Course detail

Professional English 2

FP-PA2Acad. year: 2024/2025

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

3

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Mgr. et Mgr. Andrea Kratochvílová

Department

Center for language education (CJV)

Entry knowledge

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.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

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)


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 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

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)
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) (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)

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

Type of course unit

 

Language exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Mgr. et Mgr. Andrea Kratochvílová