Course detail

Business English 2

FP-HA2PLAcad. year: 2023/2024

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.

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

3

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

PhDr. Bc. Dagmar Šťastná

Department

Department of Foreign Languages (UJAZ)

Entry knowledge

Good knowledge of general language at pre-intermediate level as minimum. Knowledge of professional language structures and vocabulary corresponding to the course Business English 1.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Assessment consists of the following parts:

Course completion:
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 (MS Teams), 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.

 


Students’ attendance and their participation in lessons is systematically monitored.

Aims

The aim of the course is to develop students' language skills that are used in professional communication (reading, listening, speaking, writing), and provide them with basic terminology and specific structures of professional language with the focus on ability to understand professional texts and communication on professional topics.
The course is intended to deepen the student’s language skills that are essential for professional communication using relevant vocabulary. Students will learn basic economic terminology that enable them to understand professional economic texts.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Basic literature

COTTON, David, David FALVEY, Simon KENT, Bill MASCULL a John ROGERS. Market leader: intermediate: business English. 3rd ed. Harlow: Pearson Longman, 2010. ISBN 978-1-4082-3695-6.

Recommended reading

MANN, Malcolm a Steve TAYLORE-KNOWLES. Destination B1: grammar and vocabulary : [with answer key]. Oxford: Macmillan, 2007. ISBN 9780230035362. (EN)
MASCULL, B.: Business Vocabulary in Use Intermediate, CUP 2010
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.

Elearning

eLearning: currently opened course

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme BAK-EP Bachelor's 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
  • Programme BAK-PM Bachelor's 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
  • Programme BAK-UAD Bachelor's 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Language exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Mgr. Marie Žouželková Bartošová
PhDr. Bc. Dagmar Šťastná
Mgr. Bc. Magda Sučková, Ph.D.
Mgr. Šárka Rujbrová
Mgr. Jana Jašková, Ph.D.

Syllabus

Kurz HA2PL navazuje na předmět ze zimního semestru HA1PZ. Požaduje se velmi dobrá znalost obecného jazyka minimálně na středně-pokročilé úrovni. Předmět HA2PL je zaměřen na charakteristické vlastnosti obchodní angličtiny na úrovni B1-B2. Poskytuje studentům příslušnou slovní zásobu a dovednosti nezbytné pro formální komunikaci v ekonomických profesích.

The HA2PL course follows the subject from the winter semester HA1PZ. A very good knowledge of the general language at least at an intermediate level is required. The subject HA2PL is focused on the characteristic features of business English at the B1-B2 level. It provides students with the appropriate vocabulary and skills necessary for formal communication in economic professions.

1. U7: Cultures - Cultural awareness in business, culture shock.
2. U7: Cultures - Business relationships, giving advice, expressing obligation and necessity.
3. U8: Human resources – Job interviews, talking about job applications, recruitment process.
4. U8: Human resources – Infinitives and -ing forms, getting information on the phone.
5. U9: International markets – Development of international markets, talking about free trade.
6. U9: International markets – Conditionals, negotiating.
7. U10: Ethics – Ethics at work, describing illegal activities 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, presentations and presenting.
11. U12: Competition – Idioms from sport to describe competition.
12. U12: Competition – Passives, negotiating.
13. Zápočtový test / Credit by exam 

Elearning

eLearning: currently opened course