CKJ_JA4P English

Faculty of Economics and Administration
Spring 2023
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 4 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Markéta Kovaříková (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Eva Lukáčová (seminar tutor)
Ing. Mgr. Blanka Pojslová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Bc. Eva Punčochářová (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Petra Sojková (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Markéta Kovaříková
Language Centre, Faculty of Economics and Administration Division – Faculty Branches of University Departments – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: Mgr. Lucie Jurková
Supplier department: Language Centre, Faculty of Economics and Administration Division – Faculty Branches of University Departments – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Timetable
Thu 23. 3. 8:00–11:40 S315, Thu 20. 4. 8:00–11:40 S315
Prerequisites (in Czech)
(TYP_STUDIA(C) && OBOR(EMAOB))
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Foreign Language CKJ_JA4P: At the beginning of the course students should: - have lower-intermediate knowledge of the English which they can verify while taking the entrance test. Main objectives of the course: - to acquire and deepen the knowledge of grammatical structures; - to expand vocabulary, placing special emphasis on professional economic and business terminology as the basis for successful professional communication; - to develop the techniques of business correspondence in a foreign language; - to achieve the B2 level of CEFR.
Learning outcomes
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 English economic terminology relating to the covered topics.
Syllabus
  • CKJ_JA4P Unit 13: Communication – Keynotes, Preview, Reading (Coping with infoglut), Vocabulary, Listening 1, Language check (reported speech), Listening 2, Career skills, Dilemma and decision; Unit 14: Logistics – Keynotes, Preview 11, Reading (The best thing since the barcode), Vocabulary 1, 2 and 3, Listening 1, Language check (passives), Career skills, Dilemma and decision.
Literature
  • TRAPPE, Tonya and Graham TULLIS. Intelligent business : intermediate : coursebook. 1st ed. Harlow: Pearson, 2005, 176 s. ISBN 9781408255995. info
  • Intelligent Business Intermediate Workbook and CD pack Author(s): Louise Pile ISBN: 9780582846913
  • DYNDA, Antonín and Eva DYNDOVÁ. Česko-anglická obchodní korespondence. 4. opravené. vyd. Praha: Pragoeduca, 2001, xxix, 520. ISBN 8085856891. 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
Teaching methods
Emphasis is put on self-study.
Assessment methods
Emphasis is put on self-study and completing home assignments throughout the course. Course completed with a credit test/written and oral examination. Students may take the oral exam only after they have achieved 60% of points from the written exam. Students may sit the exam if they fulfil the following conditions: 80% attendance, doing homework regularly. Credit is awarded after the following criteria have been met: home assignments sucessfully completed, 60% pass mark for the credit test.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 12 hodin.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2021, Spring 2025.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2023, recent)
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