EVAJB4 English B4

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2008
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Jarmila Fictumová (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Zénó Vernyik, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek
Timetable
Wed 10:00–11:35 VP
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 16 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/16, only registered: 0/16
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The main aim of the course is to revise and enhance students' knowledge and skills and develop them further, focusing on professional needs of the graduates, in public and working spheres in particular. The syllabus was put together on the basis of the Common European Reference Frame for Languages (Council of Europe 2001; Czech edition UP,ISBN 80-2440404-4.) The entry level is A2, the target level should correspond to the highest level of this frame - B 2 (i.e. independent user). For detailed descriptions of communicative activities and strategies for all language skill please see the above book (pp. 60-89). Students will be motivated to try to achieve progress through self-study.
Syllabus
  • Textbooks and number of units per term: English for Business Studies - 5 Units Business Vocabulary in Use - 11 Units supplementary materials (see recommended literature) authentic materials, current events
Literature
  • MACKENZIE, Ian. English for business studies : a course for business studies and economics students : student's book. 1st publ. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997, 176 s. ISBN 0521483530. info
  • MASCULL, Bill. Business vocabulary in use. First published. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002, 172 stran. ISBN 0521775299. info
  • MURPHY, Raymond. Essential grammar in use : a self-study reference and practice book for elementary students of English : with answers. Second edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997, 300 s. ISBN 0521559286. info
  • CHROMÁ, Marta. Nový úvod do právnické angličtiny. 4th ed. V Praze: Karolinum, 2003, 562 s. ISBN 8024607204. info
  • WHITTAKER, Paul and Jarmila WHITTAKER. English for Europe. Edited by Zdeněk Spurný - Sue Bromby. Olomouc: inSTEP, 2002, 144 s. ISBN 8023892592. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Semináře hodnocení: zápočty na konci semestru; Na konci kurzu: písemná a ústní zkouška (na úrovni BEC Vantage).
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2009.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2008, recent)
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