Course detail

Professional English 2

FP-OA2ZKAcad. year: 2020/2021

An English course at intermediate level designed to meet the practical language requirements of students who need to communicate in English at work in the area of management and information technology.

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

3

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Learning outcomes of the course unit

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.

Prerequisites

Knowledge of English at intermediale level.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods


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

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Course completion
- exam requirements - e-learning activities, final test, listening comprehension, reading comprehension

Completion of the course in distance form (applied only when objective external circumstances do not allow the implementation of the study programme in accordance with the granted accreditation)
- exam requirements - e-learning activities, final test, listening comprehension, reading comprehension


Course curriculum

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. Techncial 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.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

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.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

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.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Basic literature

HARDING,K., LANE, A.: International Express, Intermediate, Third Edition Student´s Book, OUP 2014. Kapitoly 6-10.
MASCULL, B.: Business Vocabulary in Use Intermediate, CUP 2002
ESTERAS, S.R. and FABRE, E.M.: Professional English in Use ICT, CUP 2007

Recommended reading

MURPHY, R.: English Grammar in Use. CUP 2004

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme BAK-MIn-KS Bachelor's

    branch BAK-MIn-KS , 1. year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Guided consultation in combined form of studies

12 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer