Course detail

English Skills for Workplace Communication

FSI-0SEAcad. year: 2021/2022

The course is intended to teach soft skills in English and provide students with the basics of business English they will need in their future careers.

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

4

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Mgr. Dita Gálová, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Foreign Languages (ÚJ)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

The course is aimed at developing soft skills and provides students with basics of business English at B2+ level related to their future professions. TThe focus is on spoken language and communicative skills.

Prerequisites

The minimum entry requirement is the 7AZ exam, i.e. the English knowledge corresponding to B1 level.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Language instruction as an extension of basic professional curriculum.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Course-unit credit is awarded on condition of having attended the seminars actively and worked out assigned tasks. The overal evaluation reflects students' projects.

Course curriculum

Not applicable.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The course is aimed at delevoping soft skills with the basic business English skills students will need in their future careers at B2+ level (upper-intermediate – advanced).

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

Attendance at seminars is compulsory and is systematically checked by the teacher. Students are allowed to miss two seminars. In well-founded cases, extra absences can be made up for after consulting the situation with the teacher. Attendance and active participation in classes are necessary conditions for taking an examination.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

APPLEBY, Rachel. Business One:One. Advanced. Oxford: OUP, 2009. ISBN 978-0194576819. (EN)

Recommended reading

HEWINGS, Martin. Advanced grammar in use: a self-study reference and practice book for advanced learners of English : with answers and CD-ROM. 3rd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013. ISBN 978-1-107-69989-2. (EN)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme B-OBN-P Bachelor's 1 year of study, summer semester, elective
  • Programme N-OBN-P Master's 1 year of study, summer semester, elective

Type of course unit

 

Language exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Mgr. Pavla Staňková

Syllabus

1. Introduction to presentation skills, public speaking
2. Team presentations, presenting to a technical audience, handling questions
3. Brands, presentation of a product
4. Professional image
5. Business ethics
6. Meetings and negotiating
7. Socializing
8. Telephoning and email
9. Writing formal letters - covering letter, CV
10. Working internationally
11. Interviewing skills for recruitment
12. Students' projects
13. Evaluation