The Academy of Public Administration under the President of the

Republic of Azerbaijan

“I Affirm”
I (vice-rector on work of educational)

_______prof.A.Z.Abdullahyev

“ __” __ 2019-year

Chair of the Languages

Course Syllabus 2019-2020 academic year
Communicative Practical English Language
II course, I term

Teacher: Farmanova.A.R PhD, Associate Professor

Instructor:

Post address:
Lermontov 74. Az.1001 . Post 25. phone:5567330; Fax 4935935
(with ZIP code)
The Academy of Public Administration under the President of the
Academy Web Page:
Republic of Azerbaijan
Contact Info
www.dia.admin@ dia org.az

Total hours: 60

Course Information
English Language –I

Year of study:

181
Profession:
International relations
Faculty: Political Administration

I Term, 2019-2020 academic year

Text books Required

 Supplies 1. New Cutting Edge, Upper Intermediate (student’s book), Sarah
Cunningham, Peter Moor
2. New Cutting Edge, Upper Intermediate (workbook), Sarah
Cunningham, Peter Moor
3. English Vocabulary in Use, Stuart Redman
4. Professional English in Use İnternational relations
5. Ali təhsilin bakalavriat səviyyəsinin 050213 Beynəlxalq
münasibtlər ixtisası üçün Xarici dil (İngilis dili) fənnin
Proqramı Bakı- 2018
6. Meet the press resource for reading newspaper material

Class meetings:

Course Information:
The total amount of hours provided for the subject during the I term is 60 hours. Students
are expected to attend the lessons four times a week. Students will study New Cutting Edge,
Student’s book with WB together with Vocabulary in USE. Besides it has Sound bank and a very
rich vocabulary bank. The number of credits on the subject for the first course is 9 and the exam at
the end of the term.
Course Description:
This course has a multilayered, topic-based syllabus which includes through and
comprehensive work on grammar; vocabulary, pronunciation and the skills of listening, reading,
speaking and writing. The course gives special emphasis to communication, the use of phrases
and collocations, active learning study skills, revision and recycling. The aim of the Course is to
motivate students by basing files (units) around real-world texts and modern topics of intentional
interest. Students are encouraged to get more information about the world and other cultures,
through the medium of English and personalisation is strongly emphasized. Students at this level
more than ever need material that maintains their enthusiasm and builds their confidence. They
need to know how much they are learning and what they can now achieve. At the same time they
need the encouragement to push themselves to use the new language they are learning.
Each lesson has clearly stated grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation aims. This keeps
lessons focused and gives students concrete learning objectives and a sense of progress.

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 Besides the book offers many other opportunities for speaking, for example through the
discussion if texts, communicative practice exercises, a wide range of listening materials (Sound
bank), very rich and high frequency vocabulary and common lexical areas (Vocabulary Bank
and Multi Rom) and others.
Attending Oral Practice lessons students will practice speaking, listening, reading and
writing skills. A student learning a foreign language aims at mastering the target language being
able to speak it competently, to listen and understand, to read certain texts and get the needed
information and finally, to write logically coherent and understandable pieces of writing.
Considering this, the subject provides students with the opportunity to develop their speaking,
listening, reading and writing skills.

Course Objectives:

1. To introduce students high-frequency, internationally useful words, fixed phrases, and

collocations through Vocabulary Bank – Classroom language, Useful Expression, Practical
English Sections and Communication, Useful Phrases, Social English
“Can you say this in English”, activities.
2. To introduce students structured speaking tasks which include interviews, mini talks,
problem-solving and storytelling to develop speaking skills.
3. To encourage learners to take an active and systematic approach to developing their
knowledge of grammar and the opportunity to use it in a natural communicative way.
4. To introduce students listening materials which include conversations, songs, stories,
interviews, etc. to improve their listening skills.
5. To introduce students the use of various forms of systematic work on writing skills which
focus on writing e-mails and letters, composing narratives, drafting and redrafting, writing
paragraphs, etc.
6. To provide students with a wide range of reading materials which include Practical English,
Revise and Check, factual/scientific texts, stories, quizzes, etc. to develop their reading skills.

Course Requirements:

There will be a number of activities during the course which intend to achieve the objectives
of the course. Every activity will involve some work on a specific language skill. Prior to each
class the students have to complete their home assignments. The classes will consist of
interactive activities during the whole term as well as written task to teach the students to

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produce well-structured sentences. There will be written tests, dictations and reproductions to
evaluate the students’ knowledge. Home reading activity will include books of English writers
that the students are required to read during the term. Different assignments based on the home
reading will help the students to develop their vocabulary and fluency. Newspaper materials
related to different political, economical and cultural issues will also be a part of our language
learning process. Every student is required to read an extra book throughout the term (Individual
Reading). It can be a novel or short stories. The days for presentations will be set according to
the students' choice. At the end of the term the students are required to take a test. Before taking
the final exam in January the students will have to revise the materials taken during the term.

