Course detail
Business English 2
FP-HA2PZAcad. year: 2022/2023
Very good knowledge of general language is required at least at intermediate level and at least basic knowledge of Business English. The course focuses on the characteristics of Business English at B1 level. It provides students with the appropriate vocabulary and skills necessary for formal communication in economic professions.
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Learning outcomes of the course unit
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
Credit requirements: 75% active participation in lessons, e-learning activities and exercises, final test
Exam requirements: listening comprehension, reading comprehension
Course completion for students with individual study plan:
Credit requirements: e-learning activities and exercises, final test
Exam requirements: listening comprehension, reading comprehension
Course completion in a distance form (applied only when objective external circumstances do not allow the implementation of the study program in accordance with the granted accreditation):
Credit requirements (via Moodle): 75% active participation in online lessons (MSTeams), e-learning activities and exercises, final test
Exam requirements (via Moodle): listening comprehension, reading comprehension
Course completion based on an international certificate
Due to the professional content of the subject, no general language exam at a lower level than C1 can be recognized. The international Certificate in Advanced English (CAE), Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE) or Business English Certificate (BEC) Vantage or Business English Certificate (BEC) Higher exams can be recognised. Exams can be recognized up to 5 years after they were passed.
Course completion based on an exam taken at a foreign university
If a student completes a professional English language course at a foreign university whose content demonstrably corresponds to the content and level (business English at level B1 and higher) of the Business English course and passes an exam in it, this course can be recognized as equivalent to the subject Business English HA2P.
Course curriculum
1. U7: Cultures - Cultural awareness in business, Cultures shock.
2. U7: Cultures - Business relationships, Giving advice, Expressing obligation and necessity.
3. U8: Human resources – Job interviews, Expressions for talking about job applications.
4. U8: Human resources – Infinitives and -ing forms, Getting information on the telephone.
5. U9: International markets – Development of international markets, Words and expressions for talking about free trade.
6. U9: International markets – Conditionals, Negotiating.
7. U10: Ethics – Ethics at work, Words to describe illegal activity or unethical behaviour.
8. U10: Ethics – Narrative tenses, Considering options.
9. U11: Leadership – Qualities of good relationship, Words to describe character .
10. U11: Leadership – Relative clauses, Presenting.
11. U12: Competition , Idioms from sport to describe competition.
12. U12: Competition – Passives, Negotiating.
13. Credit test
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Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
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Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
Recommended reading
MASCULL, B.: Business Vocabulary in Use Intermediate, CUP 2010 (EN)
MURPHY, R. 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.
Elearning
Classification of course in study plans
- Programme BAK Bachelor's
branch BAK-UAD-D , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
branch BAK-EP , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional - Programme BAK-EP Bachelor's 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
- Programme BAK-PM Bachelor's 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
- Programme BAK-UAD Bachelor's 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
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Elearning