Course detail

English for Business Experience 2

FP-Baop2PAcad. year: 2016/2017

The course follows up on the course studied in the winter semester. The course is focused on general language as well as characteristic features of business communication at B2 level. It provides students with the relevant specialist language and professional communication skills they will need in the workplace.

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

3

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Mgr. Pavel Reich, Ph.D.

Department

Department of Foreign Languages (UJAZ)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

The course is intended to deepen the student’s language skills necessary for professional communication using relevant vocabulary.

Prerequisites

The course is intended for students who are familiar with the language at B1 level (intermediate) since it focuses mainly on vocabulary and communication skills. They are expected to have completed the course of Business English in the first year of study and the course studied in winter semester (English for Business Communication 1).

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

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

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

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).

Course curriculum

1) Unit 6 – Conditionals. Working abroad.
2) Unit 6 – SMART objectives. Discussing career paths.
3) Unit 7 – Reported speech. Reporting verbs.
4) Unit 7 – Effective meetings. Giving feedback.
5) Unit 8 – Passives. Advertisements.
6) Unit 8 – Giving clear signals. Recommending and responding.
7) Revision.
8) Unit 9 – Articles; one / ones. Quantity.
9) Unit 9 – Clear email messages. Emphasizing and disagreeing.
10) Unit 10 – Modal verbs. Phrasal verbs.
11) Unit 10 – Requests and thanks. Negotiating.
12) Revision.
13) Credit test.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The aim of the course is to acquaint the students with language skills used in professional communication (reading, listening, speaking, writing), and provide them with specific structures of business English.

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

Attendance at seminars is systematically checked by the teacher. Absence may be in justified cases compensated for by the agreement with the teacher.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

APPLEBY, R., WATKINS, F. International Express Upper-Intermediate Student's Book. Third Edition. OUP 2014. ISBN 978-0-19-459761-6. (EN)

Recommended reading

MANN, Malcolm a Steve TAYLORE-KNOWLES. Destination B2: grammar and vocabulary : [with answer key]. Oxford: Macmillan, 2006. ISBN 9780230035386. (EN)
MASCULL, Bill. Business vocabulary in use: advanced. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010. ISBN 978-0-521-74940-4. (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.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme BAK Bachelor's

    branch BAK-EPM , 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Language exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Mgr. Pavel Reich, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. U13 Breakdown.
2. U13 Exchanging information – discussing problems.
3. U13 How to check someone understands. Advice and recommendation, too and enough.
4. U14 Processes.
5. U14 Socializing – planning future contact.
6. U14 How to get someone's attention. Passive forms.
7. U15 Performance. Personal qualities.
8. U15 Meetings – appraising performance and setting objectives.
9. U15 How to give feedback. Past continuous, past perfect.
10.U16 Success.
11.U16 Meetings – reporting.
12.U16 How to generalize. Contrasting language.
13.Credit test.