ESF:BPJ_JI2N Foreign Language I/2 - G - Course Information

BPJ_JI2N Foreign Language I/2 - German

Extent and Intensity

0/4/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

PhDr. Helena Hušková (lecturer)
PhDr. Zdena Kuchařová Kalná (lecturer)
Mgr. Petra Sojková (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

PhDr. Helena Hušková
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_JI2N/01: Tue 10:15–11:50 S306, Thu 10:15–11:50 S306, H. Hušková
BPJ_JI2N/02: Tue 8:30–10:05 S315, Thu 8:30–10:05 S315, P. Sojková
BPJ_JI2N/03: Tue 12:00–13:35 S306, Thu 12:00–13:35 S306, H. Hušková

Prerequisites

( BPJ_JI1N Foreign Language I/1 - G || PJI1N Foreign Language I/1 - G )&&(! PJI2N Foreign Language I/2 - G )
The subject is designed for students who completed the BPJ_JI1N (PJI1N)course successfully.

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 80 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/80, only registered: 0/80

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

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Course objectives

In the second semester the course develops skills covered in the BPJ_JI1N 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 German economic terminology relating to the covered topics.

Syllabus

• 1. Advertising
• 2. Company Representation
• 3. Contract
• 4. Price
• 5. Price Adjustment Policies
• 6. Insurance Scheme Options
• 7. Licences
• 8. Telephone Call - Claims
• Wirtschaftskommunikation Deutsch, V. Eismann
• Chapter 8: Demand (Ex. 2,3), Supply (Ex. 4), Delivery terms (Ex. 5)
• Chapter 8: Payment terms and delivery time (Ex. 6,7),Peculiarities of foreign trade (Ex. 8,9,10,11)
• Chapter 8:Breach of a purchase contract (Ex.12), General terms of sale and delivery (Ex. 13), Order processing (Ex. 14,15)
• Chapter 9: Company profile (Ex. 1), Demand processing (Ex. 2), Check of ability to deliver (Ex. 3,4)
• Chapter 9: Compiling an offer (Ex. 5,6,7), Chapter 10: Offer negotiations (Ex. 4,5), Submitting a new offer (Ex. 7)
• Chapter 11: Distribution channels (Ex. 4,5), Outlets in foreign markets (Ex. 10,11)
• 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. 1,2), Product (Ex. 3,4,5), Brand policy (Ex. 6,7,8)

Literature

required literature
• EISMANN, Volker. Wirtschaftskommunikation Deutsch. Berlin: Langenscheidt, 2008, 223 s. ISBN 9783468904653. info
• KETTNEROVÁ, Drahomíra and Lea TESAŘOVÁ. Němčina pro komerční praxi. 1. vyd. Praha: Economia, 1991, 255 s. ISBN 80-85378-05-1. 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 Übungsbuch der deutschen Grammatik. 1. Aufl. Ismaning: Max Hueber, 2000, 359 s. ISBN 3-19-007255-8. 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

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,
- elaborating a seminar paper (translation of a professional text from German into Czech, 1 standard page, 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

German

Follow-Up Courses

• BPJ_JI3N Foreign Language I/3 - German
• BPJ_JI4N Foreign Language I/4 - German

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
General note: Nezapisují si studenti, kteří absolvovali předmět PJI2N.

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• BPJ_JI3N Foreign Language I/3 - German
  (BPJ_JI2N)  

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