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Assistant professor Gulshat A. Adilova

PRACTICAL

ENGLISH

Manual

 

Th level - Advanced

Almaty 2015

UDK 811.111

ББК

The general editor:Amirlan A. Kussainov, doctor of technical science, professor, academician of International engineering academy (IEA) and National engineering academy (NEA), foreign member of Russian academy of architecture and civil engineering science (RAAСES) and American association of civil engineers (AACE).

Practical English for the Students of Non-Linguistic Majors: advanced

– Almaty: KAU, 2015г. –255 p.

The compilers:

Associate professor Lazzat B. Nagiyatova

Assistant professor Zhanat K. Akbalaeva

Assistant professor Arailym K. Tassyrova

Assistant professor Gulshat A. Adilova

 

This manual presents an additional course of teaching and assessing the English proficiency on the V level –Advanced mainly in the sphere of GeneralEnglish, also touching some aspects of Business and Professional English. It is designed for students of non-linguistic majors at universities and may be successfully used at colleges, lyceums,high schools and language courses too. All materials of manual is systematized from the point of its practical, communicative importance for the students of non-linguistic majors, on the basis of accessibility and sequence of stating and gradual complicating the language knowledge and language skills. A great attention was paid to materials of study in the class (collection of handouts) and materials for students’ independent work after classes (collection of tests and lexical materials).

This manual includes an updated version of Universal criteria of complex assessment of English language proficiency (2008) edited by professor A.A. Kussainov on the basis of lasting and reach experience of teaching foreign language at non-linguistic majors, taking into account the guides of national language policy, requirements of state educational standards and the achievements of the native and foreign scholars and methodologists in this field.

 

ISBN© Kazakh American University, 2015

Symbols:

	Listening		Proverbs and saying
	Speaking (monologue)		Phraseological units
	Speaking (dialogue)		Quotations , aphorisms and colorful expressions
	Speaking (discussion)		Page of poetry
	Reading		Smile
	Writing		Answer the questions
	Lexical training		Memorize
	Grammar comment		Tests for checking yourself

Abbreviations:

LIW	–	Students\’ independent work
Office-hours	–	students’ independent work with a teacher
TSA	–	Types of speech activities

CONTENTS

	PREFACE
	PART I UNIVERSAL CRITERIA OF COMPLEX ASSESSMENT OF ENGLISH PROFICIENCY
	Time-keeping of theoretical knowledge assessment on 5th level
	THEORETICAL BLOCK	Lexical and grammatical test: questions for computer based testing
	Time-keeping of practical knowledge assessment on 5th level
	PRACTICAL BLOCK	Listening
	Speaking
	Reading
	Writing
	PART II. COLLECTION OF HAND OUTS
	Section	Lexical theme	Grammatical theme
	education	121 Family	The infinitive
	122 Higher education abroad	Discoursemarkers: linkers
	science and inventions	123 Communication and Information technology	Relative clauses
	124 Field of Science and Research	Discourse markers: adverbs and adverbial expressions
	125 Participation in a Conference	Addingemphasis: inversion
	126 Inventions	Modals
	Profession	127 Career path	Wish and if only
	128 Business and travelling	Expressing future plans and arrangements
	129 Сorporate culture	Modal verbs in reporting
	130 Fashion	Future form
	Books& HISTORY	131 Books and Literature in the USA	Gerunds
	132 Media	Adjectives as abstract nouns
	133 The Origin of American Nation	The use of capital letters
	134 Gender Issues in America	The grammar of phrasal verbs
	customs and traditions	135 Culture of the USA	Structures with get and have. Causatives
	136 British Traditions and Customs	Compounds. Noun + Noun
	137 Kazakh customs and traditions	Verbsofthesenses
	Art and artists, health & medicine	138 Arts	Directandreportedspeech
	139 Films	Articles and determiners
	140 Health	Conditionals
	The natural world & tourism	141 Weather and climate	Present Perfect and Present Perfect Continuous
	142 Natural Wonders	Like, alike, so, as much
	143 Tourism in Kazakhstan	Substitution:soandnot
	144 International law	Present Simple and Perfect Continuous
	countries & Holidays	145 National Holidays in America	Adjectives as personal nouns
	146 British Holidays	Compounds. Adverb + Adjective
	147 Holidays and celebrations in Kazakhstan	Ellipsis
	COOKING & SPORT	148 American Rituals	Form of the passives
	149 English eating habits	Used to and would
	150 Sport in America	Agents and objects with the passives
PARt III. COLLECTION OF TESTS AND LEXICAL MATERIALS
3.1	Theory	Lexical and grammatical test
3.2	PracTice	Examination material for assessment of practical skills of communication
LISTENING
READING
3.3	Collection of tasks for learners individual work (LIW) and office hours materials	Texts for SPECIAL PURPOSES
Poems
Kazakh customs and traditions
Samples of congratulations and condulace
Englsh proverbs, sayings and IDIOMS
Quatations
Phrasal verbs
BRITISH-AMERICAN QUIDE
REFERENCES

 

 

 

PREFACE

The given manual is designed for the students of non-linguistic majors, who desire to master a foreign language during the period of study at the university.English learning at non-linguistic departments makes the methodology of level education, oriented to formation of practical foreign language communicative skills very topical. Nowadays the educational institutions of the Republic of Kazakhstan have a definite experience of level teaching to English language which is divided into 6 levels of foreign language proficiency: A1, A2, B1, B2, C1, C2 (Concept of foreign language education of the Republic Kazakhstan, 2007), accepted on the basis of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages and adapted to the stages of national system of education.

