BPJ_JI4F Foreign Language I/4 - French

Faculty of Economics and Administration
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Marie Červenková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Daniela Veškrnová (seminar tutor)
Ing. Mgr. Blanka Pojslová, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Marie Červenková, Ph.D.
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
Prerequisites
( BPJ_JI3F Foreign Language I/3 - F )
Succesful completion of the subject BPJ_JI3F (PJI3F).
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: 1/30
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
This is a follow-up course of the courses BPJ_JI1F, BPJ_JI2F and BPJ_JI3F and it is completion of students' overall communicative language competence targeting level C1 of the Common European Reference Framework for Languages. The emphasis is put on consolidation of advanced language structures and mastering professional language with regard to the preparation for the final language exam.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, students should be able to:
- deliver a presentation using visual aids;
- understand an authentic text at advanced level;
- work with such a text and present his/her opinion on the issues covered there;
- use language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes;
- produce clear, well-structured, detailed text on complex subjects, showing controlled use of organisational patterns, connectors and cohesive devices.
Syllabus
  • Company Management: Performance, Trends, Accounting
  • Legal Forms of Business
  • Company foundation and administrative formalities
  • Company liquidation
  • Competition and competitive practices
  • Financing enterprise
  • Stock Market: Stocks and Shares, Shareholder, Stock Exchange – Investment, Share Index
  • Business Correspondence
Literature
    required literature
  • SACHS, Rudolf and Renata POHORSKÁ. Francouzská obchodní korespondence : Correspondance commerciale (Souběž.). 1. vyd. Plzeň: Fraus, 1999, 224 s. ISBN 80-85784-84-X. info
    recommended literature
  • BOULARES, Michèle and Jean-Louis FRÉROT. Grammaire progressive du français. 3ᵉ édition. [Paris]: CLE International, 2019, 207 stran. ISBN 9782090381979. info
Teaching methods
The course is taught in the form of seminars.
Assessment methods
This course is completed with an exam - both written and oral.
Students can take an oral part of the exam provided the following requirements are fulfilled:
- 80% active participation in seminars (systematic continuous preparation and fulfilling assigned tasks)
- elaborating a seminar paper, continuous work
60 % success rate in the final exam test
successful passing oral exam
Students going on Erasmus should contact the teacher by email for information on how to complete the course.
Language of instruction
French
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
General note: Nezapisují si studenti, kteří absolvovali předmět PJI4F.
Teacher's information
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).
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
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