Course detail

Professional English 1

FP-PA1Acad. year: 2024/2025

The course focuses on characteristic features of professional business communication. It provides students with the relevant specialist language and professional communication skills they will need in the workplace.

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

English exam at intermediate level as minimum (B1 according to CEFR).

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Credit:
- 75% attendance and active participation at classes (10 pts)
- E-learning assignments (max. 10pts)
- Credit test (max. 30 pts, one attempt)
- Total min. 25 pts 
Exam: Listening, Reading (max. 50 pts, min. 25pts).

Completion of the course for students with individual study plan
Credit:
- E-learning assignments (max. 20pts)
- Credit test (max. 30 pts, one attempt)
- Total min. 25 pts 
Exam: Listening, Reading (max. 50 pts, min. 25pts).

Completion of the course in distance form (applied only when objective external circumstances do not allow the implementation of the study programme in accordance with the granted accreditation)
Credit:
- E-learning assignments (max. 20pts)
- Credit test (max. 30 pts, one attempt)
- Total min. 25 pts 
- Specific tasks may be required during semester
Exam: Listening, Reading (max. 50 pts, min. 25pts).


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.

Aims

The course has a practical approach and is intended for pre-service students preparing for work in a business environment.


The course at the 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.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

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

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme MGR-IM Master's 1 year of study, winter semester, elective
  • Programme MGR-MEO Master's 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
  • Programme MGR-UFRP Master's 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Language exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

1 U1: Good Communicators, Improving Communications, E-mail: For and Against
2 U1: Idioms, Dealing with Communication Breakdown, The Price of Success
3 U2: Marketing Word Partnerships, Italian Luxury, How to Market Internationally
4 U2: Noun Compounds and Noun Phrases, Brainstorming, Creating a Global Brand
5 U3: Describing Relations, Business Partnerships, Business Networks in China
6 U3: Multi-word Verbs, Networking, Al-Munir Hotel and Spa Group
7 U4: Prefixes, Successful Businesses, Carlos Slim
8 U4: Present and Past Tenses, Negotiating, Kensington United
9 U5: Synonyms and Word-building, Staff Motivation, Working for the Best Companies
10 U5: Passives, Cold-calling, Just Good Friends?
11 U6: Describing Risk, Managing Risks, Insuring Trade Risks
12 U6: Adverbs of Degree, Reaching Agreement, Winton Carter Mining
13 Zápočtový test (Credit test)

Elearning