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Management  \nSection 1. THE CONTENT OF THE MAIN TOPICS  \n1. The basic principles  \nThe entrance examination in English for applicants to be enrolled in the Doctoral Program in Management is held as a test to assess the applicants’ level of academic English language proficiency. The test involves the use of a comprehensive competency-building approach to language-related material. The obtained results will help select the applicants for the Doctoral program with the upper-intermediate level of foreign language communicative competence (B2-level according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages) .  \nThe grammar knowledge which is subject to testing covers all grammar phenomena consistent with B2 level according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. The following is the list of grammar phenomena which become subject to testing:  \n􀁸 Irregular verbs (cost, spread, cast, lie, lay, etc.)  \n􀁸 V-ing-to V.  \n􀁸 Used to, be used to, get used to.  \n􀁸 Tense following after, as soon as, before, by the time, etc.  \n􀁸 Lexical difficulties (conscious, consciousness, conscience, conscientious, etc.) .  \n􀁸 Countable– uncountable nouns (advice, knowledge, permission, etc.) .  \n􀁸 Adverbs-adjectives (lovely, likely, cowardly, etc.) .  \n􀁸 Inversion (e.g., following rarely, not once, not until, never, etc.) .  \n􀁸 Degrees of comparison (Father-further, easier, etc.) .  \n􀁸 Conditionals.  \nSection 2. LITERATURE AND DATABASES  \nMain literature:  \n1. Official Guide to the TOEFL Test with CD-ROM, 5th Edition. McGraw-Hill Education, 2018.  \n2. Barron`s TOEFL iBT with CD-ROM and MP3 audio CDs, 15th Edition, 2016  \n3. Cracking the TOEFL IBT. 2017 Edition, the Princeton Review.  \nETS link-[https://www.ets.org/toefl/rpdt/about](https://www.ets.org/toefl/rpdt/about)  \n[Supplementary literature](Supplementary literature:)[:](Supplementary literature:)  \nOfficial Guide to the TOEFL Test with CD-ROM, 4th Edition (Official Guide to the TOEFL iBT), McGraw-Hill; 2012  \nDatabases  \nLibraries the Russian State Library The National Library of Russia  \nThe Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences The Library for Natural Sciences of RAS The Scientific Library of St. Petersburg State The Scientific Electronic Library ELIBRARY.RU  \n[www.rsl.ru](www.rsl.ru)  \n[www.nlr.ru](www.nlr.ru)  \n[www.rasl.ru](www.rasl.ru)[ ](www.rasl.ru)[www.benran.ru](www.benran.ru)[ ](www.benran.ru)[www.bio.spbu.ru/library](www.bio.spbu.ru/library)[ ](www.bio.spbu.ru/library)[www.elibrary.ru](www.elibrary.ru)  \nSection 3. THE ENTRANCE EXAM STRUCTURE AND CONTENT  \n3.1 The test consists of three sections: Listening Comprehension, Structure and Written Expression and Reading Comprehension.  \nListening Comprehension: 30 minutes;  \nStructure and Written Expression: 30minutes;  \nReading Comprehension: 60 minutes.  \n3.2 The Listening Comprehension section is designed to test the following skills: to comprehend spoken conversations, infer the correct conclusion from conversations, answer the questions based on the information given in conversations. The Listening Comprehension section, which lasts for 30 minutes, comprises three parts. In the first part the applicants will hear short conversations between two people and get the gist of it. The next part consists of two longer conversations. The applicants will answer several questions. The last part comprises three passages from academic lectures or discussions followed by questions. Each of the listening passages lasts for about 2 minutes. Most of the tasks use multiple-choice questions with 3-4 choices in them.  \n3.3 The Structure and Written Expression section is designed to test the applicants’ skills in English grammar. This section lasts for 30 minutes and comprises two tasks. The first task consists of the sentences in which a part of each sentence has been replaced with a blank spa","cbCaifYsQNdZHg8R","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaifYsQNdZHg8R","pdf",252965,"English","# Section 1. THE CONTENT OF THE MAIN TOPICS\n## The basic principles\n# Section 2. LITERATURE AND DATABASES\n## Main literature\n## Databases\n# Section 3. THE ENTRANCE EXAM STRUCTURE AND CONTENT\n## Test structure and timing\n## Listening Comprehension\n## Structure and Written Expression\n## Reading Comprehension","[{\"question\":\"What level of English proficiency does the entrance exam target?\",\"answer\":\"It assesses upper-intermediate communicative competence, specified as B2 level according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.\"},{\"question\":\"Which grammar topics are included in the exam?\",\"answer\":\"The exam covers B2-consistent grammar phenomena such as irregular verbs, V-ing to V, used to / be used to / get used to, tense patterns after time markers, lexical difficulties, countable vs. uncountable nouns, adverbs and adjectives, inversion, degrees of comparison, and conditionals.\"},{\"question\":\"How is the entrance test structured and how long is each section?\",\"answer\":\"The test has three sections: Listening Comprehension (30 minutes), Structure and Written Expression (30 minutes), and Reading Comprehension (60 minutes). 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