ENGLISH I/1 – AUTUMN TERM 2009


  * teacher: Lucie Fialová, lucief@econ.muni.cz
  * telephone: 549494121
  * office 709, floor 7
  * office hours: Tuesday 10:15-11:00, Thursday 10:15-11:00 - Dept. of Languages


PROGRAMME OF THE COURSE:

Unit 1 - Alliances ▪  Unit 2 - Projects ▪ Unit 3 - Teamworking

Unit 4 - Information ▪ Unit 5 - Technology ▪ Unit 6 – Advertising ▪  Unit 7 - Law


COURSE REQUIREMENTS:
  * minimum 80% attendance (4 absences without a formal letter of excuse allowed)  and active
participation in seminars (i.e. systematic preparation for seminars, home assignments handed in due
time)
  * handing in a summary of one of provided articles on a business topic (see below)
  * 60% score in the final test. passing the credit test (minimum 60% of the total number of
points) in the last class of the semester, i.e., Thursday, December 12)

      For complete information on the credit test see:
https://is.muni.cz/auth/elearning/warp.pl?fakulta=1456;obdobi=4644;kod=BPJ_JI1A;furl=%2Fauth%2Fel%2
F1456%2Fpodzim2009%2FBPJ_JI1A%2Findex.qwarp;qurl=%2Fel%2F1456%2Fpodzim2009%2FBPJ_JI1A%2Findex.qwarp
;prejit=2106822


Summary:

_ every student has to write it up by him-/herself, without help of anyone else,

_ you have to include your name, university number (učo) ,the number and title of an article

you decided to sum up,

_ it must be written in English with your own words – it is absolutely impossible to

compile it from existing sentences occurring in the article,

_ it must be submitted in time and in the required length, i.e., 200 – 250 words, double-spaced,

_ it must be submitted both in a printed form and electronically (IS-Odevzdávarna), no plagiarism
is allowed (the document will be checked by a IS utility “Vejce vejci”)

_ summaries containing a number of mistakes and discrepancies will be given back to be
revised/redone

_ the deadline for submitting the summary is Thursday, October 29, 2009.

_ the selection of relevant articles will be posted in the IS: study materials by 25 Sept 2009


COMPULSORY LITERATURE:
  * 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


Electronic sources:

IS MU: BPJ_JI1A Jazyk I/1– Angličtina (interaktivní osnova + interaktivní osnova pro

skupiny č. 8, 17 a 20).


web:
http://www.econ.muni.cz/katedry/oddeleni-jazyku-na-esf/informace-pro-studenty/prezencni-studium/jaz
yk-i/

or ESF homepage → Rychlé odkazy → Centrum jazykového vzdělávání



SUMPLEMENTARY LITERATURE:
  * Johnson, C., Barrall, I.: Intelligent Business: Skills Book. Upper Intermediate. Longman,
Pearson Education Limited 2006. ISBN-10: 0-582-84806-7

·         On-line Interactive English Grammar for Business Students; Bližší informace a hlavní osno
vu kurzu naleznete na následujícím odkazu v IS: https://is.muni.cz/auth/el/1456/jaro2006/PJI2A/inde
x.qwarp

·         Emmerson, P.: Business Grammar Builder. Macmmillan, 2002. ISBN 0-333-75492-1

·         Brieger, N., Sweeney, S.: The Language of Business English. Prentice Hall 1994. ISBN
0-13-042516-8

·         Dynda, A., Dyndová, E.: Česko-anglická obchodní korespondence. Pragoeduca  Praha 1995,
1997. ISBN 80-858556-50-6

·         Murphy, R.: English Grammar in Use. 2nd edition. Cambridge University Press, 1994, 2003.
ISBN 0-521-43680-X

·         Fronek, J.: Velký česko-anglický slovník. Praha, Leda, 2000. ISBN 80-85927-54-3

·         Fronek, J.: Anglicko-český slovník s nejnovějšími výrazy. Praha, Leda, 1998.
ISBN: 80-85927-13-6

·         Straková, M., Bürger, J., Hrdý, M.: Česko-anglický hospodářský slovník. Plzeň, Fraus,
2000. ISBN 80-7238-047-8

·         Straková, M., Bürger, J., Hrdý, M.: Anglicko-český hospodářský slovník. Plzeň, Fraus,
2000. ISBN 80-7238-046-X


AUTHENTIC MATERIALS:
  * The Economist
  * Financial Times
  * BBC World Service, especially: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/