About the course

Learning outcomes

In this course students will acquire skills that will let them:

• get the subject matter of authentic texts on the topics discussed;
• get the main concept of authentic radio and TV programs, lectures and conversations on the urgent problems and events;
• prepare a public speech to solve intercultural tasks;
• work in teams;
• define their own opinion via reasoning;
• write essays, CV, motivation letters.

Education program 

All undergraduate training programs:

05.03.06 «Geoecology»
21.03.02 «Land management»
21.03.01 «Construction and Operation of Technical Facilities in Petroleum Industry», «Development and Operation of Oil and Gas Fields»
18.03.01 «Chemical Engineering»
18.03.01 «Analytical Control in Chemical Industry»
21.05.02 «Petroleum Geology»
21.05.02 «Survey, Exploration, Engineering and Geological Study of Groundwater»
21.05.02 «Geological Survey, Prospecting and Exploration of Solid Mineral Fields»
21.05.03 «Geophysical Well Logging»
27.03.05 «Entrepreneurship Activities in Innovation»
01.03.02 «Applied Mathematics in Engineering»
09.03.01 «Programming of Computer and Telecommunication Systems»
54.03.01 «Industrial Design»
15.03.06 «Smart Mechatronic and Robotic Systems»
09.03.01 «Programming of Computer and Telecommunication Systems»
09.03.04 «Development of Software and Information Systems»
15.03.01 «Mechanical Engineering»
15.03.04 «Automation of Processes and Productions in Petroleum Industry»
13.03.01  «Power and Heat Engineering»
13.03.02  «Electrical Engineering»
13.03.02 «Power Engineering»
13.03.02 «Plasma-Beam and Electric Discharge Technologies»
14.05.02 «Design and Operation of Nuclear Power Plants»
11.03.04 «Applied Electronic Engineering»
12.03.01 «Information Systems and Technologies in Non-Destructive Testing»
12.03.01 «Construction and Operation of Technical Facilities in Petroleum Industry»
12.03.01 «Development and Operation of Oil and Gas Fields»
12.03.04 «Biomedical Engineering»
20.03.01 «Emergency Protection»
12.03.02 «Laser and Light Technology»
19.03.01 «Biotechnology»
22.03.01 «Materials Science and Technology»
03.03.02 «Physics»
14.03.02 «Nuclear Physics and Technology»
14.05.04 «Control Systems for Technological Processes and Physical Equipment»
18.05.02 «Chemical Technology of Nuclear Fuel Cycle Materials»

1. Module 1. Education ( Educational system in Russia and abroad, Universities of the world/ TPU, Educational issues (time management, exams), Life-long learning, Grammar: Modal verbs + Perfect Infinitive; Revision of tenses: Present tenses (simple/ continuous/ perfect simple/ perfect continuous), Past tenses (simple/ continuous/ perfect simple/ perfect continuous), Future tenses (simple/ continuous/ perfect simple/ perfect continuous); (extra: word order, word formation, linking words, phrasal verbs)).

2. Module 2. Work and Career (Career planning, Choice of profession: the characteristics of professions, Engineering professions, Grammar: Passive voice, Passive with get; Participle 1, 2; Adjectives -ed/ -ing; (extra: word order, word formation, linking words, phrasal verbs)).

3. Module 3. Employment (Job hunting, Applying for a job, Engineering career, Grammar: Infinitive, Gerund, Participle; (extra: word order, word formation, linking words, phrasal verbs)).

4. Final test

Course duration, quantity characteristics, form of control

Course duration: 17 weeks
Course complexity: 3 credits/108 hours
Form of control: pass/fail exam

Syskina Anna Alexandrovna, PhD in Philology, associate professor, Division of Foreign Languages, School of Core engineering Education, TPU

Rymanova Irina Evgenyevna, senior teacher, education and methodology specialist, Division of Foreign Languages, School of Core engineering Education, TPU

Kulagina Ekaterina Viktorovna, testing specialist of department of quality assurance in foreign language training, TPU