Cambridge academic. English part 1

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to
CAMBRIDGE ACADEMIC
ENGLISH Part 1
Spring 2021

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CAE is for any student
who needs English for
their academic studies.
Topics and texts will be of
interest to students working
in ALL
SUBJECTS.
Download the book here
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IELTS PREPARATION BOOK
This semester you are taking
MOCK IELTS, whose results will
assign you to either ‘a certificate
group’ or ‘a non-certificate’ group.
Here is the book which will help you
prepare for this exam.
Download the book here
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CAE Course www.cambridge.org/elt/academicenglish
http://www.twirpx.com
B2 Upper-Intermediate course for English for
academic Purposes ( EAP)
Integrated skills course: listening, reading, writing,
speaking
MORE THAN IELTS EXAM PREPARATION

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Canvas: https://lms.misis.ru/login

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CAE 1 Planner Spring 2021

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What is Academic English?

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More than IELTS

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Context
General English
Student motivation
Interest
Certification of the
language level
No particular purpose
All English language
Language content
(Grammar & vocabulary) A wide range of
communicative situations
Language skills
(Reading, writing,
listening, speaking)
Speaking and listening
mostly
Text choice
Entertaining genres
Other skills
Little emphasis on study or
cognitive skills
Academic English*
( Fill in the boxes)

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Differences between general English and
academic English
Context
General English
Academic English
Student motivation
Interest
Certification of the language
level
No particular purpose
Entry to or successful completion
of university study in an Englishmedium university
Language content
All English language
Emphasis on academic style:
A wide range of communicative Academic vocabulary
situations
Academic grammar
Discourse features
Speaking and listening mostly
Language skills
(Reading, writing,
listening, speaking)
Reading and writing are more
important
Text choice
Entertaining genres
Academic genres: science popular
and specialist texts
Other skills
Little emphasis on study skills
Cognitive skills are not explicit
Learner independence
Critical thinking

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Martin Hewings
( the author)
Martin has taught English for over 30 years
in many countries, including Sweden, Italy,
Malaysia and Australia.
From 1985 to 2009 he taught English for
Academic Purposes at the University of
Birmingham and since then has been a
freelance author and consultant.
www.cambridge.org/ru/cambridgeengli
sh/resources

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Academic Study Skills
Awareness
of
academic
culture
Critical
thinking
Notetaking
Group
discussion
Avoiding
plagiarism

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Academic focus of the module
• Avoiding plagiarism
In-text referencing
Bibliography
Paraphrasing and summarizing
Academic essays
Note-taking (5 ways)
Tutorials: group discussions
Making presentations
Academic lectures

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Focus on reading and writing:
academic essays
University students like these
doing research at a university
library in the UK or USA. They are
often assigned essays as a way to
get them to analyze what they
have read.
Short essays - up to 1,000 words
Long essays – 2,000 – 5,000 words

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Focus on Reading:
Authentic discipline-related texts
E.g. ‘Hofstede’s four dimensions of culture’
‘How are language choices influenced by the context in
which communication takes place’
‘Differences in gender roles in different cultures’

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Focus on Writing:
Research-based essays
‘To what extent should large international companies
make acting in a socially responsible manner more a
priority than increasing their profits?’
‘Discuss the benefits to humans of biodiversity
and outline the most important current threats to
biodiversity’

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Referencing (APA style)
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl
• Angeli, E., Wagner, J., Lawrick, E., Moore, K., Anderson, M.,
Soderlund, L., & Brizee, A. (2010). General format. Retrieved
from http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/
• Duncan, G. J., & Brooks-Gunn, J. (Eds.). (1997). Consequences
of growing up poor. New York, NY: Russell Sage Foundation.
• Harlow, H. F. (1983). Fundamentals for preparing psychology
journal articles. Journal of Comparative and Physiological
Psychology, 55, 893-896.

