BPJ_JI1A Foreign Language I/1 - English

Faculty of Economics and Administration
Autumn 2013
Extent and Intensity
0/4/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Kateřina Beard (lecturer)
Mgr. Silvie Bilková (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Bc. Milan Boháček, M.A. (lecturer)
Mgr. Martina Cének Vrbská (lecturer)
Mgr. Lucie Fialová (lecturer)
Mgr. Jiřina Hrbáčková (lecturer)
PhDr. Helena Hušková (lecturer)
Mgr. Eva Lukáčová (lecturer)
Ing. Mgr. Blanka Pojslová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Bc. Eva Punčochářová (lecturer)
Mgr. Eva Rudolfová (lecturer)
Mgr. Petra Stejskalová (lecturer)
Mgr. Markéta Oplatková Plocková (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Ing. Mgr. Blanka Pojslová, Ph.D.
Language Centre, Faculty of Economics and Administration Division – Language Centre
Contact Person: Mgr. Lenka Skoupá
Supplier department: Language Centre, Faculty of Economics and Administration Division – Language Centre
Timetable of Seminar Groups
BPJ_JI1A/T01: Wed 25. 9. to Fri 20. 12. Wed 12:30–13:55 Učebna S2 (36b), M. Oplatková Plocková
BPJ_JI1A/01: Tue 8:30–10:05 S401, Thu 8:30–10:05 S401, B. Pojslová
BPJ_JI1A/02: Tue 8:30–10:05 MT205, Thu 8:30–10:05 MT205, E. Punčochářová
BPJ_JI1A/03: Tue 8:30–10:05 S313, Thu 8:30–10:05 S313, J. Hrbáčková
BPJ_JI1A/04: Tue 8:30–10:05 S315, Thu 8:30–10:05 S315
BPJ_JI1A/05: Tue 10:15–11:50 S401, Thu 10:15–11:50 S401, B. Pojslová
BPJ_JI1A/06: Tue 10:15–11:50 S315, Thu 10:15–11:50 S315, E. Punčochářová
BPJ_JI1A/07: Tue 10:15–11:50 S313, Thu 10:15–11:50 S313, J. Hrbáčková
BPJ_JI1A/08: Tue 10:15–11:50 MT205, Thu 10:15–11:50 MT205, L. Fialová
BPJ_JI1A/09: Tue 10:15–11:50 S305, Thu 10:15–11:50 S305, E. Lukáčová
BPJ_JI1A/10: Tue 12:00–13:35 MT205, Thu 12:00–13:35 MT205, E. Punčochářová
BPJ_JI1A/11: Tue 12:00–13:35 S313, Thu 12:00–13:35 S313, J. Hrbáčková
BPJ_JI1A/12: Tue 12:00–13:35 S315, Thu 12:00–13:35 S315, L. Fialová
BPJ_JI1A/13: Tue 12:00–13:35 S305, Thu 12:00–13:35 S305, M. Boháček
BPJ_JI1A/14: Tue 13:45–15:20 S305, Thu 13:45–15:20 S305, M. Boháček
BPJ_JI1A/15: Tue 13:45–15:20 MT205, Thu 13:45–15:20 MT205, E. Lukáčová
BPJ_JI1A/16: Tue 13:45–15:20 S401, Thu 13:45–15:20 S401, P. Stejskalová
BPJ_JI1A/17: Tue 15:30–17:05 MT205, Thu 15:30–17:05 MT205, E. Lukáčová
BPJ_JI1A/18: Tue 15:30–17:05 S401, Thu 15:30–17:05 S401, P. Stejskalová
BPJ_JI1A/19: Mon 8:30–10:05 MT205, Fri 8:30–10:05 MT205, E. Rudolfová
BPJ_JI1A/20: Mon 8:30–10:05 VT314, Fri 8:30–10:05 VT314, S. Bilková
BPJ_JI1A/21: Mon 10:15–11:50 MT205, Fri 10:15–11:50 MT205, E. Rudolfová
BPJ_JI1A/22: Mon 10:15–11:50 VT314, Fri 10:15–11:50 VT314, S. Bilková
BPJ_JI1A/23: Mon 12:00–13:35 MT205, Fri 12:00–13:35 VT314, S. Bilková, E. Rudolfová
BPJ_JI1A/24: Tue 13:45–15:20 S315, Thu 13:45–15:20 S315
BPJ_JI1A/25: Tue 15:30–17:05 S315, Thu 15:30–17:05 S315, K. Beard
BPJ_JI1A/26: Tue 17:10–18:40 MT205, Thu 17:10–18:40 MT205
BPJ_JI1A/27: Mon 8:30–10:05 S401, Fri 8:30–10:05 S401, M. Cének Vrbská
BPJ_JI1A/28: Mon 10:15–11:50 S401, Fri 10:15–11:50 S401
BPJ_JI1A/29: Mon 12:00–13:35 S401, Fri 10:15–11:50 S401, M. Cének Vrbská
BPJ_JI1A/30: Tue 12:00–13:35 S401, Thu 12:00–13:35 S401, P. Stejskalová
Prerequisites
(! PJI1A Foreign Language I/1 - E )||(! BPJ_JI1F Foreign Language I/1 - F )||(! BPJ_JI1N Foreign Language I/1 - G )
Knowledge of general language at the school-leaving examination level.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 600 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 1/600, only registered: 0/600
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
English as Foreign Language I (PJI) is designed for students who have reached the school-leaving examination level proficiency in this language (students can choose English, German or French). 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 English economic terminology relating to the covered topics.
Syllabus
  • The following topics, based on units 1 to 7 of the used textbook, will be covered during the semester:
  • Unit 1 - Alliances
  • Unit 2 - Projects
  • Unit 3 - Teamworking
  • Unit 4 - Information
  • Unit 5 - Technology
  • Unit 6 - Advertising
  • Unit 7 - Law
Literature
    required literature
  • TRAPPE, Tonya and Graham TULLIS. Intelligent business : upper intermediate : coursebook. 1st ed. Harlow: Longman, 2006, 176 s. ISBN 0582848091. info
  • PILE, Louise. Intelligent business : upper intermediate : workbook. 1st ed. Harlow: Longman, 2006, 96 s. ISBN 0582840597. info
    recommended literature
  • BRANDEJSKÁ, Zdeňka. Intelligent vocabulary : glosář k učebnici Intelligent business: upper intermediate. Edited by Milan Boháček - Eva Trumpešová-Rudolfová. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2007, 101 s. ISBN 9788021043893. info
Teaching methods
This course is taught in the form of seminars.
Assessment methods
The 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 (two business letters which should consist of approximately 150-200 words and should be written up according to an instructor’s guidelines and handed in by a deadline set by an instructor).
Language of instruction
English
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
General note: Nezapisují si studenti, kteří absolvovali předmět PJI1A.
Information about innovation of course.
This course has been innovated under the project "Inovace studia ekonomických disciplín v souladu s požadavky znalostní ekonomiky (CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0227)" which is cofinanced by the European Social Fond and the national budget of the Czech Republic.

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Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, 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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