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BPJ_JI2N Foreign Language I/2 - German

Faculty of Economics and Administration
Spring 2013

Extent and Intensity

0/4/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

PhDr. Helena Hušková (lecturer)
Mgr. Petra Chládková (lecturer)
Mgr. Petra Sojková (lecturer)
Ing. Mgr. Blanka Pojslová (assistant)

Supervisor

PhDr. Helena Hušková
Language Centre, Faculty of Economics and Administration Division - Language Centre
Contact Person: Mgr. Lenka Skoupá
Dodavatelské pracoviště: Language Centre, Faculty of Economics and Administration Division - Language Centre

Timetable of Seminar Groups

BPJ_JI2N/01 Tue 10:15–11:50 S17, Thu 10:15–11:50 S17, H. Hušková
BPJ_JI2N/02 Tue 12:00–13:35 S17, Thu 12:00–13:35 S17, H. Hušková
BPJ_JI2N/03 Tue 12:00–13:35 S8, Thu 12:00–13:35 S8, P. Sojková

Prerequisites

( BPJ_JI1N Foreign Language I/1 - G || PJI1N Foreign Language I/1 - G )&&(! PJI2N Foreign Language I/2 - G )
The subject is designed for students who completed the BPJ_JI1N (PJI1N)course successfully.

Course Enrollment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 80 student(s).
Current registration and enrollment status: enrolled: 32/80, only registered: 0/80

Fields of study the course is directly associated with

there are 27 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

In the second semester the course develops skills covered in the BPJ_JI1N course and provides an opportunity to master further topics and skills typical for a more complex communication, and to apply them to professional activities typical of the business environment, such as:
- interpretation of graphical data,
- communication over telecommunication devices,
- taking minutes and
- writing up messages.
This subject further develops students’ general and business vocabulary as well as grammatical structures typical for technical language. The stress is again put not only on the development of communication skills, but also on the ability to use the acquired knowledge actively.
At the end of this course, students should be able to:
- understand a general economic text of upper-intermediate difficulty level,
- discuss covered economic topics and
- orientate themselves in German economic terminology relating to the covered topics.

Syllabus

1. Advertising
2. Company Representation
3. Contract
4. Price
5. Price Adjustment Policies
6. Insurance Scheme Options
7. Licences
8. Telephone Call - Claims
Wirtschaftskommunikation Deutsch, V. Eismann
Chapter 8: Demand (Ex. 2,3), Supply (Ex. 4), Delivery terms (Ex. 5)
Chapter 8: Payment terms and delivery time (Ex. 6,7),Peculiarities of foreign trade (Ex. 8,9,10,11)
Chapter 8:Breach of a purchase contract (Ex.12), General terms of sale and delivery (Ex. 13), Order processing (Ex. 14,15)
Chapter 9: Company profile (Ex. 1), Demand processing (Ex. 2), Check of ability to deliver (Ex. 3,4)
Chapter 9: Compiling an offer (Ex. 5,6,7), Chapter 10: Offer negotiations (Ex. 4,5), Submitting a new offer (Ex. 7)
Chapter 11: Distribution channels (Ex. 4,5), Outlets in foreign markets (Ex. 10,11)

Literature

required literature

KETTNEROVÁ, Drahomíra and Lea TESAŘOVÁ. Němčina pro komerční praxi. 1. vyd. Praha: Economia, 1991. 255 s. ISBN 80-85378-05-1. info
EISMANN, Volker. Wirtschaftskommunikation Deutsch Neu. Berlin: Langenscheidt, 2008. 223 s. ISBN 9783468904653. info

recommended literature

HUŠKOVÁ, Helena. Německá čítanka ekonomických textů a cvičeními. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2008. 73 s. ISBN 978-80-210-4571. info
DREYER, Hilke and Richard SCHMITT. Lehr- und Übungsbuch der deutschen Grammatik. 1. Aufl. Ismaning: Max Hueber, 2000. 359 s. ISBN 3-19-007255-8. info
BÜRGER, Josef. Wirtschaftswörterbuch Tschechisch-Deutsch. 1. vyd. Plzeň: Nakladatelství Fraus, 1998. 775 s. ISBN 80-85784-29-7. info
BÜRGER, Josef. Wirtschaftswörterbuch deutsch-tschechisch. 1. vyd. Plzeň: Fraus, 1997. 823 s. ISBN 80-85784-28-9. info

Teaching methods

This course is taught in the form of seminars.

Assessment methods

This course is completed with conferring a credit.
Credit requirements include the following:
- 80% active participation in seminars (systematic continuous preparation and fulfilling assigned tasks),
- 60% success rate in the final credit test,
- elaborating a seminar paper (translation of a professional text from German into Czech, 1 standard page, written up according to an instructor’s guidelines and handed in by a deadline set by an instructor).
Any copying, recording or leaking tests, use of unauthorized tools, aids and communication devices, or other disruptions of objectivity of exams (credit tests) will be considered non-compliance with the conditions for course completion as well as a severe violation of the study rules. Consequently, the teacher will finish the exam (credit test) by awarding grade "F" in the Information System, and the Dean will initiate disciplinary proceedings that may result in study termination."

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