Course detail
German for Business Communication 1
FP-NOP1Acad. year: 2018/2019
The course follows up on language studied at the secondary school. It requires good knowledge of general language at pre-intermediate level as minimum. The course is focused on characteristic features of business professional communication. It provides students with the relevant specialist language and professional communication skills they will need in the workplace.
Supervisor
Department
Learning outcomes of the course unit
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.
Prerequisites
The course is intended for students with language knowledge and skills at intermediate level (A2 - B1 CEFR).
Co-requisites
Not applicable.
Recommended optional programme components
Not applicable.
Recommended or required reading
Studijní opory:http://www.kj.fme.vutbr.cz/studopory/de/grammar/mluvnice.pdf (CS)
Materiály ÚJ FSI VUT v Brně. (CS)
Studijní opory:http://www.kj.fme.vutbr.cz/studopory/de/topics/Geschaftskontakte.pdf (DE)
Studijní opory ke kurzu: www.vutbr.cz/elearning. (CS)
Studijní opory: http://www.kj.fme.vutbr.cz/studopory/de/topics/Geschaftskorrespondenz.pdf (DE)
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
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.
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
Course-unit credit is awarded on condition of having attended the seminars actively and worked out all assigned tasks. Students have to pass a credit test reaching 50% points as minimum.The credit test has one regular term and two resits.
Language of instruction
German
Work placements
Not applicable.
Course curriculum
1. Ceremony
2. University education
3. CV
4. Letter of application
5. Business letter, Emails
6. Networking
7. Communication – Computer
8. Internet
9. Travel
10. Hotel
11. Business lunch
12. Transport –car, weather
13. Credit test
Aims
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.
Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
Students’ participation and their work in the exercises are systematically controlled. Absence may be compensation for by the agreement with the teacher.