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Academic Corpus based
vocabulary
Academic Word List
www.victoria.ac.nz/lals/resources
http://www.englishvocabularyexercises.com/AWL
1. cognitive
2. assumption
3. GDP
4. diverge
5. biased
6. infer
7. perceive
8. occur
9. implicit
10. plagiarism

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http://www.englishvocabularyexercises.com

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From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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Lecture skills
Recorded lectures from University of Cambridge
by prominent lectures on
Biology
Engineering
Economics
Linguistics

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Working in groups during
seminars or tutorials

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ASSESSMENT

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BRS_CAE1_Spring 2021
Class participation
40 points
In-class writing
Academic essays
IELTS writing tasks
IELTS speaking tasks
Reading activities
Lecture-based activities
Note-taking
Use-of-English
Seminar discussions
Vocabulary checks
Online
20 points
Project
10 points
Quizzes and Develop a
tests
solution to a
community
Writing,
feedback
and
speaking
tasks
Micromodule
10 points
Tests
IELTS
10 points
Negotiations
IELTS
10 points
Diagnostic
Diagnostic
IELTS
IELTS

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IELTS FOCUS

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Students can do a quiz on IELTS format on
www.socrative.com ( next slide) or in this
presentation further on.

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Students can take a quiz on IELTS format here www.socrative.com
Link for teachers https://b.socrative.com/teacher/#import-quiz/49903070

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How much do you know about
the IELTS exam?
1. How many parts are there in IELTS?
2. How many days does it usually take?
3. How long are the following parts?
Listening_______________
Reading _______________
Writing________________
Speaking _______________

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How much do you remember
about your IELTS exam?
Listening
1.
How many times will candidates hear each section of
the Listening paper?
a. once
b. twice
c. three times
2. Section 1 of the Listening test is ...
a. official announcement
b. presentation
c. a conversation between 2 people
3. The topic of Section 4 of the Listening test is ...
a. discussion on current affairs
b. lecture or a talk on a academic subject
c. sport commentary

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How much do you remember about
your IELTS exam?
Reading
4. How long is the Reading paper?
a. 60 min
b. 50 min
c. 30 min
5. How many Sections are there in the Reading test?
a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
6. Which of the following skills would a student be using if they
were reading an article quickly to get a general idea of what
it is about?
a. predicting
b. skimming
c. intensive reading

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How much do you remember about
your IELTS exam?
Writing
7. How many words must candidates write for Part 2 of
the Writing paper?
a. at least 150 words
b. at least 200 words
c. at least 250 words
8. Which of the following would be suitable in a piece of
academic writing?
a. contractions
b. passives
c. informal expressions
9. In order to get a high mark for 'task response' in their
writing, candidates need to ...
a. give a full, detailed and appropriate answer
b. include lots of linkers
c. use a range of tenses

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How much do you remember
about your IELTS exam?
Speaking
10. How long is the Speaking test?
a.
8-11 min
b.
11-14 min
c.
14-17 min
11. Which of these is NOT a criteria assessed in the Speaking test?
a.
fluency and coherence
b.
lexical resource
c.
originality of ideas
12. In Part 1 of the Speaking test the candidate has to ...
a.
keep talking for two minutes
b.
answer questions on everyday topics
c.
discuss issues in a general and abstract way
13. In which part of the Speaking test do candidates have one
minute to organise what they are saying?
a. Part 1
b. Part 2
c. Part 3

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IELTS Speaking with Jessica

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Useful links
http://ieltsliz.com/
http://ielts-up.com/listening/ielts-listening-practice.html;
http://www.ieltsspeaking.co.uk/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a36v-hmALz4- to start
with
http://www.ielts-mentor.com/reading-sample/academicreading
http://www.ielts-exam.net/practice_tests
http://ieltsforfree.com
http://ieltsonlinetests.com/ielts-exam-library#tab3

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• Зав. кафедрой РИЯЛ –
Бондарева Лилия Владимировна (к.1037)
• Академический координатор бакалавриата –
Ермакова Полина Викторовна (к. 1043)
• Координатор модуля CAE –
Россихина Ольга Глебовна ( к. 1013)
• Тех. поддержка –
Бабичев Александр Сергеевич (к. 1037)
• Связь с кафедрой –
http://vk.com/touchstonevmisis

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Mini-Debates

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Great debatable topics
1. Polygamy should be legalized.
2. Homework should be banned.
3. Science is a threat to humanity.
4. Marriage is an outdated institution.
5. Animals have rights.
6. It is unethical to eat meat.
7. Money motivates people more than any other factor in the
workplace.
• 8. Advertising is harmful.
• 9.Capitalism is better than socialism.
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Funny debate topics
• 1. Who is more complicated gender- men or
women?
• 2. Is it better to be honest and poor or
dishonest and rich?
• 3. Are Batman and Superman misleading
idols?
• 4. Is it better to date anyone attractive and
popular or intelligent and smart?
• 5. Which of these two are more real- pirates
or ninjas?
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THANK YOU FOR
PARTICIPATION!
Enjoy your English classes