English

5

Not applicable.

The course is intended to deepen the student’s language skills necessary for professional communication using relevant vocabulary. It will familiarise the students with basic economic terminology and enable them to understand professional economic texts.

Good knowledge of general language at pre-intermediate level as minimum. Knowledge of professional language structures and vocabulary corresponding to the course studied in the winter semester. Credit from HA1.

Not applied.

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.

Credit requirements: Participation and work in the exercises are systematically controlled, 60% points at the credit test as minimum. Evaluation reflects the student’s work in the exercises and the knowledge tested by the examination. The examination consists of written and oral part. The exam corresponds to the B1 level according to the Common European Framework. The credit test and exam have one regular term and two resits.

1 U7: Cultures – Cultural awareness in business, Culture shock, Idioms for talking about business relationships
2 U7: Cultures – Advice, obligation and necessity, Social English
3 U8: Human resources – Job interviews, Expressions for talking about job applications,
4 U8: Human resources – Infinitives and -ing forms, Getting information on the telephone
5 U9: International markets – Development of international markets, Words and expressions for talking about free trade
6 U9: International markets – Conditionals, Negotiating
7 U10: Ethics – Ethics at work, Words to describe illegal activity or unethical behaviour
8 U10: Ethics – Narrative tenses, Considering options
9 U11: Leadership – Qualities of good relationship, Words to describe character
10 U11: Leadership – Relative clauses, Presenting
11 U12: Competition , Idioms from sport to describe competition
12 U12: Competition – Passives, Negotiating
13 Credit test

Not applicable.

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

Students participation and their work in the exercises are systematically controlled. Absence may be compensated for by the agreement with the teacher.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

COTTON, David, David FALVEY, Simon KENT, Bill MASCULL a John ROGERS. Market leader: intermediate: business English. 3rd ed. Harlow: Pearson Longman, 2010. ISBN 978-1-4082-3695-6. (EN)
eLearning - elektronické materiály Ústavu jazyků FSI. . (CS)

Not applicable.

26 hours, compulsory