English

3

Not applicable.

Students will acquire the basic terminology and language skills necessary for communication in various situations in business and management, especially regarding company organization , production process, trading, presentations and financial matters. They will be made familiar with the terminology necessary for work in IT and with professional IT materials.

Knowledge of English at intermediale level.

Not applicable.

Exercises promote the practical mastery of the subject presented in lectures or assigned for individual study with the active participation of students.

1. Students have to pass a credit test from the taught topics. Maximum number of points for the test is 40, minimum 24.
2. The exam consists of two parts - writing and listening. Students may achieve 30 points for each part maximum. Final assessment reflects also the points achieved in the tests. Maximum number of points is 100.

1) Unit 6 – Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect. Noun formation.
2) Unit 6 – Making presentations 2: structuring a talk. Describing problems and finding solutions. Technical text.
3) Unit 7 – Zero, First and Second Conditional. Money and finance. Technical text.
4) Unit 7 – Writing emails 2: job applications. Discussing and reaching agreement.
5) Unit 8 –Passives: Present Simple, Present Continuous, Present Perfect Simple, Past Simple, will. Product journey. Technical text.
6) Unit 8 – Time management. Checking understanding and clarifying.
7) Revision. Technical text.
8) Unit 9 – Relative clauses. Describing personal qualities at work.
9) Unit 9 – Job interviews. Changing plans. Technical text.
10) Unit 10 – Third Conditional; should/shouldn’t have. Changing careers; -ing vs infinitive.
11) Unit 10 – Teleconferencing and videoconferencing. Technical text.
12) Revision. Technical text.
13) Credit test.

Not applicable.

Development of all language skills, consolidation and deepening of knowledge of grammatical structures, and increase in vocabulary with special emphasis on language needed at work in the area of management and IT, knowledge of general English at CEF B1 level.

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.

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HARDING, K., LANE, A.: International Express, Intermediate, Third Edition. Student's Book. Oxford: Oxford University Press 2014. ISBN 978-0-19-459760-9 Kapitoly 6-10 (EN)
MASCULL, B.: Business Vocabulary in Use Advanced, CUP 2004 (EN)
MASCULL, B.: Business Vocabulary in Use Intermediate, CUP 2002 (EN)

GLENDINNING, E.H. ; McEWAN, J.: Oxford English for Information Technlogy. 2.vydání, OUP 2006 (EN)

26 hours, compulsory