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Lecturer(s)
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Koblížková Andrea, Ing. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Career / Employment /Job market. E-mail / Snail mail. Intercultural project with Agricultural University of Athens (AUA)- videossessions /skype/fb. Presenting for specific target audience in business. Standardized didactic test measuring the level of acquisition of the course content.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Skills training, Stimulating activities (simulation, games, drama)
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Learning outcomes
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The main course objective is to enhance the previously acquired language skills with special attention paid to the development of the language used in the specific area of Business English. The initial level of communicative competence: B1 in General English. The final level of communicative competence: B1 in Business English. The emphasis is put on developing vocabulary and productive skills relevant to students´ future profession, as well as on the enhancement of the learners´ autonomy.
The student is able to communicate interactively at B1 level, is versed in using extended Business English vocabulary. B1/BE: Speaking: interactivity, distinguishing register. Reading: mastering reading techniques, advanced use of dictionaries and sources of information. Writing: respecting style and register. Listening: comprehension of commonly mediated types of listening (Working English).
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Prerequisites
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Communicative competence: CEFR B1 in general English.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Work-related product analysis, Didactic test
Test: in writing (lexis and grammar)/oral (summarising main ideas of a text; responding relevant questions). Final assessment is based on a student´s performance in testing particular standardised materials. pass: 60%
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Recommended literature
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Gomm, H.; Powell, M. In Company. Intermediate. Student´s Book.. MacMillan, 2006.
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Naunton, Jon. ProFile 2 Intermediate (Student's Book). Oxford University Press, 2005. ISBN 0194575764.
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