ESF:BPJ_JI3S Foreign Language I/1 - S - Course Information

BPJ_JI3S Foreign Language I/1 - Spanish

Extent and Intensity

0/2. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Veronika De Azevedo Camacho, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Mgr. Blanka Pojslová, Ph.D. (assistant)

Guaranteed by

Mgr. Veronika De Azevedo Camacho, Ph.D.
Language Centre, Faculty of Economics and Administration Division – Faculty Branches of University Departments – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: Mgr. Lenka Skoupá

Prerequisites

BPJ_JI2S Foreign Language I/2 - S
Succesful completion of the subject BPJ_JI2S.

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 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/30, only registered: 0/30

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

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Course objectives

In the third semester the course develops skills covered in the BPJ_JI2S course and provides an opportunity to master further topics and skills typical for a more complex communication, and to apply them to professional activities typical of the business environment, such as:
- interpretation of graphical data,
- writing up order/offer,
- writing up an invoice and
- writing up circular note/memorandum.
This subject further develops students’ general and business vocabulary as well as grammatical structures typical for technical language. The stress is again put not only on the development of communication skills, but also on the ability to use the acquired knowledge actively.
At the end of this course, students should be able to:
- understand a general economic text of upper-intermediate difficulty level,
- discuss covered economic topics and
- orientate themselves in Spanish economic terminology relating to the covered topics.

Syllabus

• Topics corresponding the Unit1-Unit4 of the textbook "Empresa Siglo XXI":
• Los tipos de sociedades (léxico relacionado con el mundo empresarial, la jerga o lenguaje de los profesionales, los tipos de sociedades en Espana, clasificación de la empresa, los choques culturales en la empresa),
• Creación de una empresa (tipos de organigramas, los departamentos y sus funciones, los cargos empresariales y sus funciones, pasos para la creación de una empresa, diferentes aspectos de la economía espanola),
• Contratos de trabajo (la nómina, anuncios de trabajo y perfil del candidato, tipos de contratos más comunes en Espana, los sindicatos, situaciones y dudas laborales),
• El mundo laboral (cargos y puestos de trabajo, modismos relacionados con las profesiones, expresiones relacionadas con el mundo laboral, la asesoría intercultural).
• El seguro.

Literature

required literature
• IRIARTE ROMERO, Emilio and Emilia NÚNEZ PÉREZ. Empresa siglo XXI. 2008. ISBN 978-84-9848-041-2. info

recommended literature
• MACÍKOVÁ, Olga, Vlasta HLAVIČKOVÁ and Věra ŠPÍGLOVÁ. Španělsko-český a česko-španělský hospodářský slovník. 1. vyd. Plzeň: Fraus, 2003, 426 s. ISBN 80-7238-261-6. info

not specified
• SCHMIDT, CARLOS. Asuntos de negocios. 100 actividades de discusión para la ensenanza de espanol de negocios. Madrid: Edinumen, 2010. ISBN 978-84-9848-141-9. info
• BONELL, PABLO, de Prada, Marisa and Schmidt, carlos SENOR, ANA. Negocio a la vista. Reportajes con actividades para cursos de espanol de los negocios. Madrid: Edinumen, 2004. ISBN 84-95986-43-4. info

Teaching methods

The 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,
- seminar presentation on an academic topic delivered in the course of the semester using the visual aids

Language of instruction

Spanish

Follow-Up Courses

• BPJ_JI4S Foreign Language I/4 - Spanish

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.

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.

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• BPJ_JI4S Foreign Language I/4 - Spanish
  BPJ_JI3S  

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