Course detail

Professional English 2

FP-PA2Acad. year: 2022/2023

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

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 in professional contexts.

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 language lessons focused on practicing language skills and developing vocabulary. It includes also 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

1 U7: Management qualities, Successful managers
2 U7: Management styles, Presentations, Selig and Lind
3 U8: Prefixes, Building successful teams, New ways of team building
4 U8: Modal perfect, Resolving conflict, Motivating the sales team
5 U9: Financial terms, Ways to raise money, Finding finance
6 U9: Dependent prepositions, Negotiating, Last throw of the dice
7 U10: Complaints, Customer service, Changing customer service
8 U10: Gerunds, Active listening, Hurrah airlines
9 U11: Handling crises, Dealing with crises
10 U11: Conditionals, Asking and answering difficult questions, In range
11 U12: Describing mergers and acquisitions, Making acquisitions, Acquiring a green business
12 U12: Prediction and probability, Making a presentation, Rinnovar International
13 Test

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’ participation is compulsory and their work is systematically monitored. Regular attendance, active participation in lessons and completing of all assigned tasks are required. Absence may be compensated for by an agreement with the teacher.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

compulsory co-requisite
Professional English 1

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)
MASCULL, B: Business Vocabuary in Use Advanced, CUP 2010 (EN) (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)

Type of course unit

Language exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Mgr. et Mgr. Andrea Kratochvílová

Elearning

eLearning: currently opened course

VUT

Faculties

University Institutes

Parts

Professional English 2

Type of course unit