According to the concept of foreign language education a teaching to foreign language at non-linguistic majors should cover the levels of B1, B2 and the courses of LSP (language for specific purpose program) and LAP (Language for Academic Purpose). However this model of foreign language education doesn’t correspond to real practice of students’ foreign language knowledge and skills, as by the moment of entering the university not all students master a foreign language at the level of A2. Many students come with the level A1 and sometimes with zero level of foreign language proficiency, but very eager to master it during their study at university.

That’s why an author’s group edited by professor A.A. Kussainov on the basis of lasting and reach experience of teaching foreign language at non-linguistic departments, taking into account the achievements of the native and foreign scholars and methodologists in this field, and it’s own experimental work on language knowledge and skills assessment (Universal criteria of complex assessment of English proficiency, 2008) suggests to single out 5 levels of language proficiency instead of 6 levels, expressed in percent measurement from 0% to 100% :

1. Elementary, which comprises also an introduction course for Beginners - А1-А2: from 0 to 20 %;

2. Pre-Intermediate - А2-В1: from 21to 40%;

3. Intermediate - В1-В2: from 41to 60%;

4. Upper-Intermediate - В2-С1: from 61 to 80%;

5. Advanced - С1-С2: from 81 to 100%.

Such subdivision into levels of practical English proficiency allows to provide a systematic and indissoluble character, a sequence of foreign language learning at non-linguistic majors, compensate the faults of teaching to foreign language in schools and gives to students new opportunities to fill in the gaps in foreign language knowledge and skills.

Universal criteria of complex assessment of English proficiency on above mentioned 5 levels presents a combined form of examination, including the assessment of theoretical knowledge of language (multiple choice test of grammar and lexis) and practical skills of communication (listening, speaking, reading and writing activities), providing an exactness, objectivity and transparency of the process of assessment.

Following the logics of improving the system of teaching English language the author group put forward an aim to develop a linguistic complex for each level of English learning at non-linguistic majors, which comprises not only the materials of control and assessment as it was done in Universal criteria of complex assessment of English language proficiency (2008), but also the materials of study in the class and materials for students’ independent work after classes. That is why all material of manual is systematized from the point of its practical, communicative importance for the students of non-linguistic majors, on the basis of accessibility and sequence of stating, and the theory, concerning grammar is presented in doses and in minimum volume, and in such way paying more attention to the principle parts in English language learning. With it all the content of manual covers all aspects of learning foreign language: linguistic (phonetics, grammar, lexis), regional (Kazakhstani, British, American and other English speaking countries) and intercultural (differences in verbal and non-verbal communication) aspects.

So, this manual consists of three parts: Universal criteria of complex assessment of English language proficiency, collection of handouts on 30 lexicaland grammar themes on each level, and a collection of tests and lexical materials, designed for independent work of students after classes and preparation for examination.

The first part is dedicated to updating and reediting Universal criteria of complex assessment of English language proficiency (2008) in accordance with changes of content and methodology of teaching and needs for developing students’ communicative skills and habits at non-linguistic majors.

The second part - collection of handouts was made up in accordance with four speech activities: listening, speaking, reading and writing, paying more attention to formation of speaking skills. The topics of handouts correspond to the needs of Kazakhstani curriculum, syllabus andmodern international requirements. As a contribution to the content of study a foreign language we have included the lexical topics, reflecting the culture, the way of life in the Republic of Kazakhstan.

The third part– a collection of tests and lexical materials consists of bank of lexical and grammar tests (120 multiple choice assignments for each level), bank of texts for listening and reading practice (30 texts and 30 poems on each of them), bank of tasks for speaking and writing practice.

At the end of the third part we placed additional materials where you can find the information about the main Kazakh national traditions and customs, samples of congratulations and condolences, proverbs and sayings, quotations, the list of widely used phrasal verbs, samples of writing business letters. We also presented a collection of English texts for specific purpose on different specialties at university but only for students of Intermediate, Upper-intermediate and Advanced levels.So, the content of this manual is composed on the basis of authentic resources, giving an opportunity to learn a real English language, using the communicative and interactive techniques of teaching and also developing the students’ skills of independent work in mastering a foreign language.

PART I