EENNGGLLIISSHH II//11
autumn 2009
Introductory information
teacher: Milan Boháček
floor: 7, office: 707
phone: 3544
e-mail: bohacek@mail.muni.cz, bohacek@econ.muni.cz
office hours: Tuesday 13.40 ­ 14.25
Wednesday 11.15 ­ 12
Course requirements:
minimum 80% attendance (maximum of 4 unexcused absences per
semester);
handing in a summary of a business article (for details, see below);
active participation in seminars (systematic preparation for seminars and
fulfillment of assignments);
passing the credit test (minimum 60% of the total number of points) in the
last class of the semester, i.e., Thursday, December 17, 2009)
Electronic sources:
IS MU: BPJ_JI1A Jazyk I/1 ­ Angličtina (interactive syllabus + interactive
syllabi for groups number 4, 11 and 18).
web: http://www.econ.muni.cz/katedry/oddeleni-jazyku-na-esf/ or ESF
homepage  Rychlé odkazy  Centrum jazykového vzdělávání
Primary sources:
* Trappe, T., Tullis, G.: Intelligent Business: Coursebook. Upper
Intermediate. Longman, Pearson Education Limited 2006. ISBN-10: 0-582-
84809-1
* Pile, L.: Intelligent Business: Workbook. Upper Intermediate.
Longman, Pearson Education Limited 2006. ISBN-10: 0-582-84685-4
* Boháček, M., Brandejská, Z., Trumpešová ­ Rudolfová, E.: Intelligent
Vocabulary. Glosář k učebnici Intelligent Business: Upper
Intermediate. Brno, MU, 2007. ISBN 978-80-210-4389-3
Article summary:
Your seminar work for this semester involves writing up and handing in a summary of
an English-written business article. The deadline for handing in the letters is
Thursday, October 29, 2009. To meet the requirements, you have to follow these
guidelines:
* first, you have to go to the interactive syllabus of your seminar group where you
will find four articles, adopted from The Economist magazine; look at the
articles and choose only one of them (the one you like most) that you will
summarize;
* your summary will be written in English, typed and double-spaced; you will
submit it to the teacher in a printed (paper) version, but you will also
upload it to the Information system (Odevzdávárny  Seminar groups Milan
Boháček);
* you may not use the same sentences that can be found in the article;
you may not quote passages from the text either; you will summarize the
main points of the text in your own words;
* each student will work individually, i.e. without help of other students;
* you will submit the summary in time and within the required length, i.e. 200-
250 words;
* at the top of your summary, put your name, university number (UČO) and
the number of the article you are summarizing.
Your summaries will be read by the teacher and returned with comments. If your
summary is not satisfactory, you will be asked to rewrite it. Please not that you may
not sit for the final credit test unless your summary has been accepted as
satisfactory.
The interactive syllabus also contains useful tips and advice on how to write a good
summary. In order to avoid possible problems, please go through these materials and
use them when summarizing the article.