BPJ_JI3S Foreign Language I/1 - Spanish

Faculty of Economics and Administration
Autumn 2023
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Veronika De Azevedo Camacho, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Ing. Mgr. Blanka Pojslová, Ph.D. (assistant)
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. Lucie Jurková
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_JI3S/01: Thu 12:00–13:50 S311, except Thu 21. 9., except Thu 9. 11., V. De Azevedo Camacho
Prerequisites
BPJ_JI2S Foreign Language I/2 - S
Succesful completion of the subject BPJ_JI2S.
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: 2/30, only registered: 0/30
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
In the third semester the course develops skills covered in the BPJ_JI2S 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,
- writing up order/offer,
- writing up an invoice and
- writing up circular note/memorandum.
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.
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 Spanish economic terminology relating to the covered topics.
Syllabus
  • Léxico relacionado con el mundo empresarial,la jerga o el lenguaje de los profesionales;
  • Los tipos de sociedades en España I (diferentes criterios de clasificación);
  • Los tipos de sociedades en España II (los choques culturales en la empresa);
  • Creación de una empresa (interpretación de gráficos, cantidades, organigramas);
  • Trabajar para vivir o vivir para trabajar;
  • Asuntos de trabajo
  • Producción y fabricación,
  • Asuntos interculturales en los negocios;
  • Gramática: (no) me gusta/molesta/importa...(que) + infinitivo o subjuntivo, infinitivo/subjuntivo con verbos de sentimiento, deseo y necesidad (alegrarse, gustar, importar, encantar, querer, esperar, desear...), indicativo/subjuntivo con verbos de entendimiento y percepción física o intelectual (creo, pienso, recuerdo, supongo, siento, me he dado cuenta de...), perfecto de subjuntivo x pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo, el condicional compuesto, oraciones condicionales, me gustaría + infinitivo, me gustaría que + préterito imperfecto de subjuntivo, oraciones de relativo II, práctica de las oraciones finales (para que, con el fin de que, etc.), posición de adjetivos, superlativo absoluto, gerundio simple y compuesto, los participios - resumen, preposiciones y conjunciones - repaso.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • JIMENO, María José and Aurora PALACIOS. Profesionales de los negocios. Madrid: enCLAVE ELE, 2022. ISBN 978-84-16108-79-4. info
  • TANO, MARCELO. Expertos:Curso avanzado de espanol orientado al mundo del trabajo. Cuaderno de ejercicios. 2010. ISBN 978-84-8443-587-7. info
  • MACÍKOVÁ, OLGA and MLÝNKOVÁ, LUDMILA. Gramática completa de la lengua espanola.Velká španělská gramatika. první. Brno: C Press, 2010. ISBN 978-80-251-2293-8. info
  • IRIARTE ROMERO, Emilio and Emilia NÚNEZ PÉREZ. Empresa siglo XXI. 2008. ISBN 978-84-9848-041-2. info
  • CASTRO, Francisca. USO de la gramática espaňola - avanzado. 12th ed. Edelsa, 2006. ISBN 84-7711-135-9. info
  • 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
  • SCHMIDT, CARLOS. Asuntos de negocios. 100 actividades de discusión para la ensenanza de espanol de negocios. Madrid: Edinumen, 2010. ISBN 978-84-9848-141-9. 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 work, continuous tasks
Language of instruction
Spanish
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
Teacher's information
Any copying, recording or leaking tests, use of unauthorized tools, aids and communication devices, or other disruptions of objectivity of exams (credit tests) will be considered non-compliance with the conditions for course completion as well as a severe violation of the study rules. Consequently, the teacher can complete the course by awarding grade "FFF" in the Information System, and the Dean can initiate disciplinary proceedings that may result in study termination.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2023, recent)
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