Course detail
English for Business Communication 2
FP-AOP2Acad. year: 2020/2021
The course follows up on the course studied in the winter semester. The course is focused on general language as well as characteristic features of business communication at B2 level. 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.
Prerequisites
The 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 and the course studied in winter semester (English for Business Communication 1).
Co-requisites
Not applicable.
Recommended optional programme components
Not applicable.
Recommended or required reading
APPLEBY, R., 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)
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.
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
Course assessment in full-time study:
credit requirements: 75% course attendance, e-learning activities, final test
exam requirements: listening comprehension, reading comprehension
Course assessment for students with an individual study plan:
credit requirements: e-learning activities, final test
exam requirements: listening comprehension, reading comprehension
Course assessment in distance education courses (applied only when objective external circumstances do not allow the implementation of the study programme in accordance with the granted accreditation)
credit requirements: e-learning activities, final test
exam requirements: listening comprehension, reading comprehension
Language of instruction
English
Work placements
Not applicable.
Course curriculum
1) Unit 6 – Conditionals. Working abroad.
2) Unit 6 – SMART objectives. Discussing career paths.
3) Unit 7 – Reported speech. Reporting verbs.
4) Unit 7 – Effective meetings. Giving feedback.
5) Unit 8 – Passives. Advertisements.
6) Unit 8 – Giving clear signals. Recommending and responding.
7) Revision.
8) Unit 9 – Articles; one / ones. Quantity.
9) Unit 9 – Clear email messages. Emphasizing and disagreeing.
10) Unit 10 – Modal verbs. Phrasal verbs.
11) Unit 10 – Requests and thanks. Negotiating.
12) Revision.
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 provide them with specific structures of business English.
Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
Attendance at seminars is systematically checked by the teacher. Absence may be in justified cases compensated for by the agreement with the teacher.
Classification of course in study plans
- Programme BAK-UAD Bachelor's, 2. year of study, summer semester, 3 credits, elective
- Programme BAK-EP Bachelor's, 2. year of study, summer semester, 3 credits, elective
- Programme BAK Bachelor's
branch BAK-UAD-D , 2. year of study, summer semester, 3 credits, elective
branch BAK-EP , 2. year of study, summer semester, 3 credits, elective
branch BAK-EPM , 2. year of study, summer semester, 3 credits, elective - Programme BAK-MIn Bachelor's, 2. year of study, summer semester, 3 credits, elective
- Programme BAK-PM Bachelor's, 2. year of study, summer semester, 3 credits, elective