BPJ_JI2S Foreign Language I/2 - Spanish

Faculty of Economics and Administration
Spring 2014
Extent and Intensity
0/4. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Veronika De Azevedo Camacho, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Mgr. Blanka Pojslová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Veronika De Azevedo Camacho, Ph.D.
Language Centre, Faculty of Economics and Administration Division – Faculty Branches of University Departments – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: Mgr. Lenka Skoupá
Supplier department: Language Centre, Faculty of Economics and Administration Division – Faculty Branches of University Departments – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Timetable of Seminar Groups
BPJ_JI2S/01: Mon 13:45–15:20 VT314, Tue 13:45–15:20 S313, V. De Azevedo Camacho
Prerequisites
BPJ_JI1S Foreign Language I/1 - S
The subject is designed for students who completed the BPJ_JI1S course successfully.
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 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/30, only registered: 0/30
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
In the second semester the course develops skills covered in the BPJ_JI1S course and provides an opportunity to master further topics and skills typical for a more complex communication, and to apply them to professional activities typical of the business environment, such as:
- interpretation of graphical data,
- communication over telecommunication devices,
- reclamations/complaints and
- writing up business plan.
This subject further develops students’ general and business vocabulary as well as grammatical structures typical for technical language. The stress is again put not only on the development of communication skills, but also on the ability to use the acquired knowledge actively.
At the end of this course, students should be able to:
- understand a general economic text of upper-intermediate difficulty level,
- discuss covered economic topics and
- orientate themselves in Spanish economic terminology relating to the covered topics.
Syllabus
  • Topics:
  • Servicio de atención al cliente (hacer una reclamación),
  • Traslados laborales internacionales (la movilidad de los ejecutivos),
  • El comercio internacional (el comercio exterior de Espana),
  • La economía de América Latina, El Tratado de Asunción y el Mercosur,
  • Los grandes acuerdos internacionales de comercio e integración en el continente americano,
  • Montar un negocio (el plan de empresa y e una ONG),
  • El carácter emprendedor, el perfil del emprendedor espanol,
  • Cuestiones de finanzas - gasto y administración de dinero, el gasto en los hogares espanolas, comparación de los salarios medios en la Unión Europea,
  • Las monedas de la América Latina, las alternativas al dólar,
  • Inversiones éticas, el IBEX 35,
  • Administración del tiempo personal y laboral, la jornada de trabajo en diferentes países, la conciliación laboral y la igualdad,
  • La producción y la fabricación, la cuestión de la productividad en Espana, los países latinoamericanos líderes en producción,
  • El proceso de fabricación (objetivos en la gestión de la producción, problemas en la gestión y sus consecuencias, una nueva filosofía empresarial).
  • Gramática: repaso de subjuntivos (presente, pretérito, imperfecto), estilo indirecto con subjuntivos (peticiones, órdenes), la expresión de la causa, la concesión y la finalidad, las frases de relativo con subjuntivo.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • MACÍKOVÁ, Olga, Vlasta HLAVIČKOVÁ and Věra ŠPÍGLOVÁ. Španělsko-český a česko-španělský hospodářský slovník. 1. vyd. Plzeň: Fraus, 2003, 426 s. ISBN 80-7238-261-6. info
    not specified
  • TANO, MARCELO. Expertos:Curso avanzado de espanol orientado al mundo del trabajo. Libro de alumno. Barcelona: Difusión, 2011. ISBN 978-84-8443-586-0. info
  • TANO, MARCELO. Expertos:Curso avanzado de espanol orientado al mundo del trabajo. Cuaderno de ejercicios. 2010. ISBN 978-84-8443-587-7. info
  • CASTRO, FRANCISCA. uso de la gramática espanola. Nivel intermedio. Madrid: Edelsa, 2008. ISBN 978-84-7711-134-4. info
  • CASTRO, Francisca. USO de la gramática espaňola - avanzado. 12th ed. Edelsa, 2006. ISBN 84-7711-135-9. info
  • MACÍKOVÁ, Olga and Ludmila MLÝNKOVÁ. Español comercial. Vyd. 1. Brno: CP Books, 2005, 342 s. ISBN 8025106527. info
  • BONELL, PABLO, de Prada, Marisa and Schmidt, carlos SENOR, ANA. Negocio a la vista. Reportajes con actividades para cursos de espanol de los negocios. Madrid: Edinumen, 2004. ISBN 84-95986-43-4. info
Teaching methods
The course is taught in the form of seminars.
Assessment methods
The course is completed with conferring a credit. Credit requirements include the following:
- 80% active participation in seminars (systematic continuous preparation and fulfilling assigned tasks),
- 60% success rate in the final credit test,
- seminar presentation on an economic topic delivered in the course of the semester using the visual aids
Language of instruction
Spanish
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information about innovation of course.
This course has been innovated under the project "Inovace studia ekonomických disciplín v souladu s požadavky znalostní ekonomiky (CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0227)" which is cofinanced by the European Social Fond and the national budget of the Czech Republic.

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