BPJ_JI1N Foreign Language I/1 - German

Faculty of Economics and Administration
Autumn 2011
Extent and Intensity
0/4/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Helena Hušková (lecturer)
PhDr. Zdena Kuchařová Kalná (lecturer)
Mgr. Petra Sojková (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Helena Hušková
Language Centre, Faculty of Economics and Administration Division – Language Centre
Contact Person: Mgr. Lenka Skoupá
Timetable of Seminar Groups
BPJ_JI1N/01: Tue 10:15–11:50 S306, Thu 10:15–11:50 S306, H. Hušková
BPJ_JI1N/02: Tue 8:30–10:05 VT314, Thu 8:30–10:05 VT314, P. Sojková
BPJ_JI1N/03: Tue 12:00–13:35 S306, Thu 12:00–13:35 S306, H. Hušková
BPJ_JI1N/04: Tue 12:00–13:35 VT314, Thu 12:00–13:35 VT314, P. Sojková
Prerequisites
(! PJI1N Foreign Language I/1 - G )
Knowledge of general language at the school-leaving examination level.
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 80 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/80, only registered: 0/80, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/80
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Course objectives
German as Foreign Language I (PJI) is designed for students who have reached the school-leaving examination level proficiency in this language. In the first stage of this four-semester course, students will be introduced to the LSP language in common economic and business contexts, which represents:
- enhancing their general and business vocabulary (by approximately 500 new lexical units),
- activation of grammatical structures typical for technical language,
- application of principles of business correspondence,
respecting specific features of various languages. The stress is put not only on the development of communication skills, exploration of the structures of the language, but also on studying the culture of appropriate countries where the language is spoken. At the end of this course, students should be able to:
- understand a general economic text of intermediate difficulty level,
- discuss covered economic topics and
- orientate themselves in German economic terminology relating to the covered topics.
Syllabus
  • 1. Making Agreements, Negotiation
  • 2. Delivery
  • 3. Delivery Time
  • 4. Deadlines
  • 5. Barter Trade
  • 6. Sales
  • 7. Price, Market Situation Analysis
  • 8. The Market
  • 9. Product Presentation
  • 10. Sales Promotion
  • Wirtschaftskommunikation Deutsch, V.Eismann:
  • 1. Unit 1: Personal information, Ex. 1,2,3
  • The main activity and responsibilities in a company Ex. 4,5,6
  • 2. Unit 2:Describing education and job qualification, Ex. 1
  • Considering a change of job, Ex. 2,3
  • 3. Unit 2: Considering a change of job, Ex. 4,5,7
  • Applying for a job, Soft skills
  • 4. Presentation of a company, Ex.1,2,3,4
  • Company location factors
  • 5. Unit 3: Company structure, Ex. 5,6
  • Legal forms of companies 8,9
  • 6. Unit 4: Evaluating the attractivess of company location, Ex. 2,3
  • Presentation of a company: strategies and tools, Ex. 9
  • 7. Unit 5: Types of trade fairs and exhibitions, Ex. 4
  • Data about trade fairs, trade fairs in Germany, Ex 6,7
  • 8.Unit 5: Goals of trade fair visitors, Ex. 8
  • Location of a trade fair, Ex. 9
  • 9. Unit 6: Preparing a trade fair visit, Ex. 3,4,5
  • 10. Unit 7: Communicating at a trade fair, Ex. 1,2,3,6
  • Establishing contacts after a trade fair
  • 11. Unit 8: Demand, Ex. 2,3
  • Supply, Ex. 4
  • Delivery terms, Ex. 5
  • 12. Unit 8: Payment terms and delivery times, Ex. 6,7
  • Peculiarities of foreign trade, Ex. 8,9,10,11
  • 13. Unit 8: Breach of a purchase contract, Ex. 12
  • General terms of sale and delivery, Ex. 13
  • Order processing, Ex. 14,15
Literature
    required literature
  • EISMANN, Volker. Wirtschaftskommunikation Deutsch. Berlin: Langenscheidt, 2008, 223 s. ISBN 9783468904653. info
  • KETTNEROVÁ, Drahomíra and Lea TESAŘOVÁ. Němčina pro komerční praxi. 1. vyd. Praha: Economia, 1991, 255 s. ISBN 80-85378-05-1. info
    recommended literature
  • HUŠKOVÁ, Helena. Německá čítanka ekonomických textů a cvičeními. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2008, 73 s. ISBN 9788021045712. info
  • GRABMÜLLER, Marek, Jaroslav BŘEZINA and Jan VÁPENÍK. Firma :němčina pro podnikový management. Vyd. 1. Praha: Informatorium, 1997, 159 s. ISBN 80-85427-97-4. info
Teaching methods
This course is taught in the form of seminars.
Assessment methods
This course is completed with conferring a credit. Credit requirements include the following:
- 80% active participation in seminars (systematic continuous preparation and fulfilling assigned tasks),
- 60% success rate in the final credit test,
- elaborating a seminar paper (translation of a professional text from German into Czech, 1 standard page and it should be written up according to an instructor’s guidelines and handed in by a deadline set by an instructor).
If a student commits a prohibited act, such as using various forbidden tools (e.g. cheatsheets), cribbing, taking out any part of the credit test or any other form of cheating, the teacher is allowed to interrupt the test and to grade the student with F, FF or even FFF, according to the seriousness of the offence. The described procedure applies to all the activities that are included in the final evaluation of the course (seminar work).
Language of instruction
German
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
General note: Nezapisují si studenti, kteří absolvovali předmět PJI1N.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
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