CJVA452 English for Social Policy and Social Work

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2017
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Filip Hanzelka (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Lenka Tóthová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Dana Plíšková (assistant)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Filip Hanzelka
Language Centre Faculty of Social Studies Division – Language Centre
Contact Person: Mgr. Filip Hanzelka
Supplier department: Language Centre Faculty of Social Studies Division – Language Centre
Timetable
Wed 13:30–15:00 U36
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
CJVA452/T01: Wed 22. 2. to Mon 22. 5. Wed 9:30–11:05 105, L. Tóthová, Nepřihlašuje se. Určeno pro studenty se zdravotním postižením.
Prerequisites (in Czech)
((FAKULTA(FSS)&&TYP_STUDIA(MN))||(OBOR(MUSFSS)))
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to enhance students' English language skills, particularly speaking and listening though both writing and reading will be substantially present, too. Throughout the course, students will learn and practice a bank of academic and field-specific vocabulary. The course aims at being very practical. While the syllabus covers topics from both English for Human Resources and English for Social Policy and Social Work, the proportion of the two variants will be partly decided on by students in the first week of the course.
Syllabus
  • THE HUMAN RESOURCES PART:
  • Recruitment – assessing CVs, conducting job interviews, organising assessment centres
  • Leading meetings – chairing skills, managing meetings with employees
  • Relationship-building – working with first impressions, being an effective networker
  • Negotiating deals – negotiating styles, bargaining
  • Communicating successfully – small talk; initiating, keeping up and ending a conversation
  • Making calls – solving problems on the phone, dealing with chatterers and angry employees
  • Emailing – writing an effective email, writing concisely
  • THE SOCIAL POLICY AND SOCIAL WORK PART:
  • Being a social worker – case studies
  • Poverty and Inequality – the European Anti-Poverty Network
  • Unemployment, homelessness
  • Disease and disability – What is Health? EU Commission's Disability Strategy
  • The elderly – Age discrimination, ageing well in the information society
  • Mental Health – What is Mental Health? World Health Organization
  • Addictions
  • Youth Culture
  • Consumerism
Literature
  • ŠTĚPÁNEK, Libor, Janice DE HAAFF, Alena HRADILOVÁ and David SCHÜLLER. Academic English – Akademická angličtina: Průvodce anglickým jazykem pro studenty, akademiky a vědce (Academic English: a guide for students, academics and scientists). Praha: Grada, 2011, 224 pp. ISBN 978-80-247-3577-1. info
  • MCCARTHY, Michael and Felicity O'DELL. Academic vocabulary in use. First published. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008, 176 stran. ISBN 9780521689397. info
Teaching methods
role plays, group work, discussions, analysis of written and spoken material, presentations
Assessment methods
active participation; continuous fullfilment of tasks set in classes; reflective essay
Language of instruction
English
Follow-Up Courses
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2019, Autumn 2020.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2017, recent)
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