ESF:BPJ_JAJR Foreign Language - Course Information
BPJ_JAJR Foreign Language English
Faculty of Economics and AdministrationAutumn 2018
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/0/0. Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Jiřina Hrbáčková (lecturer)
Mgr. Markéta Kovaříková (lecturer)
Mgr. Eva Lukáčová (lecturer)
Ing. Mgr. Blanka Pojslová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Bc. Eva Punčochářová (lecturer)
Mgr. Erika Putnová (lecturer)
Mgr. Zuzana Vašíčková (lecturer)
Mgr. Lucie Jurková (assistant) - Guaranteed by
- Mgr. Bc. Eva Punčochářová
Language Centre, Faculty of Economics and Administration Division – Faculty Branches of University Departments – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: Mgr. Bc. Eva Punčochářová
Supplier department: Language Centre, Faculty of Economics and Administration Division – Faculty Branches of University Departments – Faculty of Economics and Administration - Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Economics (programme ESF, N-AM)
- Economics (programme ESF, N-EKT) (2)
- Economics (programme ESF, N-HS)
- Economics (programme ESF, N-MA)
- Finance (programme ESF, N-FU)
- Economic Policy and International Relations (Eng.) (programme ESF, N-HPS)
- Economic Policy and International Relations (programme ESF, N-HPS)
- Economic Policy (programme ESF, N-HPS)
- Mathematical and Statistical Methods in Economics (programme ESF, N-KME)
- Business Management (programme ESF, N-EKM)
- Business Informatics (programme ESF, N-SI)
- Regional Development and Administration (programme ESF, N-HPS)
- Public Economics and Administration (Eng.) (programme ESF, N-HPS)
- Public Economics and Administration (programme ESF, N-HPS) (2)
- Public Economics (programme ESF, N-HPS)
- Public Administration (programme ESF, N-HPS)
- Course objectives
- Foreign Language BKJ_JAJR (previously marked with a code BKJ_JAZ1 and KJAZ)
At the beginning of the course students should:
- have elementary or lower-intermediate knowledge of the general English, which they can verify while taking the entrance test.
Main objectives of the course:
- to acquire and deepen the knowledge of grammatical structures;
- to expand vocabulary, placing special emphasis on professional economic and business terminology as the basis for successful professional communication;
- to develop the techniques of business correspondence in a foreign language;
- to achieve the B2 level of CEFR. - Syllabus
- Unit 1: Companies – Keynotes, Preview, Reading (A matter of choice), Vocabulary 1, Language check (review of tenses), Vocabulary 2, Career skills, Dilemma and Decision. Business letter writing theory and practice
- Unit 3: Strategy – Keynotes, Preview, Listening 1, Reading (Nike's Goddess), Vocabulary 1&2, Language check (future forms), Listening 2, Career skills, Dilemma and Decision.
- Unit 5: Development – Keynotes, Preview, Listening 1, Reading (Gas for Peru v green imperialism), Vocabulary 1&2, Language check (modal verbs of likelihood), Career skills, Dilemma and decision.
- Unit 8: Finance – Keynotes, Preview, Listening 1, Listening 2, Reading (Europe's Enron), Vocabulary, Language check (adjectives and adverbs), Career skills, Dilemma and decision.
- Unit 9: Recruitment – Keynotes, Preview, Listening 1, Reading (A Full House), Vocabulary 1&2, Language check (relative pronouns), Listening 2, Career skills, Dilemma and Decision.
- Unit 10: Counterfeiting – Keynotes, Preview, Listening 1, Reading (Imitating property is theft), Vocabulary 1&2, Language check (1st, 2nd and 3rd conditional), Listening 2, Career skills, Dilemma and decision.
- Unit 11: Markets – Keynotes, Preview,Reading (Going, going, gone?), Vocabulary 1&2, Language check (gerunds and infinitives), Career skills, Dilemma and decision.
- Unit 12: Lobbies – Keynotes, Preview, Listening 1, Reading (Of celebrities, charity and trade), Vocabulary 1, Language check (modal verbs of obligation), Listening 2, Vocabulary 2, Career skills, Dilemma and decision.
- Unit 13: Communication – Keynotes, Preview, Reading (Coping with infoglut), Vocabulary, Listening 1, Language check (reported speech), Listening 2, Career skills, Dilemma and decision.
- Unit 14: Logistics – Keynotes, Reading (The best thing since the barcode), Vocabulary 1& 2&3, Listening 1, Language check (passives), Career skills, Dilemma and decision.
- Literature
- required literature
- MURPHY, Raymond. Essential grammar in Use : a self-study reference and practice book for elementary students of English : with answers. 3rd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007, xi, 319. ISBN 9780521675802. info
- TRAPPE, Tonya and Graham TULLIS. Intelligent business : intermediate : coursebook. 1st ed. Harlow: Pearson, 2005, 176 s. ISBN 9781408255995. info
- MURPHY, Raymond. English grammar in use : a self-study reference and practice book for intermediate students of English : with answers. 3rd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004, x, 379. ISBN 0521537622. info
- recommended literature
- DYNDA, Antonín and Eva DYNDOVÁ. Česko-anglická obchodní korespondence. 4. opravené. vyd. Praha: Pragoeduca, 2001, xxix, 520. ISBN 80-85856-89-1. info
- Teaching methods
- Emphasis is put on self-study.
- Assessment methods
- Course completed with an exam (written and oral).
Final mark awarded after the following criteria have been met:
- 60% pass mark for the written exam;
- oral part consists of 2-minute monologue on a given topic and 4-5 minute role-play with the assessor. - Language of instruction
- English
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
General note: Zkoušku z jazyka může student absolvovat kdykoli v průběhu studia, nejpozději však do termínu státní závěrečné zkoušky.
Credit evaluation note: bez kreditového ohodnocení.
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2018, recent)
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