Course policies:

Attendance at all classes is compulsory. Late arrivals will be marked as an absence. Students
are expected to take an active participation in all class activities. The students are responsible for
their misbehavior in class. Mobile phones have to be turned off during the lesson. The students
are expected to respect each other as well as their instructor.
1. Active participation of the students in class is required including doing the reading and
Homework assignments.
2. To express readiness in classroom discussions.
3. Fulfill responsibilities assigned by your course instructor.
4. Your ideas, comments, suggestions are welcomed.
5. Be on time for classes. Escapes from classes will bring penalty.

Quick test:

Quizzes, quick tests and tests for each file will relate to current and previous topics. A quiz
may be given at any time during any class period – at the beginning or end of class. Quizzes will
be given only to those students who are present when quizzes are passed out.
Final Exam:The final exam will be comprehensive and cover all the course materials which
were taught during the term. It will be given at the time shown at the end of the schedule that
follows. Final Exam - 50%

Evaluation of student Performance:

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Evaluations will be based on student’s attendance, the scores before and after the exam:
Evaluation:
-below 51 "unsatisfactory" - F bad
-51-60 "satisfactory" -E unsatisfactory
-61-70 "satisfactory" -D satisfactory
-71-80 "good" -C good
-81-90 "very good" -B very good
-91-100 "excellent" -A excellent
The students are required to hand in the presentation evaluated by teachers to 10 points.
Classroom behavior:
While in the classroom turn off your mobile phones, walkmans, pagers, etc. Students are
responsible for their misbehavior and should carry responsibility for coming late for classes,
disturbing other students, speaking in chorus, not respecting others’ opinions, distracting peers’
attention, and as a result hamper the learning process.

Course Schedule

Date Total
Content hours:
60
1 Language focus Past and present verb forms
Unit 1 Getting on. 2
Writing: Planning and drafting biography
2 Bill of rights. The Bill of Rights is the collective name 2
for the first ten amendments to the United States
Constitution. Proposed following the oftentimes bitter
1787–88 battle over ratification of the U.S.
Constitution, and crafted to address the objections
raised by Anti-Federalists, the Bill of Rights
amendments add to the Constitution specific
guarantees of personal freedoms and rights, clear
limitations on the government's power in judicial and
other proceedings, and explicit declarations that all
powers not specifically delegated to Congress by the
Constitution are reserved for the states or the people.
3 Vocabulary: Relationships, friendship 2
Reading: Great sibling rivalries

4 Unit1 pronunciation: sounding sympathetic, study 2

practice,and rememberpage 131-133
Congress. The United States Congress is
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 the bicameral legislature of the federal government of
the United States consisting of two houses:
the Senate and the House of Representatives. The
Congress meets in the Capitol in Washington, D.C.
Both senators and representatives are chosen
through direct election, though vacancies in the Senate
may be filled by a gubernatorial appointment.
Members are usually affiliated to the Republican
Party or to the Democratic Party, and only rarely to
a third-party or as independents. Congress has 535
voting members: 435 Representatives and 100
Senators.
5 Unit2 Ups and downs 2

Language focus: forming nouns and adjectives, nouns,

gerunds

6 Judicial branch of the USA. Where the Executive and 2

Legislative branches are elected by the people,
members of the Judicial Branch are appointed by the
President and confirmed by the Senate.Article III of
the Constitution, which establishes the Judicial
Branch, leaves Congress significant discretion to
determine the shape and structure of the federal
judiciary. Even the number of Supreme Court
Justices is left to Congress — at times there have
been as few as six, while the current number (nine,
with one Chief Justice and eight Associate Justices)
has only been in place since 1869. The Constitution
also grants Congress the power to establish courts
inferior to the Supreme Court, and to that end
Congress has established the United States district
courts, which try most federal cases, and 13 United
States courts of appeals, which review appealed

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 district court cases.

7 Vocabulary: Describing how you feel 2

Things that make you feel good

Reading: Happiness facts and myths

8 Checks and balances. In the system set up by the U.S. 2

Constitution, the national government is divided into
three branches: legislative, executive, and judicial.
These three branches are not independent of one
another because the Constitution set up a system of
checks and balances to help ensure that no one branch
became too powerful. Each branch has powers that it
can use to check and balance the operations and power
of the other two branches.
9 Noun suffixes 2
Do a class survey
The happiness formula

10 Political parties in the USA. In the United States, there 2

have always been two main political parties. Since the
1860s, these two main parties have been
the Republican Party and the Democratic Party. The
Republican Party has the most seats in the House of
Representatives as well as a majority in the senate.
11 Unit 3 Continuous aspects in other tenses 2

Vocabulary: mishaps, news articles

12 The United Nations Organization 2

The UN Charter : to save succeeding generations

from the scourge of war, which twice in our lifetime
has brought untold sorrow to mankind, and to
reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the

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 dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal
rights of men and women and of nations large and
small, and to establish conditions under which
justice and respect for the obligations arising from
treaties and other sources of international law can be
maintained, and to promote social progress and
better standards of life in larger freedom.

