PJI2A Foreign Language I/2 - English

Faculty of Economics and Administration
Spring 2009
Extent and Intensity
0/4/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. et Mgr. Bc. Milan Boháček, M.A. (lecturer)
Mgr. Veronika Dvořáčková, Ph.D. (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. Petra Stejskalová (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Ing. Mgr. Blanka Pojslová, Ph.D.
Language Centre, Faculty of Economics and Administration Division – Language Centre
Contact Person: Mgr. Lenka Skoupá
Timetable of Seminar Groups
PJI2A/1: Tue 8:30–10:05 S313, Thu 8:30–10:05 S313, J. Hrbáčková
PJI2A/10: Tue 8:30–10:05 S306, Thu 8:30–10:05 S306, V. Dvořáčková
PJI2A/11: Tue 10:15–11:50 S305, Thu 10:15–11:50 S305, M. Boháček
PJI2A/12: Tue 12:00–13:35 S313, Thu 12:00–13:35 S313, E. Punčochářová
PJI2A/13: Tue 12:00–13:35 S401, Thu 12:00–13:35 S401, B. Pojslová
PJI2A/14: Tue 13:45–15:20 S401, Thu 13:45–15:20 S401, P. Stejskalová
PJI2A/15: Tue 13:45–15:20 S313, Thu 13:45–15:20 S313, V. Dvořáčková, E. Punčochářová
PJI2A/16: Tue 13:45–15:20 S305, Thu 13:45–15:20 S305, M. Boháček
PJI2A/17: Tue 12:00–13:35 MT205, Thu 12:00–13:35 MT205, L. Fialová
PJI2A/18: Tue 12:00–13:35 VT314, Thu 12:00–13:35 VT314, V. Dvořáčková, E. Lukáčová
PJI2A/19: Tue 8:30–10:05 VT314, Thu 8:30–10:05 VT314, E. Lukáčová
PJI2A/2: Tue 10:15–11:50 S313, Thu 10:15–11:50 S313, J. Hrbáčková
PJI2A/20: Tue 13:45–15:20 MT205, Thu 13:45–15:20 MT205, L. Fialová
PJI2A/21: Tue 13:45–15:20 S315, Thu 13:45–15:20 S315, E. Lukáčová
PJI2A/22: Tue 15:30–17:05 MT205, L. Fialová
PJI2A/3: Tue 12:00–13:35 S315, Thu 12:00–13:35 S315, P. Stejskalová
PJI2A/4: Tue 8:30–10:05 S305, Thu 8:30–10:05 S305, M. Boháček
PJI2A/5: Tue 10:15–11:50 S401, Thu 10:15–11:50 S401, B. Pojslová
PJI2A/6: Tue 8:30–10:05 S315, Thu 8:30–10:05 S315, P. Stejskalová
PJI2A/7: Tue 8:30–10:05 S401, Thu 8:30–10:05 S401, E. Punčochářová
PJI2A/8: Tue 8:30–10:05 MT205, Thu 8:30–10:05 MT205, L. Fialová
PJI2A/9: Tue 10:15–11:50 MT205, Thu 10:15–11:50 MT205, V. Dvořáčková, E. Punčochářová
Prerequisites
PJI1A Foreign Language I/1 - E
The subject is designed for students who completed the PJI1A course successfully.
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 491 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/491, only registered: 0/491, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/491
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
In the second semester the course develops skills covered in the PJI1A 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,
- communication over telecommunication devices,
- taking minutes and
- writing up messages.
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 English economic terminology relating to the covered topics.
Syllabus
  • The following topics, based on units 8 to 15 of the used textbook, will be covered during the semester:
  • Unit 8 - Brands
  • Unit 9 - Investment
  • Unit 10 - Energy
  • Unit 11 - Going public
  • Unit 12 - Competition
  • Unit 13 - Banking
  • Unit 14 - Training
  • Unit 15 - Consulting
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
  • 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
Assessment methods
This course is taught only in the form of seminar sessions and it 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 (2 business letters, 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
English
Follow-Up Courses
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2001, Spring 2002, Autumn 2002, Spring 2003, Autumn 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008.
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