Fundamentals of Rofessional Communication

2026/2027

Учебный год

ENG

Обучение ведется на английском языке

3

Кредиты

Кто читает:

Департамент иностранных языков

Статус:

Курс обязательный

Когда читается:

1-й курс, 3, 4 модуль

Преподаватель

Тулякова Наталья Александровна

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The course provides students with a comprehensive understanding of communication strategies and practices in professional and academic settings. Students study best practices for conveying information on interpersonal, organizational, and academic levels, and develop strong communication skills as speakers, listeners, readers, and writers. Furthermore, the curriculum emphasizes the analysis and assessment of messages encountered in daily life, as well as the application of communication skills in the context of business and academic research. The course prepares students for careers in a variety of fields, including education, business, non-profit organizations, research, and academic administration, where effective communication plays a critical role. The course is devoted to the theory and practice of professional communications, with a focus on official (business) and academic communication styles. The course reveals the ideas about the subject, main categories and concepts of professional communication, as well as considers the range of various factors that determine the success of interaction with the audience. Particular importance is attached to the analysis of practical situations, analysis of successful and unsuccessful experience of using means of influence in Russian and foreign practice.

Learning Objectives

• To become familiar with pragmatic and sociolinguistic aspects of culture.
• To develop understanding of the principles of professional communication.
• To improve communicative skills within different discourses.
• To raise awareness of linguistic features employed in communication.
• To broaden the terminological repertoire related to professional communication.

Expected Learning Outcomes

• The students will appropriately use special terminology.
• The students will be able to prepare and make an academic presentation.
• The students will distinguish between different registers and genres based on communicative situation and linguistic features.
• The students will explain linguistic feature of different registers and genres by cultural conventions.
• The students will produce written and oral texts that align with the conventions.
• The students will deploy the principles of professional communication.

Course Contents

• 1. Communication and culture
• 2. Functional styles of professional discourse
• 3. Business style
• 4. Media style
• 5. Ethics of professional communication
• 6. Academic style
• 7. Written academic discourse
• 8. Oral academic discourse
• 9. AI and professional communication
• 10. Module Revision and testing

Assessment Elements

• Test
  In four lectures or seminars, students are given a test based on lectures by the course instructor and/or the seminars. The number and form of questions may vary within the same test and from test to test: open-ended, multiple-choice, matching, etc. The test is conducted at an advance notice.
• Classroom participation
  The students are expected to attend all lectures and seminars, complete homework and contribute to discussions. They need to be prepared for class by having read the assigned text(s) or watching the assigned video(s). They contribute to seminar discussions by answering and asking questions relevant to the corresponding class section.
• Assignments
• Project
  The students prepare the project in mini-groups. The number of participants in a group is assigned by the course instructor. The groups work on the project throughout the course and present their results during the final classes (in June). The presentations are scheduled by the course instructor. The aim of the project is to analyse two representations (Russian and English) of professional communication (business / media / academic) within a movie, series, book, documentary, etc. While presenting the project, the students are supposed to demonstrate command of professional communication principles as well as awareness of these principles in communication they are exposed to.
• Portfolio
  Submission of portfolio takes place before the end of the module. It comprises the polished versions of the written papers submitted during the two modules. The course instructor randomly chooses ONE text from the portfolio for assessment. The list is subject to changes.

Interim Assessment

• 2026/2027 4th module
  0.1 * Portfolio + 0.3 * Assignments + 0.3 * Classroom participation + 0.15 * Project + 0.15 * Test

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• Business and professional communication : keys for workplace excellence, Quintanilla, K. M., 2011
• Надмидон, В. Д. English for professional communication : учебное пособие / В. Д. Надмидон, Е. С. Бадмаева. — Улан-Удэ : Бурятская ГСХА им. В.Р. Филиппова, 2019. — 103 с. — Текст : электронный // Лань : электронно-библиотечная система. — URL: https://e.lanbook.com/book/226016 (дата обращения: 00.00.0000). — Режим доступа: для авториз. пользователей.

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• LSP: English of professional communication, Gumovskaya, G., 2017

Authors

• Tuliakova Natalia Aleksandrovna
• Ursul Natalia Valerevna