ENGLISH I/1 – SPRING TERM 2010


  * teacher: Lucie Fialová, lucief@econ.muni.cz
  * telephone: 549494121
  * office 709, floor 7
  * office hours: Tuesday 10:15-11:00, Thursday 10:15-11:00 - Dept. of Languages


COURSE PROGRAM:

Intelligent Business: Coursebook + Workbook - Units 8 - 15


COURSE REQUIREMENTS:
  * minimum 80% attendance (4 absences without a formal letter of excuse allowed)
  * active participation in seminars (i.e. systematic preparation for seminars, home assignment
fulfilment)
  * presentation of a business topic in pairs (topic enrolment via IS, max. 8 mins / 1 pair
  * minimum 60% score in the final test in the last class of the semester, i.e. Thursday, May 20)



Presentation:

¶  you should prepare a presentation of a product, service or company you like, know,

      own or are interested in,

¶  the presentation will be seriously minded, well-prepared and well-delivered,

¶  it will take about 8 minutes,

¶  it will be delivered in pairs

¶  it will be structured (introduction of the presenter and the topic, introduction of the

      topic, presentation overview, body of the presentation, summary, appropriate conclusion,

      opening a discussion)

¶  it will have a form of power-point presentation which you will prepare at home and bring on a
flash disc (data projector and  PC will be available)

¶  it will be submitted in ppt format in “Odevzdávarna” by 20 April 2010 (each student will upload
the document individually using the following file name format:

      SAMPLE: Fialova_Lucie - Alliances

¶  it will be delivered in English and it will not be read

¶  please use the guidelines posted in Lucie Fialová´s  interactive syllabus in the IS,

¶  other students will be evaluating the presentation,

¶  it is necessary that you form a pair with another student and register via “Přihlašování se k
tématům/variantám z balíků témat” in the IS to reserve the date for your presentation



COMPULSORY LITERATURE:
  * Trappe, T., Tullis, G.: Intelligent Business: Coursebook. Upper Intermediate. Longman, Pearson
Education Limited 2006. ISBN-10: 0-582-84809-1

·         Pile, L.: Intelligent Business: Workbook. Upper Intermediate. Longman, Pearson Education
Limited 2006. ISBN-10: 0-582-84685-4

·         Boháček, M., Brandejská, Z., Trumpešová – Rudolfová, E.: Intelligent Vocabulary. Glosář
k učebnici Intelligent Business: Upper Intermediate. Brno, MU, 2007. ISBN 978-80-210-4389-3


Electronic sources:


web:
http://www.econ.muni.cz/katedry/oddeleni-jazyku-na-esf/informace-pro-studenty/prezencni-studium/jaz
yk-i/

or ESF homepage → Rychlé odkazy → Centrum jazykového vzdělávání



SUMPLEMENTARY LITERATURE:
  * Johnson, C., Barrall, I.: Intelligent Business: Skills Book. Upper Intermediate. Longman,
Pearson Education Limited 2006. ISBN-10: 0-582-84806-7

·         On-line Interactive English Grammar for Business Students; Bližší informace a hlavní osno
vu kurzu naleznete na následujícím odkazu v IS: https://is.muni.cz/auth/el/1456/jaro2006/PJI2A/inde
x.qwarp

·         Emmerson, P.: Business Grammar Builder. Macmmillan, 2002. ISBN 0-333-75492-1

·         Brieger, N., Sweeney, S.: The Language of Business English. Prentice Hall 1994. ISBN
0-13-042516-8

·         Dynda, A., Dyndová, E.: Česko-anglická obchodní korespondence. Pragoeduca  Praha 1995,
1997. ISBN 80-858556-50-6

·         Murphy, R.: English Grammar in Use. 2nd edition. Cambridge University Press, 1994, 2003.
ISBN 0-521-43680-X

·         Fronek, J.: Velký česko-anglický slovník. Praha, Leda, 2000. ISBN 80-85927-54-3

·         Fronek, J.: Anglicko-český slovník s nejnovějšími výrazy. Praha, Leda, 1998.
ISBN: 80-85927-13-6

·         Straková, M., Bürger, J., Hrdý, M.: Česko-anglický hospodářský slovník. Plzeň, Fraus,
2000. ISBN 80-7238-047-8

·         Straková, M., Bürger, J., Hrdý, M.: Anglicko-český hospodářský slovník. Plzeň, Fraus,
2000. ISBN 80-7238-046-X


AUTHENTIC MATERIALS:
  * The Economist
  * Financial Times
  * BBC World Service, especially: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/