BPJ_JI2S Foreign Language I/2 - Spanish

Faculty of Economics and Administration
Spring 2026
Extent and Intensity
0/4/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Veronika De Azevedo Camacho, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Ing. Mgr. Blanka Pojslová, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Veronika De Azevedo Camacho, 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 of Seminar Groups
BPJ_JI2S/01: Mon 10:00–11:50 S313, Wed 12:00–13:50 S301, except Mon 16. 2., except Wed 18. 2., except Mon 6. 4., except Wed 8. 4., V. De Azevedo Camacho
Prerequisites
BPJ_JI1S Foreign Language I/1 - S
The subject is designed for students who completed the BPJ_JI1S course successfully.
Course Enrolment 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 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 7/30, only registered: 0/30
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Abstract
In the second semester the course develops skills covered in the BPJ_JI1S 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,
- reclamations/complaints and
- writing up business plan.
This subject further develops students’ general and business vocabulary as well as grammatical structures typical for technical language. The focus is again put not only on the development of communication skills, but also on the ability to use the acquired knowledge actively.
Learning outcomes
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 Spanish economic terminology relating to the covered topics.
Key topics
  • Odborná témata: Presentación comercial, Presentaciones y Conferencias;
  • Seguros;
  • Internet y el negocio;
  • Estrategias de Publicidad;
  • Salones y ferias;
  • Incorporación inmediata - el Mundo Laboral,
  • Exportación, El comercio internacional (el comercio exterior de Espana),
  • Negociar con los espanoles y los latinoamericanos - asuntos interculturales;
  • Hacer una queja/ reclamación;
  • Gramática: la voz pasiva, recursos para debates y negociaciones, expresar opiniones + pres. del subjuntivo, expresar condiciones, la nominalización, el perfecto del subjuntivo, el imperfecto del subjuntivo, usos del subjuntivo con expresiones temporales de futuro, usos del subjuntivo para dar consejos, recursos para elaborar informes, frases de relativo con subjuntivo, conectar con estructuras de relativo, algunos comparativos especiales, estilo indirecto y verbos de transmisión de información, verbos pronominales, ind/subj. con verbos de mandato, prohibición, recomendación e información, expresión de la causa, infinitivo pasado, hipótesis, probabilidad.
Study resources and literature
    recommended literature
  • JIMENO, María José and Aurora PALACIOS. Profesionales de los negocios. Madrid: enCLAVE ELE, 2022. ISBN 978-84-16108-79-4. info
  • TANO, MARCELO. Expertos:Curso avanzado de espanol orientado al mundo del trabajo. Libro de alumno. Barcelona: Difusión, 2011. ISBN 978-84-8443-586-0. info
  • MACÍKOVÁ, Olga; Vlasta HLAVIČKOVÁ and Věra ŠPÍGLOVÁ. Španělsko-český a česko-španělský hospodářský slovník. 1. vyd. Plzeň: Fraus, 2003, 426 s. ISBN 80-7238-261-6. info
    not specified
  • TANO, MARCELO. Expertos:Curso avanzado de espanol orientado al mundo del trabajo. Cuaderno de ejercicios. 2010. ISBN 978-84-8443-587-7. info
  • CASTRO, FRANCISCA. uso de la gramática espanola. Nivel intermedio. Madrid: Edelsa, 2008. ISBN 978-84-7711-134-4. info
  • CASTRO, Francisca. USO de la gramática espaňola - avanzado. 12th ed. Edelsa, 2006. ISBN 84-7711-135-9. info
  • MACÍKOVÁ, Olga and Ludmila MLÝNKOVÁ. Español comercial. Vyd. 1. Brno: CP Books, 2005, 342 s. ISBN 8025106527. info
  • BONELL, PABLO, de Prada, Marisa and Schmidt, carlos SENOR, ANA. Negocio a la vista. Reportajes con actividades para cursos de espanol de los negocios. Madrid: Edinumen, 2004. ISBN 84-95986-43-4. info
Approaches, practices, and methods used in teaching
The course is taught in the form of seminars.
Method of verifying learning outcomes and course completion requirements
The course is completed with an exam. Exam requirements include the following:
- 80% active participation in seminars (systematic continuous preparation and fulfilling assigned tasks),
- 60% success rate in the final test,oral examination
- seminar presentation on an economic topic delivered in the course of the semester using the visual aids
Language of instruction
Spanish
Follow-Up Courses
Study support
https://is.muni.cz/auth/el/econ/jaro2026/BPJ_JI2S/index-BPZEvQ.qwarp
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
Teacher's information
Study material will be provided in an electronic formate. 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.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
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