Course detail

Professional English 1

FP-PA1KAcad. year: 2021/2022

The course focuses on characteristic features of business professional communication. It provides students with 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

PhDr. Milan Smutný, Ph.D.

Department

Department of Foreign Languages (UJAZ)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

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 beyond their immediate professional context.

Prerequisites

English exam at intermediate level as minimum (B1 according to CEFR).

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

The course it taught by means of contact tutorials presenting the topics covered. It also includes individual work of students.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Exam: Test, Listening, Reading

Completion of the course for students with individual study plan
Exam: Test, Listening, Reading

Completion of the course in distance form (applied only when objective external circumstances do not allow the implementation of the study programme in accordance with the granted accreditation)
Exam: Test, Listening, Reading

Course curriculum

Session 1 (4h)
- Introductory tutorial.
- U1: Communication
- U2: International Marketing
- U3: Building Relationships
Session 2 (4h)
- U4: Success
- U5: Job Satisfaction
- U6: Risk
Session 3 (4h)
- Revision.
- Final test.

Self study focused on the given topics

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

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

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

The content and forms of instruction in the evaluated course are specified by a regulation issued by the lecturer responsible for the course and updated for every academic year.
Students’ attendance and their work are systematically controlled. Most of the study is organized as self-study.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

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)

Recommended reading

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)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme MGR-IM-KS Master's 1 year of study, winter semester, elective

  • Programme MGR-KS Master's

    branch MGR-UFRP-KS-D , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
    branch MGR-ŘEP-KS , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
    branch MGR-PFO-KS , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional

  • Programme MGR-UFRP-KS Master's 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

12 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

PhDr. Milan Smutný, Ph.D.

Guided consultation in combined form of studies

14 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

PhDr. Milan Smutný, Ph.D.