PJI1A Foreign Language I/1 - English

Faculty of Economics and Administration
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
0/4/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. et Mgr. Bc. Milan Boháček, M.A. (lecturer)
Mgr. Veronika Dvořáčková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Lucie Fialová (lecturer)
Mgr. Jiřina Hrbáčková (lecturer)
PhDr. Helena Hušková (lecturer)
Mgr. Eva Lukáčová (lecturer)
Ing. Mgr. Blanka Pojslová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Bc. Eva Punčochářová (lecturer)
Mgr. Petra Stejskalová (lecturer)
Mgr. Lenka Zouhar Ludvíková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
PaedDr. Marta Holasová, Ph.D. (assistant)
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
PJI1A/1: Tue 8:30–10:05 S401, Thu 8:30–10:05 S401, J. Hrbáčková
PJI1A/10: Tue 8:30–10:05 S306, Thu 8:30–10:05 S306, V. Dvořáčková
PJI1A/11: Tue 10:15–11:50 S305, Thu 10:15–11:50 S305, M. Boháček
PJI1A/12: Tue 12:00–13:35 S313, Thu 12:00–13:35 S313, E. Punčochářová
PJI1A/13: Tue 12:00–13:35 S315, Thu 12:00–13:35 S315, B. Pojslová
PJI1A/14: Tue 13:45–15:20 S401, Thu 13:45–15:20 S401, P. Stejskalová
PJI1A/15: Tue 13:45–15:20 S313, Thu 13:45–15:20 S313, V. Dvořáčková, E. Punčochářová
PJI1A/16: Tue 13:45–15:20 S305, Thu 13:45–15:20 S305, M. Boháček
PJI1A/17: Tue 12:00–13:35 MT205, Thu 12:00–13:35 MT205, L. Fialová
PJI1A/18: Tue 12:00–13:35 VT314, Thu 12:00–13:35 VT314, E. Lukáčová
PJI1A/19: Tue 8:30–10:05 VT314, Thu 8:30–10:05 VT314, E. Lukáčová
PJI1A/2: Tue 10:15–11:50 S401, Thu 10:15–11:50 S401, J. Hrbáčková
PJI1A/20: Tue 13:45–15:20 MT205, Thu 13:45–15:20 MT205, L. Fialová
PJI1A/21: Tue 13:45–15:20 S315, Thu 13:45–15:20 S315, E. Lukáčová
PJI1A/22: Tue 15:30–17:05 MT205, L. Fialová
PJI1A/3: Tue 12:00–13:35 S401, Thu 12:00–13:35 S401, P. Stejskalová
PJI1A/4: Tue 8:30–10:05 S305, Thu 8:30–10:05 S305, M. Boháček
PJI1A/5: Tue 10:15–11:50 S315, Thu 10:15–11:50 S315, B. Pojslová
PJI1A/6: Tue 8:30–10:05 S313, Thu 8:30–10:05 S313, P. Stejskalová
PJI1A/7: Tue 8:30–10:05 S315, Thu 8:30–10:05 S315, E. Punčochářová
PJI1A/8: Tue 8:30–10:05 MT205, Thu 8:30–10:05 MT205, L. Fialová
PJI1A/9: Tue 10:15–11:50 MT205, Thu 10:15–11:50 MT205, V. Dvořáčková, E. Punčochářová
Prerequisites
Knowledge of general language at the school-leaving examination level.
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 598 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/598, only registered: 0/598, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/598
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
English as Foreign Language I (PJI) is designed for students who have reached the school-leaving examination level proficiency in this language (students can choose English, German or French). In the first stage of this four-semester course, students will be introduced to the LSP language in common economic and business contexts, which represents:
- enhancing their general and business vocabulary (by approximately 500 new lexical units),
- activation of grammatical structures typical for technical language,
- application of principles of business correspondence,
respecting specific features of various languages. The stress is put not only on the development of communication skills, exploration of the structures of the language, but also on studying the culture of appropriate countries where the language is spoken. At the end of this course, students should be able to:
- understand a general economic text of intermediate difficulty level,
- discuss covered economic topics and
- orientate themselves in English economic terminology relating to the covered topics.
Syllabus
  • The following topics, based on units 1 to 7 of the used textbook, will be covered during the semester:
  • Unit 1 - Alliances
  • Unit 2 - Projects
  • Unit 3 - Teamworking
  • Unit 4 - Information
  • Unit 5 - Technology
  • Unit 6 - Advertising
  • Unit 7 - Law
Literature
  • TRAPPE, Tonya and Graham TULLIS. Intelligent business : upper intermediate : coursebook. 1st ed. Harlow: Longman, 2006, 176 s. ISBN 0582848091. info
  • PILE, Louise. Intelligent business : upper intermediate : workbook. 1st ed. Harlow: Longman, 2006, 96 s. ISBN 0582840597. info
  • BRANDEJSKÁ, Zdeňka. Intelligent vocabulary : glosář k učebnici Intelligent business: upper intermediate. Edited by Milan Boháček - Eva Trumpešová-Rudolfová. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2007, 101 s. ISBN 9788021043893. info
Assessment methods
This course is taught only in the form of seminar sessions and it 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 (summary of an economic article; the summary should consist of approximately 250 words and it should be written up according to an instructor’s guidelines and handed in by a deadline set by an instructor).
If a student commits a prohibited act, such as using various forbidden tools (e.g. cheatsheets), cribbing, taking out any part of the credit test or any other form of cheating, the teacher is allowed to interrupt the test and to grade the student with F, FF or even FFF, according to the seriousness of the offence. The described procedure applies to all the activities that are included in the final evaluation of the course (seminar work).
Language of instruction
English
Follow-Up Courses
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2001, Spring 2002, Autumn 2002, Spring 2003, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007.
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