BPJ_JI3N Foreign Language I/3 - German

Faculty of Economics and Administration
Autumn 2022
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Petra Sojková (seminar tutor)
Ing. Mgr. Blanka Pojslová, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Petra Sojková
Language Centre, Faculty of Economics and Administration Division – Faculty Branches of University Departments – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: Mgr. Lucie Jurková
Supplier department: Language Centre, Faculty of Economics and Administration Division – Faculty Branches of University Departments – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Timetable of Seminar Groups
BPJ_JI3N/01: Wed 14:00–15:50 S301, except Wed 14. 9., except Wed 2. 11., P. Sojková
Prerequisites
( BPJ_JI2N Foreign Language I/2 - G )
Succesful completion of the subject BPJ_JI2N (PJI2N).
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 60 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 4/60, only registered: 0/60, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/60
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The third semester of the course develops skills covered and competencies gained in the BPJ_JI1N and BPJ_JI2N courses. The topics are extended in cycles, new topics from certain vocationally relevant areas are added and basic skills are further diversified.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, students should be able to:
- apply gained specialized terminology to role-playing, simulations of negotiations and business meetings;
- express themselves with accuracy as for the style and a degree of formality
- read and understand authentic professional texts at upper-intermediate and advanced level
- translate authentic professional texts at upper-intermediate and advanced level to their mother tongue with the help of a dictionary.
Syllabus
  • Wirtschaftsdeutsch aktuell 1. Pros and cons of mergers
  • 2. Globalization and options for small countries, Unemployment
  • 3. Consequences of economic growth, Enviroment
  • 4. Internet business and Internet
  • 5. Ways out of the economic crisis, Business cycle
  • 6. Stock Exchange
  • 7. German-Czech economic relations
  • 8. Money, currency, inflation
  • 9. Banks
  • Wirtschaftskommunikation Deutsch:
  • Chapter 12: Searching for a sales partner (Ex. 1,2,3,4,5)
  • Chapter 13: Choice of a sales partner (Ex. 1,2,5,6,7,8,9)
  • Chapter 14: Product policy (Ex. 3,4,5), Brand policy (Ex. 6,7 8)
  • Chapter 15: Needsanalysis (Ex. 1,2,3,4,5), Marketresearch (Ex. 6,7,8,9) 10. Test
Literature
    required literature
  • HÖPPNEROVÁ, Věra. Wirtschaftsdeutsch aktuell. 1. vyd. Praha: Ekopress, 2010, 142 s. ISBN 9788086929583. info
  • EISMANN, Volker. Wirtschaftskommunikation Deutsch. Berlin: Langenscheidt, 2008, 223 s. ISBN 9783468904653. info
    recommended literature
  • HUŠKOVÁ, Helena. Německá čítanka ekonomických textů a cvičeními. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2008, 73 s. ISBN 9788021045712. info
  • DREYER, Hilke and Richard SCHMITT. Lehr- und Übungs- CD-ROM der deutschen Grammatik. Ismaning: Hueber, 2002, 1 CD-ROM. ISBN 3-19-137255-5. info
  • BÜRGER, Josef. Wirtschaftswörterbuch Tschechisch-Deutsch. 1. vyd. Plzeň: Nakladatelství Fraus, 1998, 775 s. ISBN 80-85784-29-7. info
  • BÜRGER, Josef. Wirtschaftswörterbuch deutsch-tschechisch. 1. vyd. Plzeň: Fraus, 1997, 823 s. ISBN 80-85784-28-9. info
  • DREYER, Hilke and Richard SCHMITT. Lehr- und Übungsbuch der deutschen Grammatik. 2. Aufl. München: Verlag für Deutsch, 1991, 320 s. ISBN 3-88532-608-6. 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
- company presentation delivered in the course.
Any copying, recording or leaking tests, use of unauthorized tools, aids and communication devices, or other disruptions of objectivity of exams (credit tests) will be considered non-compliance with the conditions for course completion as well as a severe violation of the study rules. Consequently, the teacher will finish the exam (credit test) by awarding grade "F" in the Information System, and the Dean will initiate disciplinary proceedings that may result in study termination."
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 PJI3N.
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 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2022, recent)
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