English

2

Not applicable.

The course is intended to deepen the student’s language skills necessary for professional communication using relevant vocabulary.

Course is intended for students who are familiar with the language at B1 level (intermediate) since it focuses mainly on vocabulary and communication skills. They are expected to have completed the course of Business English in the first year of study.

Not applicable.

The course it taught by means of language lessons focused on practicing language skills and developing vocabulary. It includes also individual work of students in the elearning environment.

Course-unit credit is awarded on condition of having attended the seminars actively and worked out all assigned tasks for self-study. Students have to pass a credit test reaching 60% points as minimum. The credit test has one regular term and two resits.

1. U1 Connections: Tense overview. Question forms.
2. U1 Connections: Making and changing arrangements. Structuring presentations.
3. U1 Connections: Developing conversations. Making a good impression.
4. U2 Transformation: Modal overview – obligation, permission, prohibition. Future forms.
5. U2 Transformation: Body language. Structure a pitch.
6. U2 Transformation: Persuasion techniques. Pitching an idea.
7. U3 What’s up?: Present perfect and past simple.
8. U3 What’s up?: Discourse markers. Talking about problems. Euphemisms.
9. U3 What’s up?: Reacting to news. Crisis management.
10. U4 A better world: Countable and uncountable nouns. Articles overview.
11. U4 A better world: 'Time' and 'money'. Metaphors – money, water, happiness.
12. U4 A better world: Handling meetings. Making decisions.
13. Credit.

Not applicable.

The aim of the course is to acquaint the students with language skills used in professional communication (reading, listening, speaking, writing) and to provide them with specific structures of business English.

Attendance at seminars is systematically checked by the teacher. Absence may be in justified cases compensated for by the agreement with the teacher.

Not applicable.

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APPLEBY, R. and WATKINS, F. International Express Upper-Intermediate Student's Book Third Edition. OUP 2014. ISBN 978-0-19-459761-6 (EN)

MASCULL, Bill. Business vocabulary in use: advanced. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010. ISBN 978-0-521-74940-4. (EN)
MURPHY, Raymond. English grammar in use: a self-study reference and practice book for intermediate learners of English: with answers. 4th ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, c2012, x, 380 s. ISBN 9780521189064. (EN)
MANN, Malcolm a Steve TAYLORE-KNOWLES. Destination B2: grammar and vocabulary : [with answer key]. Oxford: Macmillan, 2006. ISBN 9780230035386. (EN)

26 hours, compulsory