Course detail
Professional English 1
FP-PA1Acad. year: 2021/2022
The course focuses on characteristic features of professional business communication. It provides students with the relevant specialist language and professional communication skills they will need in the workplace.
Language of instruction
Number of ECTS credits
Mode of study
Guarantor
Department
Learning outcomes of the course unit
Prerequisites
Co-requisites
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
75% attendance and active participation at classes
E-learning tests (max. 10pts)
Credit test (max. 30 pts, one attempt)
Total min. 25 pts in e-learning tests and credit test
Exam: Listening (max. 30 pts, min. 15 pts), Reading (max. 30 pts, min. 15pts).
Completion of the course for students with individual study plan
Credit:
E-learning tests (max. 10pts)
Credit test (max. 30 pts, one attempt)
Total min. 25 pts in e-learning tests and credit test
Exam: Listening (max. 30 pts, min. 15 pts), Reading (max. 30 pts, min. 15pts).
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)
Credit:
E-learning tests (max. 10pts)
Credit test (max. 30 pts, one attempt)
Total min. 25 pts in e-learning tests and credit test
Specific tasks may be required during semester
Exam: Listening (max. 30 pts, min. 15 pts), Reading (max. 30 pts, min. 15pts).
Course curriculum
International Market, A Global Brand
Noun Compounds and Noun Phrases
Building Relationships
Success in Business
Prefixes, Tenses
Job Satisfaction, Working for the Best Companies
Synonyms, Word-Formation, Passives
Risks, Managing Risks
Adverbs of Degree
Revision
Work placements
Aims
Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
Recommended optional programme components
Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
Recommended reading
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)
Elearning
Classification of course in study plans
- Programme MGR Master's
branch MGR-UFRP-D , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
branch MGR-ŘEP , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
branch MGR-PFO , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional - Programme MGR-MEO Master's 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
- Programme MGR-UFRP Master's 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
- Programme MGR-IM Master's 1 year of study, winter semester, elective
Type of course unit
Elearning