Grading procedures

Grading procedures

Your score:

1100 - 1390  points- Excellent

800 - 1099 points - Good

695 -799  points- Average

Less than 695 points - Unsatisfactory

You can find criteria for the evaluation of a particular task in the  Forms and Docs  section.

Forms and Docs

Forms and Docs

Evaluation criteria 

https://yadi.sk/i/HnmlXF5W3U8z2K

Summary writing

https://yadi.sk/i/-1j_j4JK3U9XaB

Course Syllabus

Course Syllabus

Module 1  Transport

Lesson 1 Car parts          

Lesson 2 Automobiles 1

Lesson 3  Automobiles 2

Lesson 4 Progress check 1

Module 2   Metro Systems

Lesson 5  Underground rail systems

Lesson 6  Progress check 2

Module 3  Моnеу

Lesson 7  British Money

Lesson 8  American Money

Lesson 9 Progress check 3

Module 4  Banking

Lesson 10 Banking terms

Lesson 11 Progress check 4

Module 5  Shopping

Lesson 12 Kinds of shops

Lesson 13  Shopping for clothes

Lesson 14  Progress check 5

Module 6  Restaurants

Lesson 15  Eating out

Lesson 16  Food

Lesson 17 Progress check 6

Module 7  Houses

Lesson 18  British homes

Lesson 19 American homes

Lesson 20 Progress check 7

Module 8  Education

Lesson 21  Education terms and school supplies

Lesson 22 (Revision) Progress check 8

Lesson 23  Final Exam

My contacts

My contacts

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me.

E mail: just.in.case.kucherovav@gmail.com 

My Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/vera.kucherova.98

Materials

Materials

Recommended books:

1. The British Expat's Guide to Grocery Shopping in America The British Expat's Guide to Grocery Shopping in America, Maxine Cleminson, 2013.

2. Divided by a Common Language: A Guide to British and American English,Christopher Davies, 2007.

3.  British English from A to Zed: A Definitive Guide to the Queen's English,1st Edition,  Norman W. Schur,2017.

4. English to English: The A to Z of British-American Translations, Suzan St Maur, 2012.

Online materials:

1. BBC World Service | Learning English | Ask about English ,  www.bbc.co.u 
2.  Anglophenia | BBC America, www.bbcamerica.com 
3. American versus British English spelling, www.cambridge.org 
4. British and American English | Cambridge English, www.cambridgeenglish.org 
5. Barton-Confusing And Embarrassing Differences between American and British English, iteslj.org
6.  British and American terms | Oxford Dictionaries, en.oxforddictionaries.com 
7. MED Magazine | Macmillan , www.macmillandictionaries.com/resources/med-magazine 
8. National Geographical is one of the most popular and famous English language educational channel, http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/ 
9. LearnEnglish  by the British Council,https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en 
10. The world's leading source of financial content on the web, https://www.investopedia.com/ 
11. Influential videos from expert speakers on education, business, science, tech.  https://www.ted.com/talks
12. TED-Ed videos,  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsooa4yRKGN_zEE8iknghZA 
13. United States Currency,  https://www.usa.gov/currency 
14. 6 Minute English, http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english/ep-150212
15. British Council | TeachingEnglish, https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/british-american-english 
16. Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org 
17. Scientific electronic library “CyberLeninka”, https://cyberleninka.ru/ 
18. Investopedia, https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/100615/why-financial-literacy-and-education-so-important.asp 
19. A Brief History of U.S. Government Currency,https://www.treasury.gov/connect/blog/Pages/US-Currency-Brief-History-Part-1.aspx 
20. The Timeline: British Сurrency, http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/the-timeline-british-currency-2218295.html 
21. British and American Slang Terms for Money,https://www.learnenglish.de/slang/moneyslang.html

Useful Web Links and Mobile Apps

Useful Web Links and Mobile Apps

Web Links:

1. Quizlet
https://quizlet.com/ru
2. PBworks
http://www.pbworks.com/
3. Coggle
https://coggle.it/diagram/V5z8MQT9isV4cM_U/t/coggle-mindmap


Mobile apps:
1. Blogger
 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.blogger
2. Google
https://play.google.com/store/apps/dev?id=5700313618786177705
3. Kahoot!
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=no.mobitroll.kahoot.android&hl=ru

Course Overview

If you want to improve your English language skills, this educational blog will have something for you.

 My blog helps people not only improve all their language skills but learn the differences between British and American English.

My blogging goals:

1) Raise students' motivation for learning.

2) Help students to understand common differences between British and American English pronunciation, grammar, and spelling.

3) Promote  students’ autonomy.

4) Develop  their reading, listening, writing and speaking skills.

5) Provide interesting materials, possibly at least to a certain degree new and methodologically contributive.

Outcomes of this course

Upon completion of this course, you will be able:

• to expand your vocabulary in British and American English;
• to receive  an ability to distinguish between two English varieties; 
• to use the appropriate language according to the particular situation and context;
• to  broaden your cultural experience regarding life of English-speaking countries;
• to obtain a kind of framework to organize your existing English knowledge and to ensure its use.

Time frame

You will need approximately 32 academic hours to complete all the recommended activities.

Course requirements

For successful passing this course students are required to attend classes and submit homework on time. The course involves a lot of writing practice, so you should be prepared to take the time on homework. The Internet will be utilized as a resource. Therefore, you should be prepared to use the computers to perform your homework assignments.

During the course you will be required:
-to write the texts in British and American English;
-to attend classes on a weekly basis;
-to take some vocabulary and grammar quizzes;
-to write dictations;
-to create and learn dialogues;
-to create Mind maps;
-to solve crosswords.

Use mobile apps to carry out some assignments.

You can access the this course via the web browser or the mobile Blogger app.

The list of mobile apps required can be found in the Useful Web Links and Mobile apps section

External links and Resources

To complete the course and to do exercises you will use these applications and sites:

           v quizlet.com

v blogger.com

v padlet.com

v What’s App

v coggle.it

v zunal.com

v pbworks.com

Feedback

After you have completed my course, I would appreciate your taking a few moments to give me your feedback on any aspect of this course. Your feedback might include comments on:

•  materials
• assignments
• assessments

Your constructive feedback will help me to improve and enhance this course.

I hope you will enjoy the course!

Sincerely Yours,
Vera Kucherova