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Lecturer(s)
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Podlásková Irena, Mgr.
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Lovas Mark Joseph, Ph.D.
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Šebek Jan, Mgr.
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Course content
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Recruitment / Careers /Employment. Making Contacts. Telephoning / Business Correspondence (videoconference option). Import - Export / Wholesale / Retail / Marketing Business Travel / Socializing / Intercultural Communication in Business (videoconference option). Standardized final language exam which consists of both the written and the oral part and which also reflects the specific command of language relevant to the student´s professional needs.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Work with text (with textbook, with book), Methods of individual activities
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Learning outcomes
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Subject completion requirements in case of a distance teaching mode: Based on the teacher´s requirements, the student participates in online lessons according to the schedule and completes the assigned tasks via the online systems Moodle / MS Teams. Based on the characteristics of the entry level of B1+, the aim of the study subject is providing the extension of general vocabulary and its enrichment in terms of the relevant terminology, the practise of the corresponding language means and obtaining the skills (speaking, writing, listening and reading) applicable both in the area of general language as well as the language for specific purposes, expected at the level B2.
At the end of the study subject, the student will be able to use English language in the following ways: to use relevant language means, both in the spoken and written form of the company communication; to describe the basic structure of supply-chain management; to characterise the basic aspects of marketing; to decide which language expressions are adequate in the particular context of their use. At the end of the study subject, the student will be able to use the acquired B2 language means in order to: understand longer speeches and lectures; understand the articles and news, in which the authors demonstrate their specific viewpoints; express himself/herself within a broad range of topics related to his/her interests, including the explanation of his/her perspective and stating the advantages and disadvantages of various solutions; summarise the information from various sources and to structure the main arguments in written form At the end of the study subject, the student will be generally able: to get the basic orientation in complex communicative situations in the foreign-language context; to use a sufficiently broad range of vocabulary to express his/her viewpoint related to his/her study field and within the general topics; to communicate with a sufficiently high level of language accuracy.
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Prerequisites
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- for non-native speakers 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
Completion of all whole-semester tasks defined by the teacher. The final testing will be carried out by means of standardised testing materials and focused on identifying the level of the student´s language competence.
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Recommended literature
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ALLISON, J.; TOWNSEND, J.; EMMERSON, P. The Business 2.0. B2. Upper Intermediate. Student´s Book. MacMillan, 2014.
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KOBLÍŽKOVÁ, A. English For Business. Pardubice, 2005.
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LATHAM-KOENIG, C.; OXENDEN, C. English File Third Edition Upper Intermediate. Oxford University Press, 2014.
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NAUNTON, J. Profile 3. Student´s Book. Oxford University Press, 2009.
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