English

Not applicable.

The course at upper-intermediate level (B2 according to CEFR) is designed to prepare students for various economic professions. It will enrich their professional vocabulary and enable them to express themselves more authoritatively in professional contexts.

Professional English 2 is a follow-up to the course studied in the previous semester (Professional English 1) covering units in the course book (U1, U2, U4, U5, U6). Attendance in course 1 is a necessary prerequisite to continue in the course 2.

Not applicable.

The course it taught by means of language lessons focused on practicing language skills and developing vocabulary. It includes also individual work of students.

75% attendance and active participation at classes, fulfilment of given assignments.
A semester test (max. 40 points, min. 24 pts, the test may be repeated only once).
An examination: listening (max. 30 pts, min. 15 pts), reading (max. 30 pts, min. 15pts).

1 U7: Management Qualities, Successful Managers
2 U7: Management Styles, Text Reference, Seling & Lind
3 U8: Prefixes, Building Successful Teams,
4 U8: New Ways of Teambuilding, Modal Perfect,
5 U8: Modal Perfect, Motivating the Sales Team
6 U9: Financial Terms, Ways to Raise Money, Finding Finance
7 U9: Dependent Prepositions, Last Throw of the Dice
8 U10: Complaints, Customer Service, Changing Customer Service
9 U10: Gerunds, Hurrah Airlines
10 U11: Handling Crises, Dealing with Crises
11 U11: Conditionals, In Range
12 Revision
13 Test

Not applicable.

The course has a practical approach and is intended for pre-service students preparing for work in a business environment.

Students’ participation is compulsory and their work is systematically controlled. Regular attendance, active participation in lessons and completing of all assigned tasks are required. Absence may be compensated for by an agreement with the teacher.

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COTTON, David, David FALVEY, Simon KENT, Bill MASCULL, John ROGERS a Lewis LANSFORD. Market leader: upper intermediate: business English. 3rd ed. Harlow: Pearson Education, 2012. ISBN 978-1-4082-3709-0. (EN)

MANN, Malcolm a Steve TAYLORE-KNOWLES. Destination B2: grammar and vocabulary : [with answer key]. Oxford: Macmillan, 2006. ISBN 9780230035386. (EN)
MASCULL, B: Business Vocabuary in Use Advanced, CUP 2010 (EN)
MURPHY, Raymond. English grammar in use: a self-study reference and practice book for intermediate learners of English: with answers. 4th ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, c2012, x, 380 s. ISBN 9780521189064. (EN)