English 1 -- 2^nd year -- Autumn 2005

   Written assignment: an essay dealing with one of the suggested topics.
   Essay/analysis/leader/review. Research into the topic and relevant and exact information

   requested. 1 student/topic.

   1 page (30 lines/page), word-processed or typed.

   Deadline: 30 November 2005___________________________________________

               English for Business Studies:

               ex.1e/p.16-17, Writing (W)
               ex.3d/p.19, Discussion (D)
               ex.1f/p.23-24, W
               ex.3d/p.27, W
               ex.1f/p.31, W
               ex.2d/p.33, Case study (CS)

               ex.3g/p.40, W
               ex.2a/p.46, D
               ex.2e/p.52, W
               ex.2e/p.63, W
               ex.2e/p.77, CS

               ex.1c/p.79, D

   Other topics:

   (All the topics relate to the Czech Republic)

   Access to education for all -- tuition at universities

   Agricultural policy - subsidies

   Anti-trust authority -- recent cases

   Civic Democrats in the era after Václav Klaus

   Czech Trade Inspection (ČOI) -- recent cases

   Computer crime

   Corruption

   Czech advertising market

   Czech Air Force and its problems

   Czech industry´s dependence on car industry

   Czech justice (lengthy court proceedings, ...)

   Education policy

   Employment policy

   Ending the monopoly of ČEZ

   Equality/inequality of sexes in employment

   EU membership -- gains and losses 

   Export promotion (Ministry of Industry and Trade, CzechTrade)

   Financial crisis in higher education (can we afford to open universities to all eligible
   applicants?)

   Foreign policy (independent or harmonized with the EU?)

   Housing policy (regulation of rents, mortgages, ...)

   Immigration policy

   Independence of the Czech National Bank

   Industrial policy (corporate restructuring)

   Investment promotion (CzechInvest)

   Monopoly of Czech Railways

   Organised crime (esp. economic criminality)

   Pension insurance (PAYG, defined benefit schemes, defined contribution schemes)

   Reform of public finance (+ budget deficit)

   Social security system -- funding crisis

   Success of a Czech product (you can choose one)

   Support to the war against terrorism

   Taxation -- is the current rate of taxation high?

   Tax evasions (efficiency of tax collection) and budget deficit

   Telecommunications market

   Tenders - legislation

   The Constitutional Court (its recent decisions)

   Trade unions

   Trading at the Prague Stock Exchange

      Václav Klaus´s presidency

      Jiří Paroubek´s government -- evaluation of its economic policy