9-band IELTS scale – the results normally expected by the admissions of the top-notch Bachelor and Master courses taught entirely in English in Russia and abroad. The program is built to help students perform their best on the IELTS Academic exam though the final results are entirely conditioned by the eagerness, determination and involvement of each individual student.

Learning Objectives

• - to give a detailed overview of all four parts of IELTS Academic;
• - to provide students with the language, grammar and test-taking strategies required for the IELTS exam;
• - to improve all four language skills, speaking, listening, reading and writing, as required for the IELTS examination.

Expected Learning Outcomes

• Listening - understand academic and professional discourse; - identify the main ideas and distinguish relevant supporting details of a formal or academic passage;
• Reading - understand a variety of different academic text types; - use different reading strategies and focus on target material in all types of reading passages;
• Speaking - demonstrate enhanced speaking in different task formats; - formulate, express and defend opinions using appropriate vocabulary and grammatical structures.
• Writing - produce different types of IELTS written tasks; - demonstrate enhanced vocabulary and grammatical structures;

Course Contents

• Topic 1: Urban and Rural Life
• Topic 2: Health
• Topic 3: Art
• Topic 4: Finance and Business
• Topic 5: History

Assessment Elements

• Written assessment Various tests held throughout the course.
• Oral assessment
• Independent work
• Final assessment

Interim Assessment

• 2022/2023 3rd module
  0.3 * Final assessment + 0.25 * Written assessment Various tests held throughout the course. + 0.25 * Independent work + 0.2 * Oral assessment

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• Mindset for IELTS : student's book 3: an official Cambridge IELTS course, , 2018

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Achieve IELTS. English for international education : student's book: intermediate - upper intermediate, Harrison, L., 2005
• Cambridge grammar for IELTS : grammar reference and practice, Hopkins, D., 2012
• Cambridge grammar for IELTS : grammar reference and practice, Hopkins, D., 2013
• Cambridge vocabulary for IELTS advanced with answers : self-study vocabulary practice, Cullen, P., 2012

Authors

• BORODKINA ELENA VLADIMIROVNA
• KUPTSOVA ANNA KONSTANTINOVNA
• RIVLINA ALEKSANDRA ABRAMOVNA
• LASTOCHKINA TATYANA IVANOVNA
• SHVETS LIDIYA SERGEEVNA
• GIREVAYA DARYA OLEGOVNA
• SHUSTOVA ELENA DMITRIEVNA
• BARANOVSKAYA TATYANA ARTUROVNA
• PROKHOROVA NINA VLADIMIROVNA
• SOBOLYANOVA EKATERINA ALEKSANDROVNA
• ZAMKOVAYA MARIYA ALEKSANDROVNA
• GAGARINA LYUDMILA ALEKSANDROVNA
• ANANEVA ELENA PETROVNA
• VLASENKO ANASTASIYA VIKTOROVNA
• VAYSMAN ANNA SERGEEVNA
• BARANOVA TATYANA ALEKSANDROVNA
• MIRONENKO EKATERINA ALEKSANDROVNA
• POSPELOVA TATYANA BORISOVNA
• CHANTURIDZE YULIYA MIKHAYLOVNA
• SMYGUNOVA ELENA ALEKSEEVNA
• PARAMONOVA ELENA VLADIMIROVNA
• SENNIKOVA KSENIYA GEORGIEVNA
• BYVALINA VALENTINA YUREVNA
• LEVITSKAYA GALINA YUREVNA
• TKALENKO DMITRIY EDUARDOVICH
• BAGRINTSEVA NATALYA VALEREVNA
• LOKTIONOVA MARIYA OLEGOVNA
• PRILIPKO ELENA VIKTOROVNA
• VINOGRADOVA EKATERINA ALEKSANDROVNA
• KOLMAKOVA ANZHELIKA VLADIMIROVNA
• YUSIPOVA DINARA RAFAELEVNA
• VOLKOVA MARINA ANATOLEVNA
• GUSKOVA NATALIYA VALENTINOVNA
• BORZOVA NADEZHDA ALEKSANDROVNA
• SMORODINOVA ALEKSANDRA VIKTOROVNA
• PANKINA LIDIYA ANATOLEVNA
• MURAVEVA ELENA OLEGOVNA
• ABDRASHITOVA MARIYA OVSEEVNA
• SHENDEROVICH MARIYA FILIPPOVNA
• Громовая Ирина Николаевна
• MOSTACHEVA ELENA YUREVNA
• SOKOLOVA ALEKSANDRA VYACHESLAVOVNA
• ANDRYUSHKINA YULIYA ALEKSANDROVNA
• SILDIMIROVA MARINA ALEKSANDROVNA
• LOSEVA ALLA VLADIMIROVNA
• DASHICHEV ALEKSANDR DENISOVICH
• MAKARENKO VIKTOR PETROVICH
• MEDVEDEVA EKATERINA PAVLOVNA
• BOYKO TATYANA VASILEVNA
• SAFONOVA MARIYA ALEKSANDROVNA
• BREDIKHINA OLGA MIKHAYLOVNA
• SAVITSKAYA NATALIYA ALEKSANDROVNA
• RUDAKOVSKAYA VERA ALEKSANDROVNA
• NURGALEEVA TATYANA GALINUROVNA
• SKUDINA ELENA VLADIMIROVNA
• KALASHNIKOV ALEKSANDR VLADIMIROVICH
• GALEEVA ARINA ILGAMOVNA
• PELEVINA IRINA ANATOLEVNA
• BUKINA ANNA VIKTOROVNA
• IVANCHENKO MARIYA NIKOLAEVNA
• SAMORODOVA TATYANA OLEGOVNA
• DANILOVA ELIZAVETA ANDREEVNA
• SHILANKOVA MARIYA PAVLOVNA
• KOSHELEVA VIKTORIYA PAVLOVNA
• POLENOVA ELENA NIKOLAEVNA
• FULBER FELIPE -
• SOLOMASOVA DIANA VLADIMIROVNA
• VORONTSOVA ANNA SERGEEVNA