PJII1Aa Foreign Language II/1 - English

Faculty of Economics and Administration
Autumn 2007
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. et Mgr. Bc. Milan Boháček, M.A. (lecturer)
PhDr. Helena Hušková (lecturer)
Mgr. Eva Lukáčová (lecturer)
Ing. Mgr. Blanka Pojslová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Eva Rudolfová (lecturer)
Mgr. Petra Stejskalová (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Ing. Mgr. Blanka Pojslová, Ph.D.
Language Centre, Faculty of Economics and Administration Division – Language Centre
Contact Person: Mgr. Lenka Skoupá
Timetable of Seminar Groups
PJII1Aa/1: Wed 13:45–15:20 S315, E. Rudolfová
PJII1Aa/2: Wed 15:30–17:05 S315, M. Boháček
PJII1Aa/3: Wed 13:45–15:20 S401, P. Stejskalová
Prerequisites
The prerequisite for active involvement in this course is mastering the language skills practised in the preparatory courses JII/A and JII/B. Students can test their knowledge by completing a self-evaluation on-line test.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 47 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/47, only registered: 0/47, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/47
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Language II/1 extends the knowledge of general language gained in the preparatory courses Language II/A and Language II/B and pays particular attention to the specialized language of economics seen as a basis of successful and effective communication. The course focuses on practising the ability to understand a specialized text and to concentrate on its main ideas (as well as translating it into the mother tongue with the use of a dictionary), conversations in business situations and mastering the basic types of business correspondence. The credit requirements: active participation, attendance of at least 80%, systematic and continuous preparation for lessons, seminar translation from English into Czech (1/2 of a standard page), credit test passed at minimum 60%.
Syllabus
  • 1. Unit 9 (FIiB) Business Environment Modal verbs 9.3 a, b, 9.4, 9.5 Listening Connectors to show addition of information Present Passive WB: Modal verbs (p. 42) Present passive (p. 42) 2. Present passive (pp. 100-101) Reading. Word Building. 9.6 a, b Listening Describing trends 9.7 Listening Review 3 WB: Connectors to show addition of information 3. Unit 10 (FIiB) Finance Figures and numbers Saying numerals 10.2, 10.3 Listening - cardinal numbers 10.4 Listening - ordinal numbers 10.5 Listening decimals Percentages 10.6 Listening, reading, writing WB: Figures and numbers (pp. 48-49) Ordinal numbers (p. 50) 4. Rephrasing and exemplifying Word partners Transitive and intransitive verbs 10.7 a, b, c Listening 10.8 Listening Cross-cultural comparison Scale of probability WB: Rephrasing and exemplifying Transitive and intransitive verbs 5. Unit 11 (FIiB) Corporate Responsibility Conditional 1: events and consequences 11.2, 11.3 Listening - Short form of will/will not Reading Case study Cross-cultural Comparison WB: Corporate Responsibility (p. 53) Conditional 1: events and consequences (p. 54) 6. Gerunds and infinitives 11.4 Listening Both ... and, either ... or, neither ... nor (pp. 128, 129) Negotiating (p. 130) WB: Gerunds and infinitives (p. 55) Both ... and, either ... or, neither ... nor (p. 56) 7. Unit 12 (FIiB) Competition Present perfect: present result Reading 12.3 Listening Present perfect: unfinished time 8. 12.4 Listening WB: Present perfect: present result of past actions (pp. 58-60) Present perfect: unfinished past (pp. 60-61) Review 4 9. Unit 1 (NIiB) Company structures Reading + vocabulary: The Philips Story Verbs and prepositions (p. 8) 10. Colgate-Palmolive Company Describing changes Speaking: Virgin, Motorola 11. Unit 2 (NIiB) Recruitment Reading + vocabulary: Fit For Hiring? Its Mind Over Matter Compound nouns. Present simple and present continuous (pp. 19-20) 12. The curriculum vitae The letter of application Listening: job interview (pp. 23-24) 13. Final test WB = First Insights into Business: Workbook FIiB = First Insights into Business: Students Book NIiB = New Insights into Business: StudentsBook
Literature
  • ROBBINS, Sue. First insights into business : students' book. 1. ed. Harlow: Longman, 2000, 175 s. ISBN 0582334543. info
  • BENDOVÁ, Alena, Silvie BILKOVÁ and Blanka POJSLOVÁ. Slovníček k učebnici First Insights into Business. 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, Ekonomicko-správní fakulta, 2004, 57 pp. ISBN 80-210-3353-3. info
  • TULLIS, Graham and Tonya TRAPPE. New insights into business : student's book. 1st ed. Harlow: Longman, 2000, 176 s. ISBN 0582335531. info
  • VOGEL, Radek and Lucie FIALOVÁ. Slovníček k učebnici New Insights into Business (Graham Tullis, Tonya Trappe, Susan Power) (Vocabulary Book - New Insights into Business (Graham Tullis, Tonya Trappe, Susan Power)). 1. vydání. Brno: Ekonomicko-správní fakulta Masarykovy univerzity, 2003, 122 pp. ISBN 80-210-3262-6. info
  • MANTON, Kevin. First insights into business. 5. impr. Harlow: Longman, 2001, 71 s. ISBN 058233439X. info
  • MURPHY, Raymond. Essential grammar in use : a self-study reference and practice book for elementary students of English : with answers. Second edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997, 300 s. ISBN 0521559286. info
  • DYNDA, Antonín and Eva DYNDOVÁ. Česko-anglická obchodní korespondence. 4. opravené. vyd. Praha: Pragoeduca, 2001, xxix, 520. ISBN 80-85856-89-1. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Seminární způsob výuky. Účast na cvičení - minimálně 80%. Aktivní účast na seminářích - soustavná průběžná příprava, vypracování zadaných úkolů. Seminární překlad z angličtiny do češtiny (1/2 normostrany). Zápočtový test s úspěšností nad 60%.
Language of instruction
English
Follow-Up Courses
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006.
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