CKJ_AN2P English 1/2

Faculty of Economics and Administration
Spring 2024
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Silvie Bilková (seminar tutor)
Ing. Mgr. Blanka Pojslová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Bc. Eva Punčochářová (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Ladislav Václavík, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Petra Sojková (assistant)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Ladislav Václavík, Ph.D.
Language Centre, Faculty of Economics and Administration Division – Faculty Branches of University Departments – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: Mgr. Lucie Jurková
Supplier department: Language Centre, Faculty of Economics and Administration Division – Faculty Branches of University Departments – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Timetable
Thu 8. 2. 13:00–16:50 S315, Thu 7. 3. 9:00–12:50 S315, Thu 11. 4. 9:00–12:50 S315
Prerequisites (in Czech)
( TYP_STUDIA ( C ) && OBOR ( FINCP ))
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Foreign Language CKJ_JAN2P: • At the beginning of the course students should: • - have lower-intermediate knowledge of the English • Main objectives of the course: • - to acquire and deepen the knowledge of grammatical structures; • - to expand vocabulary, placing special emphasis on professional economic and business terminology as the basis for successful professional communication; • - to develop the techniques of business correspondence in a foreign language; • - to achieve the B1 level of CEFR.
Learning outcomes
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
  • CKJ_JAN2P • Session 1: Buildings and household contents insurance; modal verbs; articles and modifiers; expressing the future; presentation skills; graph description; • Session 2: Car insurance; health insurance; conditional sentences; making a phone call • Session 3: Challenges of insurance business; verb patterns; meetings; revisions
Literature
    recommended literature
  • HLAVIČKOVÁ, Zuzana. Angličtina Business English : osobní a písemná komunikace, telefonování, porady, vyjednávání, prezentace. 2. vydání. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2020, 159 stran. ISBN 9788027112975. info
  • MURPHY, Raymond. English grammar in use book with answers : a self-study reference and practice book for intermediate learners of English with answers. Fifth edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019, x, 380. ISBN 9781108457651. info
Teaching methods
Emphasis is put on self-study. There are three in-class meetings per semester.
Assessment methods
Emphasis is put on self-study and completing home assignments throughout the course. • Course completed with a credit test. • Credit is awarded after the following criteria have been met: • - home assignments sucessfully completed, • - 60% pass mark for the credit test.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 12 hodin.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2022, Spring 2023.
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