13 Sounding calm and angry 2

Tell a story from two points of view
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Membership of the UN. There are 193 United Nations
(UN) member states, and each of them is a member of
the United Nations General Assembly. The criteria for
admission of new members are set out in the United
Nations Charter, Chapter II, Article 4 Membership in
the United Nations is open to all peace-loving states
which accept the obligations contained in the present
Charter and, in the judgement of the Organization, are
able and willing to carry out these obligations. The
admission of any such state to membership in the
United Nations will be effected by a decision of the
General Assembly upon the recommendation of the
Security Council.

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Unite4 Your mind

Use and non use of the passives

Language focus: passive forms with have and get

16 The UN Charter Purposes and principles of the UN. 2

The Purposes of the United Nations are:

1.To maintain international peace and security, and to

that end: to take effective collective measures for the

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 prevention and removal of threats to the peace, and for
the suppression of acts of aggression or other breaches
of the peace, and to bring about by peaceful means,
and in conformity with the principles of justice and
international law, adjustment or settlement of
international disputes or situations which might lead to
a breach of the peace;

2.To develop friendly relations among nations based

on respect for the principle of equal rights and self-
determination of peoples, and to take other appropriate
measures to strengthen universal peace;

3.To achieve international co-operation in solving

international problems of an economic, social,
cultural, or humanitarian character, and in promoting
and encouraging respect for human rights and for
fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to
race, sex, language, or religion; and

4. To be a center for harmonizing the actions of

nations in the attainment of these common ends.

17 Unite 4 Reading: What shapes our personality? 2

World culture: Nature or nurture?

18 General Assembly. The United Nations General 2

Assembly (UNGA, GA,or French: Assemblée
Générale "AG") is one of the six principal organs of
the United Nations and the only one in which all
member nations have equal representation. Its powers
are to oversee the budget of the United Nations,
appoint the non-permanent members to the Security
Council, receive reports from other parts of the United
Nations and make recommendations in the form

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 of General Assembly Resolutions. It has also
established a wide number of subsidiary organs.
19 Unit 5 Face to face. Language focus: review of future 2
forms
More complex question forms

20 Security Council. The United Nations Security 2

Council (UNSC) is one of the five principal organs of
the United Nations, charged with the maintenance
of international peace and security as well as accepting
new members to the United Nations and approving
any changes to its United Nations Charter. Its powers
include the establishment of peacekeeping operations,
the establishment of international sanctions, and the
authorization of military action through Security
Council resolutions; it is the only UN body with the
authority to issue binding resolutions to member
states. The Security Council held its first session on 17
January 1946.
21 Unit5 Pronunciation: Reading: We may have 750 2
friends online, but we are lonely
22 Functions and powers of the Security Council. The 2
functions and powers of the Security Council are
covered in Articles 24-26 of the Charter of the United
Nations and are featured in the Repertoire. Under each
section, the Repertoire provides a list of implicit
references and explicit references to these Articles
found in official documents of the Security Council.
The Repertoire also includes case studies that examine
specific instances where these Articles were discussed
or which otherwise illustrate the way that the Security
Council has applied these Articles in its decision
making.
23 Unit6 Big Ideas language focus: Perfect Tenses 2
Human achievements wordsport:first

24 Economic and Social Council. The United Nations 2

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 Economic and Social
Council (ECOSOC; French:Conseil économique et
social des Nations unies, CESNU) is one of the six
principal organs of the United Nations, responsible for
coordinating the economic, social and related work of
14 UN specialized agencies, their functional
commissions and five regional commissions. The
ECOSOC has 54 members. It holds one four-week
session each year in July, and since 1998, it has also
held a meeting of April with finance ministers heading
key committees of the World Bank and
the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
25 Unit 6 Reading: Five inventions that shape the way we 2
live today
26 International Court of Justice. The International Court 2
of Justice (French: Cour internationale de justice;
commonly referred to as the World Court or ICJ) is
the primary judicial branch of the United
Nations (UN). Seated in the Peace Palace in The
Hague, Netherlands, the court settles legal disputes
submitted to it by states and provides advisory
opinions on legal questions submitted to it by duly
authorized international branches, agencies, and the
UN General Assembly.
27 Structure of the Newspaper 2

28 Membership and jurisdiction of the International 2

Court of Justice. The International Court of
Justice has jurisdiction in two types of cases:
contentious issues between states in which the court
produces binding rulings between states that agree, or
have previously agreed, to submit to the ruling of the
court; and advisory opinions, which provide reasoned,
but non-binding, rulings on properly submitted
questions of international law, usually at the request of
the United Nations General Assembly.

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29 Presenting an idea for a TV programme 2
30 Summary 2

Program of educational, teaching has been affirmed and discussed in the meeting of the

chair of “Languages” (September13, 2019, minutes№ 1_)

Tərtib edən, fənn müəllimi: dosent.Fərmanova.A.R.

Kafedra müdiri:

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