Course detail

Practical English 1

FP-Ipa1_1PAcad. year: 2011/2012

An English course at upper-intermediate level focused on developing practical language skills, but also professional terminology in the area of management and information technology.

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

3

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Mgr. Šárka Rujbrová

Department

Department of Foreign Languages (UJAZ)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Development of all language skills, consolidation and deepening of knowledge of grammatical structures, and increase in vocabulary with special emphasis on language needed at work.

Prerequisites

Knowledge of English at CEF B1 level.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

The assessment consists of a written test and final exam. 75% attendance and active participation at classes is required.

Course curriculum

1) Tense review. Prefixes.
2) Levels of formality. Discussing suggestions on the phone.
3) Past tenses and the Present Perfect. Technical text.
4) Job and motivation vocabulary. Sentence stress, emphasis. Communication at work.
5) Revision. Articles, Present Simple and Continuous.
6) Verbs of communication. Technical text.
7) Cohesion, linking. Turn-giving and turn-taking.
8) Future. Predictions. Technical text.
9) Auxiliaries. Word stress.
10) Offering, accepting and declining.
11) Revision. Narrative tenses.
12) Idioms. Being concise. Chairing a meeting. Technical text.
13) Credit test

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Preparation for the course Practical English 2.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Determination of controlled education and the way of its application are established by yearly public notice.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

MASCULL, B.: Business Vocabulary in Use Advanced, CUP 2004 (EN)
MASCULL, B.: Business Vocabulary in Use Intermediate, CUP 2002 (EN)

Recommended reading

ESTERAS, S. R. and FABRE, E. M.: Professional English in Use ICT, CUP 2007. (EN)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme MGR-SI Master's

    branch MGR-IM , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Language exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Mgr. Šárka Rujbrová
Mgr. Miroslav Kotásek, Ph.D.