ESF:MPJ_JII1Aa Foreign Language II/1 - E - Course Information

MPJ_JII1Aa Foreign Language II/1 - English

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. et Mgr. Bc. Milan Boháček, M.A. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jiřina Hrbáčková (lecturer)
PhDr. Helena Hušková (lecturer)
Mgr. Eva Lukáčová (lecturer)
Mgr. Bc. Eva Punčochářová (lecturer)
Mgr. Petra Stejskalová (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

Ing. Mgr. Blanka Pojslová, Ph.D.
Language Centre, Faculty of Economics and Administration Division – Language Centre
Contact Person: Mgr. Lenka Skoupá

Timetable of Seminar Groups

MPJ_JII1Aa/01: Wed 13:45–15:20 S315, E. Lukáčová
MPJ_JII1Aa/02: Wed 15:30–17:05 S315, E. Lukáčová

Prerequisites

The prerequisite for active involvement in this course is mastering the language skills practised in the preparatory courses JII/A and JII/B. Students can test their knowledge by completing a self-evaluation on-line test.

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 47 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/47, only registered: 0/47, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/47

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

there are 8 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

Language II/1 extends the knowledge of general language gained in the preparatory courses Language II/A and Language II/B and pays particular attention to the specialized language of economics seen as a basis of successful and effective communication.
In the course students practise their ability to
- understand specialized texts,
- identify and interpret their main ideas
- translate them into the mother tongue with the use of a dictionary.
Students learn to role-play conversations in business situations and master basic types of business correspondence.
Knowledge acquired in this course will serve as a basis for the follow-up course in the summer term which is finished by an exam at the B2 level of the Common European Framework of Reference.

Syllabus

• Units 1 - 5 from book New Insights into Business (supplemented by additional exercises from Workbook): 1. Introductory information; Unit 1: Company structure - Key vocabulary, Lead-in, Reading, Vocabulary
• 2. Unit 1> Company structure - Vocabulary development, Language Focus (Present perfect and past simple, Describing changes), Skills Focus (Listening, Skills Focus (Speaking)
• 3. Unit 2: recruitment - Key vocabulary, Lead-in, Reading, Dictionary skills
• 4. Unit 2: Recruitment - Vocabulary, Vocabulary development, Language Focus, Skills Focus (Listening (page 20))
• 5. Unit 2: Recruitment - Skills Focus (Preparation for writing, Writing, Listening (page 23-24), Speaking); Unit 3: Retailing - Key vocabulary, Lead-in
• 6. Unit 3: Retailing - Reading, Vocabulary, Vocabulary development, Discussion, Language Focus (Make and Do, Locating objects)
• 7. Unit 3: Retailing - Skills Focus (Listening, Writing 1, Speaking); Unit 4: Franchising - Key vocabulary, Lead-in
• 8. Unit 4: Franchising - Reading, Vocabulary, Vocabulary development, Language Focus (Adverbs, Used to do – be used to doing)
• 9. Unit 4: Franchising - Skills Focus (Reading, Listening, Speaking, Writing)
• 10. Unit 5: International Business styles - Key vocabulary, Lead-in, Reading, Vocabulary, Vocabulary development 11. Unit 5: International Business styles - Language Focus (The imperative, Adjectives of nationality), Skills Focus (Writing, Listening, Writing);
• 12. Unit 5: International Business - Skills Focus (Role-play); Review
• 13. Credit test

Literature

• TULLIS, Graham and Tonya TRAPPE. New insights into business : student's book. 1st ed. Harlow: Longman. 176 s. ISBN 0582335531. 2000. info
• TULLIS, Graham and Tonya TRAPPE. New insights into business : workbook. 1st ed. Harlow: Longman. 84 s. ISBN 0582335574. 2000. info
• VOGEL, Radek and Lucie FIALOVÁ. Slovníček k učebnici New Insights into Business (Graham Tullis, Tonya Trappe, Susan Power) (Vocabulary Book - New Insights into Business (Graham Tullis, Tonya Trappe, Susan Power)). 1. vydání. Brno: Ekonomicko-správní fakulta Masarykovy univerzity. 122 pp. ISBN 80-210-3262-6. 2003. info
• MURPHY, Raymond. Essential grammar in use : a self-study reference and practice book for elementary students of English : with answers. Second edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 300 s. ISBN 0521559286. 1997. info
• DYNDA, Antonín and Eva DYNDOVÁ. Česko-anglická obchodní korespondence. 4. opravené. vyd. Praha: Pragoeduca. xxix, 520. ISBN 80-85856-89-1. 2001. info

Teaching methods

The course is taught in the form of seminars.

Assessment methods

The course is concluded by a credit test. Students are allowed to sit the credit test if they meet the following requirements:
1. 80% attendance in seminars
2. Active participation - continuous preparation, homework
3. Translation from English into Czech (half a standard page)
A credit test is considered successful if a student reaches at least 60% of points

Language of instruction

English

Follow-Up Courses

• MPJ_JII2Ab Foreign Language II/2 - English

Further Comments

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• MPJ_JII2Ab Foreign Language II/2 - English
  (MPJ_JII1Aa)  

• Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2009, recent)
  
• Permalink: https://is.muni.cz/course/econ/autumn2009/MPJ_JII1Aa