Language of the Speciality
Course: International Communications
Structural unit: Educational and scientific institute of international relations
Title
Language of the Speciality
Code
ОК 30
Module type
Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
First
Year of study when the component is delivered
2023/2024
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
5 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
12
Learning outcomes
To know and master theoretical knowledge about:
Terminology of specialty: international law, economics, diplomacy in English and its Ukrainian equivalents.
Vocabulary in social and political sphere.
Lexico-grammatical and stylistic peculiarities of texts, clichés characteristic for specialty.
Texts of international documents.
Be able to read literature and publicistic materials in the field of specialty to render in spoken or written forms.
Be able to determine the theme, attitude and idea of the author, main, reasoning and illustrating information in the texts.
Be able to understand spoken language of the lecturer, news reader in the field of specialty.
Form of study
Prerequisites and co-requisites
Course content
V semester
Theme 1. Language for specific purposes in the system of functional styles. Specialty system of terms.
Theme 2. Vocabulary and syntaxes of scientific language.
VІ semester
Theme 1. Text structure in scientific and publicistic style of speaking.
Theme 2. Linguistic rendering of secondary texts on the basis of the source text.
VІІ semester
Theme 1. Language of diplomatic correspondence of contractual character.
Theme 2. Language of diplomatic correspondence of informative character.
VІІІ semester Theme 1. Business correspondence text language.
Theme 2. Diplomatic correspondence text language
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Practical classes
Assessment methods and criteria
Control is performed according to modular-rating system. Semester consists of two modular works.
Modular works 2 x 10 = 20
Class control: tasks for writing - 10, class work – 10, vocabulary – 10, translation – 10, final evaluation (complex final module):individual reading (150 pages per semester for III year students and 200 pages per semester for IV year students) – 20, lexico-grammatical test (credit/exam) – 20.
Language of instruction
English, Ukrainian
Lecturers
This discipline is taught by the following teachers
Departments
The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline