Basic Vocational English = Базовый профессиональный английский язык

О. Г. Минина 

Basic Vocational English

Базовый  
профессиональный 
английский язык

Учебное пособие 

Москва
Берлин
2020 

УДК 811.111(075) 
ББК 81.432.1я7 
М57 
Рецензенты: 

Александрова О. А., к.ф.н., доцент кафедры иностранных языков, 

перевода и межкультурной коммуникации Новгородского 
государственного университета имени Ярослава Мудрого 

Санникова С. В., кандидат педагогических наук, доцент кафедры 

иностранных языков ЮУрГГПУ, президент CHELTA, 

Председатель Координационного Совета НАПАЯз, эксперт НАПАЯз, 

координатор Международных программ BVI, ACCESS, Advance, 

проекта Евросоюза TEMPUS 

Минина, О. Г. 

М57     Basic Vocational English / Базовый профессиональный 
английский язык / О. Г. Минина. — Москва ; Берлин : 
Директ-Медиа, 2020. — 159 с.

ISBN 978-5-4499-1303-6 

Данное учебное пособие представляет собой курс 
базового профессионального английского языка для молодых 
профессионалов и включает такие темы, как самопрезентация 
и написание резюме, университет (колледж) и специальность, 
академическая мобильность, исследовательская работа и ее 
презентация на английском языке. Пособие строится на реальных кейсах с использованием современных информационных 
технологий и предназначено для студентов бакалавриата и 
СПО различных направлений. 

УДК 811.111(075) 
ББК 81.432.1я7 

ISBN 978-5-4499-1303-6
© Минина О. Г., текст, 2020
© Издательство «Директ-Медиа», оформление, 2020

Contents 

От редактора ........................................................................................................... 5 

Part 1 ............................................................................................................................ 6 

Unit 1. Self-presentation and CV ................................................................... 6 

Unit 2. Studying at the University (College) .......................................... 12 

Unit 3. My specialty/career .......................................................................... 19 

Unit 4. Job interview and motivation letter ........................................... 24 

Part 2 ......................................................................................................................... 36 

Unit 5. Academic mobility ............................................................................. 36 

Unit 6. My research work .............................................................................. 49 

Unit 7. Writing Essays on scientific problems ...................................... 56 

Unit 8. Public speaking and presentations ............................................ 60 

Grammar tables ..................................................................................................... 73 

Grammar exercises .............................................................................................. 88 

Flesh cards ............................................................................................................ 157 

От редактора 

Профессиональные навыки общения на английском 
языке для молодых специалистов — это важная составляющая 
профессиональной 
подготовки, 
позволяющая 
преодолеть 
языковые и территориальные барьеры и строить свою 
трудовую деятельность в глобальной международной среде. 
Данное учебное пособие ставит своей целью совершенствование у учащихся навыков деловой коммуникации на 
английском языке для осуществления профессионального 
общения с международными партнерами. 
В результате обучения учащиеся должны научиться: 
— 
адекватно 
и 
эффективно 
общаться 
в 
рамках 
изученных тем с партнером 
— использовать словарный запас на уровне В1. 
— учитывать специфику межкультурной коммуникации 
и использовать в общении международный этикет. 
Учебное пособие включает такие темы, как самопрезентация и написание резюме, университет (колледж) и 
специальность, академическая мобильность, исследовательская 
работа и ее презентация на английском языке. 
Пособие построено на реальных кейсах, включает современный страноведческий и языковой материал, использует 
современные технологии обучения иностранным языкам, такие как: «перевернутый класс», ворк-шоп технология, проблемное и проектное обучение, работа в команде, смешанное 
обучение и другие. 

Part 1 

Unit 1  
Self-presentation and CV 

•
In what situations do you think you will have to speak about
yourself? 
•
What will you tell about yourself to your foreign friends? Job
employer? Teacher? 
•
Will these types of self-presentation be similar or different?

Assignment 1. Read and translate the text to find the answers to 
these questions. 

Text  
Self-presentation 

In your professional and everyday life you will have to speak 
and write about yourself and your achievements in different 
situations and to different audiences. It is the first step of 
communication and in each situation your self-presentation will be 
different. You are to be relevant to the situation and the audience 
you are talking to. 
The main situations and text types you may deal with, are: 
— formal self-presentation when you are introduced to your 
prospect employers, partners or during networking; 
— informal self-presentation when you are introduced to 
people in informal situations; 
— self-presentation at round table talks; 
— short written bio as a kind of self-presentation for 
a journal, conference book and so forth; 
— CV or Curriculum Vitae. 
Let’s get acquainted with these text types and situations you 
may find yourself in. 

Formal self-presentation when you are introduced to your 
prospect business partners or during networking 

These are samples to follow. Can you find the difference 
in the manner of presentation? 

Sample 1: Hello, I am Jane Mendes, a leader of Student 
Council at the Institute of Foreign Languages, Kazan State 
University, Russia. I am responsible for extra curriculum activities 
at my department and prepare materials for “Verbum” magazine. 
Sample 2: Hello, I am Johanna Moos, a student of Kazan State 
University, Russia. I study medicine at the Medical Institute. I am 
going to be a physician. 

Informal self-presentation when you are introduced to 
people in informal situations 

Sample: Hi, I am Vasiliy, from the Komi Republic, which is in 
the North of Russia. I deal with IT. I am a student at Syktyvkar 
State University, Institute of Exact Sciences and Informational 
Technologies and a captain of a local football team. 

Self-presentation at round table talks 

Sample: Hello everyone! I am Yulia Sazhina from Russia, the 
Komi Republic. I am interested in tourism and took part in a 
number of different projects, such as the Festival of Ethnic Komi 
Culture — “Forest People”, Festival “Ivan Lun”, Festival of folk 
arts — “Live Land” and many others. I am here because I want  
to become a manager in tourism. 

Short written bio as a kind of self-presentation for a 
journal or a conference book 

Sample: Yulia Sazhina is a specialist at the Excursion 
Department of the Republican Center of Sport and Tourism. She is 
a graduate from Syktyvkar State University and alumnus of the 
Russian-American program “SEE”. She is a manager of different 
projects in the field of tourism, such as the Festival of Ethnic Komi 
Culture — “Forest People”, Festival “Ivan Lun”, Festival of folk art — 
“Live Land”. Yulia is a co-director of the portal “Travel Guide to the 
Republic of Komi” and is responsible for organizing the ethnic 
festival “Ybiza”. 

Assignment 2. Make 3 short texts about yourself for: 

• Formal self-presentation 

• Informal self-presentation 
• Self-presentation at round table talks 

Assignment 3. Watch the film about self-presentation and  
follow the instructions while introducing yourself1. 

Assignment 4. Present yourself during informal networking,  
in an official situation and to a group of people at the meeting. 

Assignment 5. Write a short bio about yourself. Imagine that  
it will be published in a conference book. 

CV or Curriculum Vitae 

Assignment 6. Fill in the gaps with the proper form of the word 

in the box: 

 

At this time of year thousands of (1) __________ who want summer 
jobs start filling in (2) _________ forms and worrying about how to 
write a good CV. To make a positive (3) ________ on prospective  
(4) _____ you should follow a few basic rules. The first one is that it 
should be no longer than two pages and written in simple  
(5) _________ Divide the content into several parts, with each part 
under a (6) _______ and do not forget to include relevant (7) _______, 
work experience, and a description of any positions of (8) _________ 
you have had. Remember to emphasize your (9) _________ by 
drawing attention to your skills. But when it comes to your 
weaknesses, (10) ______ is the best policy. And if you are (11)
________ with your first draft, start again!

STUDY
APPLY
IMPRESS 
EMPLOY 
STATE 
HEAD 
TRAIN 
RESPONCIBLE 
STRONG 
HONEST
SATISFY

Assignment 5. This is a CV structure and a sample to follow. 
Study them carefully. 

Name 

Date of birth
Dd/mm/yyyy

Address 
Street, house number, flat number, city, country

e-mail, cell phone

Marital status
Married/unmarried/divorced

                                                                 

1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWEWVkcgsMM 

Aim
To get the position of…

Education

2015–2019
Syktyvkar State University — bachelor degree

2015
Cross-cultural communications program (Alta, Norway) —
certificate.

2014–2015 
Forsite school of leadership-certificate.

Working experience: Organization, position, responsibilities

2008 — present
LenExpo, project manager
Responsibilities: arranging exhibitions, communication with 
clients, designing advertisement materials, social media 
marketing

Relevant professional skills

IT
MS Windows 2000, Word, Excel, DOS, Text processing 

Foreign languages
English, B2

Other relevant 
skills

Time management, team management, academic writing, 
analytical skills, project management, public speaking, 
communication skills

Personal traits
Efficient, responsible, a good mixer, flexible, persistent, ready 
to learn and acquire new skills.

Date

Assignment 6. Following the models make your own CV using 
templates from these sites (or others): 

https://www.canva.com/design/ 
https://www.freesumes.com/modern-resume-templates/ 
https://resume.io/templates 
https://resumegenius.com/resume-templates 
https://www.template.net/business/letters/downloadresume-templates/ 
https://utemplates.net/resume-templates/ 

Assignment 7. Game. Get acquainted with your class mates.  
A student (or a team) keeps in mind an academic group member and 
describes him\her. Others ask questions to find out who is meant. 
Make as many sentences (affirmative, negative ones and questions) as 
possible. 

Adverbial modifier
To be
Qualities
Qualities

In some cases\situations
At home\at work
With friends\relatives 
When working 
When dealing with 
unknown people 
Communicating with 
group mates 
People say that 
I think\believe\guess 
Teachers think 

I am
He is
She is 
We are 
You are 
They are 
 
Am I …? 
Is he …? 
Is she…? 
Are we…? 
Are you…? 
Are they…? 
 

1.
troubleshooting

2. willing to learn
3. ambitious 
4. confident 
5. determined 
6. hardworking 
7. independent 
8. optimistic 
9. positive 
10. productive 
11. enterprising 
12. ethical 
13. generous 
14. honest 
15. meets deadlines 
16. motivating
17. quick-witted 

18. results 
oriented
19. diplomatic 
20. realistic 
21. assertive 
22. dynamic 
23. punctual 
24. reliable 
25. responsible 
26. teachable 
27. trustworthy 
28. loyal 
29. helpful 
30. collaborative 
31. encouraging 
32. professional
33. respectful