Appendix 1. Portfolio and Self-assessment table

Portfolio:

Portfolio is a folder of your documents organized to help you to trace back your achievements and correct your work. Moreover, it saves the samples of your work that can be useful for your further English studies.

Your portfolio will contain 2 parts:

1) Self-assessment table on each module topic;

2) Your dossier which includes all the task of the topic (with a special symbol ).

Self-assessment table:

Use the following symbols:

In column 3 (importance): ! it’s important for me !! it`s especially important for me

In column 4 (my assessment): √ I know and I can do it √ √ I know it very well and I can do it easily

80% of ticks mean that you have coped with the topic properly

Topic 1. “The World a Part of which You have become”

№	I know	Impor-tance	My assess-ment	Teacher’s assessment (points)
1	words on the topic that is enough for initial communication
2	what university is and how it functions and its structure is organized
3	names of the University courses
4	university academic degrees and positions
5	patterns of communication

№	I can	Impor-tance	My assess-ment	Teacher’s assessment (points)
1	communicate in some situations at the chair, dean's office, Centre of international programs
2	find core text information (themes/ rhemes) and render texts in a flexible way (not depending on its initial line)
3	read and understand schemes and tables
4	build up a monologue about your University
5	find necessary information in informational texts on the topic

Appendix 2. Vocabulary map

Are you able to gather ‘vocabulary items’ on the topic?

To speak effectively on any topic, it`s necessary to learn how to do it. So you need to speak on some topic. What is your first step? Start with thinking about the topic in terms of (1) the subject of communication (‘What is it about?’) and (2) the communicative situation (‘What are you in this communication and what is your audience, plus time circumstances, motive, goal; otherwise – who with whom, when, where why and for what ‘are’ communication. We use here “are communicating” to underline that both are active, important and involved). Only after this holistic vision you are to think about vocabulary items to choose?

Look for the language resources in terms of nouns for defining people, objects and ideas, adjectives for their characteristics, verbs for activities presentation, and adverbs for activity characteristics. Mind that adverb is a universal part of any text content. You have a set of adverbs of manner, place, time and they are suitable for any topic. New adverbs can be formed with the help of topical adjectives. For example, purposeful – purposefully, academic - academically.

Build a map that can help you to see all parts of speech systematically and at one glance. Then behind the words you’ll see reality as it is.

This vocabulary map helps you in building up your own mini-thesaurus – a set of necessary words (it’s your choice to list them alphabetically or otherwise). It`s possible to combine it with difficult word forms, phrases and stated expressions. The map is aimed at helping you recollect, systematize and direct further search for necessary words. This thesaurus is your future capital.