Course detail

Business English for Intermediate Students

FIT-AOAAcad. year: 2009/2010

The course is focused on develoment of language skills and mastering of vocabulary used in business, mainly concerning company organization, responsibilities, job applications, interviews, products and services, production processes, sales and orders, complaints, money matters, communication, e.g. telephoning, correspondence, negotations, meetings, presentation of the company, its products and services. Students will work with textbooks and materials offered by the department.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

3

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

PhDr. Dagmar Malíková

Department

Department of Foreign Languages (UJAZ)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Students will learn how to communicate in business situations, e.g. speak on telephone, write business letters, talk about the company, its products, promotion and sales, and money matters, make presentations.

Prerequisites

Knowledge of English at an intermediate level is required, completed course at the level of XAN3.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Work with business vocabulary, its application in writing and speaking tasks, multimedia tasks, simulation of business situations, role play, pairwork, group work, individual presentations.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

1. credit, maximum number of points 40, 20 for listening, 20 for test 2. examination written and oral - 60 points, 30+30, 3 credits

Course curriculum

The company, its organization, communication in the company, meetings, production process, products, promotion and sales, invoicing, payments, banking products, complaints, achievements, trends, graph description, negotiations

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The course develops students' language skills for talking to people in business situations, business correspondence, presentation of the company and its products, promotion and sales, talking about money matters, communication in a company, and negotiations.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

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

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Not applicable.

Recommended reading

S. Sweeney: English for Business Communicatiion, C.U.P., 2003. l. Jones: Working in English, C.U.P., 2001. B. Mascull: Business Vocabulary in Use, C.U.P., 2002. A. Ashley: Commercial Correspondence, O.U.P., 2003. I. Mackenzie: Financial English, Language Teaching Publications, Hove, England, 1996.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme IT-MSC-2 Master's

    branch MBI , 0 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
    branch MBS , 0 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
    branch MGM , 0 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
    branch MGM , 0 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
    branch MIN , 0 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
    branch MIN , 0 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
    branch MIS , 0 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
    branch MIS , 0 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
    branch MMI , 0 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
    branch MMM , 0 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
    branch MPS , 0 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
    branch MPV , 0 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
    branch MSK , 0 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Fundamentals seminar

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

PhDr. Dagmar Malíková

Syllabus

  1. The company, its organization, premises, facilities, presentation.
  2. Communication in the company: Telephoning, messages, exchange of information, meetings.
  3. Description of products, promotion and sales.
  4. Description of production process, instructions.
  5. Description of jobs, CV, interview.
  6. Goods, orders, deliveries.
  7. Money matters, invoicing, payments.
  8. Complaints and response to complaints.
  9. Achievements, plans, trends, graph reading.
  10. Socializing, cultural differences.
  11. Banking products, the budget.
  12. Negotiations.
  13. Revision, test.