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JC / EKNEF
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Course description
Department/Unit / Abbreviation
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JC
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EKNEF
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Academic Year
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2023/2024
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Academic Year
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2023/2024
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Title
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Business German - B1+
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Form of course completion
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Examination
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Form of course completion
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Examination
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Accredited / Credits
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Yes,
5
Cred.
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Type of completion
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Combined
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Type of completion
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Combined
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Time requirements
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Lecture
2
[Hours/Semester]
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Course credit prior to examination
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No
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Course credit prior to examination
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No
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Automatic acceptance of credit before examination
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No
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Included in study average
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YES
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Language of instruction
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German
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Occ/max
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Automatic acceptance of credit before examination
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No
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Summer semester
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0 / -
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2 / -
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1 / -
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Included in study average
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YES
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Winter semester
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0 / -
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0 / -
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0 / -
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Repeated registration
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NO
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Repeated registration
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NO
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Timetable
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Yes
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Semester taught
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Winter + Summer
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Semester taught
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Winter + Summer
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Minimum (B + C) students
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not determined
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Optional course |
Yes
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Optional course
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Yes
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Language of instruction
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German
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Internship duration
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0
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No. of hours of on-premise lessons |
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Evaluation scale |
A|B|C|D|E|F |
Periodicity |
každý rok
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Periodicita upřesnění |
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Fundamental theoretical course |
No
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Fundamental course |
No
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Fundamental theoretical course |
No
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Evaluation scale |
A|B|C|D|E|F |
Substituted course
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None
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Preclusive courses
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JC/EKNEG
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Prerequisite courses
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N/A
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Informally recommended courses
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N/A
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Courses depending on this Course
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N/A
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Histogram of students' grades over the years:
Graphic PNG
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Course objectives:
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Seminar is offered in tutorials by appointment. The course is designed to develop existing language skills in job-related contexts. An essential part of the course is using texts related to economic patterns. Learners extend their knowledge of sorting and using current information and improve their skill in the target language. The expected entry level is B1 according to the Council of Europe Common Framework. Learners are expected to have the skill of collecting and processing information. The target level is B1+ in German for Specific Purposes according to CEFR.
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Requirements on student
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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.
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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Content
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Business meetings: meeting clients, introductions, communicating programmes for foreign visitors, accepting and refusing invitations. Everyday business: workplace communication, company organizational structure, departments, job description, working hours. Phone communication: making an appointment, postponing or cancelling an appointment, leaving a message. Order processing. Bank transactions, payment transactions.
Active participation in the e-course EKNEF. Written exam (speaking about determined subjects practiced during the both semesters). Standardized final language exam which consists of the written part and which also reflects the specific command of language relevant to the student´s professional needs.
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Activities
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Fields of study
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Guarantors and lecturers
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Literature
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Basic:
Autorenkolektiv. DaF im Unternehmen B1, Kurs- und Übungsbuch. Ernst Klett Sprachen, Stuttgart 2016.
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Recommended:
Guenat, G., Hartmann, P. Deutsch für das Berufsleben - B1. Kurs- und Arbeitsbuch. Ernst Klett Sprachen, 2010.
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Recommended:
Herring, A., Matussek, M. Geschäftskommunikation. Schreiben und Telefonieren.. Hueber Verlag, Ismaning, 1996.
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Recommended:
Berglová, Eva; Formánková, Eva; Mašek, Miroslav. Moderní gramatika němčiny. Fraus, Plzeň, 2002.
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Prerequisites - other information about course preconditions |
- for non-native speakers
The expected entry level is B1 according to the Council of Europe Common Framework. Learners are expected to have the skill of collecting and processing information. The target level is B1+ in German for specific purposes according to CEFR.
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Competences acquired |
Students who successfully complete the course can: Introduce themselves in a new foreign language environment, structure and explain a study visit programme, express and invitation to an event; Describe a company structure, company business and their role in the company; Make appointments; Place orders; Prepare applications in the banking sector and deal with banking transactions.
Students who successfully complete the course can use the relevant language subskills on B1+ level CEFR with the aim to: Understand the meaning and main points of events and information concerning their personal or professional field of interest; Understand everyday job-related texts; Express their opinion about the common professional issues; Write a simple coherent text relating to their personal and professional field of interest.
Students who successfully complete the course: Are informed about the basic communication situations of a foreign language context; Can transfer general information in the spoken and written form; Understand the relevant texts and spoken utterance in the standard language form.
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Teaching methods |
- Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing)
- Work with text (with textbook, with book)
- Methods of individual activities
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Assessment methods |
- Written examination
- Home assignment evaluation
- Didactic test
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