Course detail

Professional English 2

FP-OA2ZAcad. year: 2024/2025

An English course at intermediate level designed to meet the practical language requirements of students who need to communicate in English at work in the area of management and information technology.

If plagiarism or any unauthorized collaboration on assigments intended for individual work (weekly assignments, mid-term test, credit test, final presentation) is discovered, the student will not be given a grade with the possibility of disciplinary action.

Attendance is compulsory and is monitored.

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

3

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Department

Center for language education (CJV)

Entry knowledge

Knowledge of English at intermediale level.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Course completion

Credit:

Students will be awarded the credit upon collecting at least 50 points out of the total 100, as follows:

75% compulsory attendance in seminars - 10 points

Weekly e-learning assignments - max. 20 points

Optional mid-term test - max. 15 points

Final credit test - max. 55 points

 

Exam: Only students who have been awarded the credit are allowed to sit the exam.

Students will be asked to give an oral presentation on a selected topic of their own choice (based on the course reading). All topics need to be approved by the lecturer no later than Credit week). Assessment of the presentation reflects the use of correct grammar (max. 35 points), relevant terminology (max. 35 points) and the coherence and fluency of the speech (max. 30 points). The final mark is awarded based on the total number of collected points in line with the ECTS grading scale as follows: 100-90 (A), 89-80 (B), 79-70 (C), 69-60 (D), 59-50 (E), 49-0 (F).


The content and forms of instruction in the evaluated course are specified by a regulation issued by the lecturer responsible for the course and updated for every academic year.

Aims

Development of all language skills, consolidation and deepening of knowledge of grammatical structures, and increase in vocabulary with special emphasis on language needed at work in the area of business and management, IT, academic language, knowledge of general English at CEF B1 level.


Students will acquire the basic terminology and language skills necessary for communication in various situations in business and management, especially regarding company organization , production process, trading, presentations and financial matters. They will be made familiar with the terminology necessary for work in IT and with professional academic and IT materials.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

CAPEL, W., FLOCKHART, J. and ROBBINS, S. Business Vocabulary in Practice. 3rd ed. London: HarperCollins Publishers, 2012. X, 173. ISBN 978-0-00-742375-0. (EN)
ELLEDEROVÁ, E. English for Information Technology. Vysoké učení technické, 2022. X, 195. ISBN 978-80-214-6100-0. U1-6 (EN)
Walker, E. and Elsworth, S. Grammar Practice for Intermediate Students: with key. 3rd ed. Harlow: Pearson Education Limited, 2007. X, 191. ISBN 978-1-4058-4464-2. (CS)

Recommended reading

MURPHY, R.: English Grammar in Use. CUP 2004

Elearning

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme BAK-MIn Bachelor's 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Language exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

W1 GRAMMAR: U 1-6. BUSINESS ENGLISH: Topic 1. ICT: U1 - pp.6-7 + U1 wordlist

W2 GRAMMAR U7-11, 12-14. BUSINESS ENGLISH: Topic 2. ICT: U1 - pp. 8-9.

W3 GRAMMAR: U15-20, 91-94. BUSINESS ENGLISH: Topic 3. ICT: U2 -pp.11-13 + U2 wordlist.

W4 Grammar: U21-25, 84-90. Business English: Topic 4. ICT: U2 - pp.14-16.

W5 Grammar: U26-30, 52-59. Business English: Topic 5. ICT: U3 - pp. 19-21 + U3 wordlist.

W6 Mid-term test. Grammar: U31-35, U36-38. Business English: Topic 6. ICT: U3 - pp.22-26.

W7 Grammar: U39-43, 95-98. Business Vocabulary in Practice: Topic 7. ICT: U4 - pp. 29-34 + U4 wordlist.

W8 Grammar: U44-51. Business Vocabulary in Practice: Topic 8.ICT: U4 - pp. 35-38.

W9 GRAMMAR: U60-65, U 66-67. BUSINESS ENGLISH: Topic 12. U5 - pp. 43-46 + U5 wordlist.

W10 GRAMMAR: U68-75, 99-102. BUSINESS ENGLISH: Topic 13. ICT: U5 pp.47-49.

W11 GRAMMAR: U76-78, 79-83. BUSINESS ENGLISH: Topic 14. ICT: U6 pp. 52-54 + U6 wordlist.

W12 BUSINESS ENGLISH: Topic 15. ICT: U6 pp. 54-57, revision.

W13 Credit test

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