Czech

4

Not applicable.

The students will learn to communicate in business situations - to speak on telephone, to write business letters, to talk about the company, its products and money matters, to make presentations.

The subject knowledge on the secondary school level is required.

Not applicable.

Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations.

Requirements for completion of a course are specified by a regulation issued by the lecturer responsible for the course and updated for every.

Talking about a company, its structure, premises and facilities
Describing jobs and responsibilities
Talking about a company´s targets, activities, achievements, reporting
Letter of application, CV
Talking about education, work experience, interests, achievements, expectations
Making telephone calls, messages, contacting people, exchanging information, confirmation in writing
Arranging meetings, appointments, schedules, invitations
Size and dimensions, shapes, materials, main features, specifications
Offering goods, placing orders, deliveries, prices
Making complaints, faults, letter of complaint, letter of apology
Process description, oral and written
Instructing people how to do things, asking people to do things
Revision , test
Taking people round the company, giving information
Social conversation with business contacts, entertaining guests
Chairing a meeting, suggestions, agreement, disagreement
Negotiating prices, delivery times, terms of sale
Forms of money, currencies, prices
Income and expenditure, budget cuts
Invoicing customers, acknowledgement of payment, requesting payment
Preparing a presentation, addressing the audience, introduction, main points
Preparing the main parts of a presentation, explanations to figures
Describing graphs, mathematical expressions
Concluding a presentation, summarizing
Asking and answering questions
Revision, semester test

Not applicable.

The course develops the students´ language skills for talking to people in business situations, business correspondence, presentation of the company and its products, talking about money matters, applying for jobs,taking part in meetings, and negotiations. Note: this is a two-semester course.

The content and forms of instruction in the evaluated course are specified by a regulation issued by the lecturer responsible for the course and updated for every academic year.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

L.Jones and R.Alexander:New International Business English,Cambridge University Press
L.Jones and R.Alexander: International Business English, , 0
D.Cotton, D.Falvey, S.Kent: market Leader, Pearson Education Ltd., 2005

I.Mackenzie: Financial English, Language Teaching Publications, Hove, England
A.Ashley:Commercial Correspondence, Oxford University Press
I.Mackenzie: Management and Marketing, Thomson Education Inc.., 1997

26 hours, optionally

Talking about a company, its structure, premises and facilities
Describing jobs and responsibilities
Talking about a company´s targets, activities, achievements, reporting
Letter of application, CV
Talking about education, work experience, interests, achievements, expectations
Making telephone calls, messages, contacting people, exchanging information,confirmation in writing
Arranging meetings, appointments, schedules, invitations
Size and dimensions, shapes, materials, main features, specifications
Offering goods, placing orders, deliveries, prices
Making complaints, faults, letter of complaint, letter of apology
Process description, oral and written
Instructing people how to do things, asking people to do things
Revision , test
Taking people round the company, giving information
Social conversation with business contacts, entertaining guests
Chairing a meeting, suggestions, agreement, disagreement
Negotiating prices, delivery times, terms of sale
Forms of money, currencies, prices
Income and expenditure, budget cuts
Invoicing customers, acknowledgement of payment, requesting payment
Preparing a presentation, addressing the audience, introduction, main points
Preparing the main parts of a presentation, explanations to figures
Describing graphs, mathematical expressions
Concluding a presentation, summarizing
Asking and answering questions
Revision, semester test