Course detail

Professional English 1

FP-PA1KAcad. year: 2024/2025

The course focuses on characteristic features of professional  business 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

3

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Mgr. et Mgr. Andrea Kratochvílová

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

Exam: Test, Listening, Reading

Completion of the course for students with individual study plan
Exam: Test, Listening, Reading

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)
Exam: Test, Listening, Reading


Students’ attendance and their work are systematically monitored. Most of the study is organized as self-study.

Aims

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


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.

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)

Classification of course in study plans

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

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

12 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Mgr. et Mgr. Andrea Kratochvílová

Guided consultation in combined form of studies

14 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Mgr. et Mgr. Andrea Kratochvílová