ESF:MPJ_JII2Ab Foreign Language II/2 - E - Course Information

MPJ_JII2Ab Foreign Language II/2 - English

Extent and Intensity

0/4/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. et Mgr. Bc. Milan Boháček, M.A. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jiřina Hrbáčková (lecturer)
PhDr. Helena Hušková (lecturer)
Mgr. Eva Lukáčová (lecturer)
Ing. Mgr. Blanka Pojslová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Bc. Eva Punčochářová (lecturer)
Mgr. Petra Stejskalová (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

Ing. Mgr. Blanka Pojslová, Ph.D.
Language Centre, Faculty of Economics and Administration Division – Language Centre
Contact Person: Mgr. Lenka Skoupá

Timetable of Seminar Groups

MPJ_JII2Ab/01: Mon 12:50–14:20 S315, Wed 13:45–15:20 S315, E. Lukáčová
MPJ_JII2Ab/02: Mon 14:35–16:15 S315, Wed 15:30–17:05 S315, E. Lukáčová
MPJ_JII2Ab/03: Mon 16:20–17:55 S315, Wed 17:10–18:40 S315, E. Lukáčová

Prerequisites

(! PJII2Ab Foreign Language II/2 - E )
The prerequisite for successful involvement in the course is mastering the language skills which form the contents of the previous courses Language II/A, Language II/B and Language II/1. Students can test their knowledge by completing a self-evaluation on-line test.

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 76 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/76, only registered: 0/76, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/76

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Financial Management (programme ESF, M-HPS)
• Business Management (programme ESF, M-EKM)
• Regional Development and Administration (programme ESF, M-HPS)
• Public Economics (programme ESF, M-HPS)

Course objectives

Language II/2 extends the subject matter of Language II/1 and its aim is to reinforce and improve all the skills developed in the previous course. The aim of the course is to achieve the B2 level of the Common European Framework of Reference.
At the end of the course students should be able to:
- master basic types of business correspondence - CV, memo, fax, e-mail, business letter
- present specialized topics
- follow and take part in specialized discussions, give they opinion and come up with solutions
- negotiate in every-day business situations
- process advanced forms of professional literature.
After successfully completing the course, the specialized language will be an open system which the students can adapt to their professional needs.

Syllabus

• 1. Unit 6: Banking - Reading + vocabulary: Picture the scene.
• 2. Unit 6: Banking - Vocabulary Development: Abbreviations. Language Focus: Allow, enable, let; First and second conditional.
• 3. unit 6: Banking - Business Skills: Negotiating (Reading and Listening)
• 4. Unit 7: Business and the Environment - Reading + vocabulary: Proven environmental commitment helps create committed customers
• 5. Unit 7: Business and the Environment - Vocabulary Development: Word Building, Language Focus: Expressing contrast; The passive.
• 6. Unit 7: Business and the Environment - Skills Focus (Listening, Speaking – Convincing a sponsor). Unit 8: The Stock Market – Lead-in
• 7. Unit 8: The Stock Market - Reading + vocabulary: Europeans Log On To Investment Fever, Vocabulary Development: Phrasal verbs
• 8. Unit 8: The Stock Market - Language Focus: The third conditional; Yet, still and already. Skills Focus: Stocks (Reading, Listening)
• 9. Unit 9: Import Export - Reading + vocabulary: Profile: Barco of Belgium
• 10. Unit 9: Import Export - Vocabulary Development: Compound adjectives. Listening and reading: The Invoice. The Bill of Lading.
• 11. Unit 9: Import Export - Language Focus: The Future. Describing trends.Skills Focus
• 12. Unit 10: Company Performance – Lead-in. Reading + vocabulary: Anatomy of an annual report
• 13. Unit 10: Company Performance - Vocabulary Development: nouns and prepositions. Language Focus: Fractions and percentages. Business Skills: Presentations (listening, speaking)
• 14. Review 2, mid-term revision. Unit 11: Setting Up a Business – Lead-in
• 15.Unit 11: Setting up a Business - Reading + vocabulary: The idea man. Vocabulary Development: Prefixes
• 16. Unit 11: Setting up a Business - Language Focus: Relative clauses Speaking: How do you rate as an entrepreneur? Listening: Cargolifter
• 17. Unit 12: Corporate Alliances and Acquisitions. Reading + vocabulary: When egos collide
• 18. Unit 12: Corporate Alliances and Acquisitions - Vocabulary Development: Phrasal verbs 2. Language Focus: Modal verbs of obligation. Business Skills: Meetings
• 19. Unit 13: Marketing. Reading + vocabulary: Hello to the good buys.
• 20. Unit 13: Marketing - Vocabulary Development: Compound adjectives 2. Language Focus: Comparison; Reported speech. Skills Focus: Direct mail marketing
• 21. Unit 14: Product and Corporate Advertising. Reading + vocabulary: Sacrilege
• 22. Unit 14: Product and Corporate Advertising - Vocabulary Development: Uses of like. Language Focus: Gerund and infinitive; The article
• 23. Unit 14: Product and Corporate Advertising - Skills focus: Designing a tv commercial. Unit 15: The business media – Lead-in
• 24. Unit 15: The Business Media - Reading + vocabulary: A Man and his Information Machine. Vocabulary development: Phrasal verbs 3
• 25. Unit 15: the Business Media - Language Focus: could have + past participle. Skills focus: listening, reading, speaking.
• 26. Review 3, revision

Literature

• TULLIS, Graham and Tonya TRAPPE. New insights into business : student's book. 1st ed. Harlow: Longman, 2000, 176 s. ISBN 0582335531. info
• VOGEL, Radek and Lucie FIALOVÁ. Slovníček k učebnici New Insights into Business (Graham Tullis, Tonya Trappe, Susan Power) (Vocabulary Book - New Insights into Business (Graham Tullis, Tonya Trappe, Susan Power)). 1. vydání. Brno: Ekonomicko-správní fakulta Masarykovy univerzity, 2003, 122 pp. ISBN 80-210-3262-6. info
• TULLIS, Graham and Tonya TRAPPE. New insights into business : workbook. 1st ed. Harlow: Longman, 2000, 84 s. ISBN 0582335574. info
• MURPHY, Raymond. Essential grammar in use : a self-study reference and practice book for intermediate students : with answers. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003, x, 350. ISBN 052143680X. info
• DYNDA, Antonín and Eva DYNDOVÁ. Česko-anglická obchodní korespondence. 4. opravené. vyd. Praha: Pragoeduca, 2001, xxix, 520. ISBN 80-85856-89-1. info

Teaching methods

The course is taught in the form of seminars.

Assessment methods

The course is concluded by a written and oral exam which fully covers the contents of all four terms of the language training programme, including the preparatory courses Language II/A and Language II/B.
Students may only sit the exam if they fulfil the following conditions:
- 80% attendance
- doing homework regularly
- seminar work - 3 business letters
- 60% of points in the written exam are required for the admission to the oral part.
Important information: If a student is caught using forbidden tools, cribbing, taking out any part of the exam, or cheating in any other way, the teacher is allowed to interrupt the exam and to grade the student with F, FF, or FFF according to the seriousness of the offence.

Language of instruction

English

Further Comments

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.

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