Course detail

Professional English 2

FP-PA2KAcad. year: 2022/2023

The course focuses on characteristic features of business professional communication. 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

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Mgr. et Mgr. Andrea Kratochvílová

Department

Center for language education (CJV)

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

Professional English 2 is a follow-up to the course studied in the previous semester (Professional English 1) covering the first half of the course book (U1 - 6). Exam from course 1 is a necessary prerequisite to continue in the course 2.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

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

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Credit:

75% Active participation (10 points)

E-learning assignments (max 10 points)

Credit test (max 30 points, one regular session)

In total - at least 25 points

Exam:

-listening, reading comprehension (min 25, max 50 points)

 

Course completion for students with an individual study plan:

E-learning assignments (max 10 points)

Credit test (max 30 points, one regular session)

In total - at least 25 points

Exam:

-listening, reading comprehension (min 25, max 50 points)

Course curriculum

Session 1 (4h)
- Introductory tutorial.
- U7: Management Styles.
- U8: Teambuilding.
- U9: Raising Finance
Session 2 (4h)
- Revision. Checking comprehension.
- U10: Customer Service
- U11: Crisis Management
- U12: Mergers and Acquisitions
Session 3 (4h)
- Revision.
- Final test.

Self study focused on the given units

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

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

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)

Elearning

eLearning: currently opened course

Classification of course in study plans

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

  • Programme MGR-KS Master's

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

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

Type of course unit

 

Guided consultation in combined form of studies

14 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Mgr. et Mgr. Andrea Kratochvílová

Elearning

eLearning: currently opened course