ABSTRACT. Practical English Course for Students of Non-Linguistic Majors

Practical English Course for Students of Non-Linguistic Majors

INTERMIDIATE

Worked out by the faculty of English section of Kazakh Leading Academy of Architecture and Civil Engineering

And Almaty College of Communication at KAU

ABSTRACT

This manual presents an additional course of teaching and assessing the English language proficiency on the III level – Intermediate mainly in the sphere of General English, also touching some aspects of Business and Professional English. It is designed for students of non-linguistic majors at universities, colleges, high schools and language courses. 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 presents an updated version of Universal criteria of complex assessment of English language proficiency (2008) under edition of 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.