21st Century English:
Thriving on Life Competencies
Welcome to the course "21st Century English: Thriving on Life Competencies" where language mastering meets the growing need for soft skills in the rapidly developing modern world.
This course will help you not only refine your English proficiency in terms of speaking and writing but also excel in the 4 C's of 21st-century skills:
Critical thinking, Creativity, Collaboration and Communication via numerous interactive, problem-based and creative activities.
Join us and fulfill your potential in education, future careers and lives in general!
• Optional course
• Bachelor's degree programme, 1st year
(a major in foreign language teaching)
• Faculty of Foreign Languages and Area Studies,
Lomonosov Moscow State University
• Entry requirements: English C1 (CEFR)
• Length: 1 term, 16 weeks,
1 class (90 min.) per week
• Classroom learning: 36 h.
• Autonomous learning: 36 h.
Course Objectives
✓ to hone speaking and writing skills
✓ to build the ability to analyze information, evaluate arguments and solve professional problems
✓ to improve the ability to reflect and build a trajectory of self-development
✓ to develop the ability to generate and present innovative ideas and solutions
✓ to be able to encourage effective group interaction
✓ to be able to structure spoken and written texts effectively, communicate fluently and confidently
✓ to acquire new functional grammar and vocabulary related to the studied topics
Course Content
