114-0588/02 – English conversation for economists (AKE)

Gurantor department	Department of Economics	Credits	5
Subject guarantor	doc. Ing. Jiří Balcar, Ph.D.	Subject version guarantor	doc. Ing. Jiří Balcar, Ph.D.
Study level	undergraduate or graduate	Requirement	Choice-compulsory type B
Year		Semester	summer
		Study language	English
Year of introduction	2020/2021	Year of cancellation
Intended for the faculties	EKF	Intended for study types	Bachelor, Follow-up Master

Instruction secured by
Login	Name	Tuitor	Teacher giving lectures
BAD0012	Ing. Ondřej Badura, Ph.D.
BAL112	doc. Ing. Jiří Balcar, Ph.D.
DRA099	doc. Ing. Magdaléna Drastichová, Ph.D.
HLA31	Ing. Karel Hlaváček, Ph.D.
JAW127	doc. Ing. Jan Janků, Ph.D.
JAN77	Ing. Ivana Jánošíková, Ph.D.
FIL03	Ing. Lenka Johnson Filipová, Ph.D.
KON0310	Ing. Vojtěch Koňařík
LAN075	Ing. Eva Kovářová, Ph.D.
MAH11	prof. Ing. Martin Macháček, Ph.D. et Ph.D.

Extent of instruction for forms of study
Form of study	Way of compl.	Extent
Part-time	Credit	0+56

Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences

The course is aimed at improving English language skills in professional, economical and econometric areas for work with foreign literature. During the course students are introduced to the English terms, concepts and style of expression in economic literature in the cross-sectional themes applied in the study subjects Applied Economics.

Teaching methods

Tutorials

Summary

Compulsory literature:

REES, Gary and Paul SMITH. Strategic Human Resource Management: An International Perspective. 2nd ed. Los Angeles: SAGE. 2017. ISBN 978-1-47396-931-5. VAN DEN BERG, Hendrik. Economic Growth and Development. London: World Scientific Publishing Co., 2017. 978-981-4733-33-5. WALSH, Carl E. Monetary theory and policy. Fourth edition. Cambridge: The MIT Press, 2017. ISBN 978-0-262-03581-1.

Recommended literature:

BAYLIS, John, Steve SMITH a Patricia OWENS. The globalization of world politics: an introduction to international relations. Eight edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020. 617 p. ISBN 978-0-19-8825 McPAKE, Barbara and Charles NORMAND. Health Economics: An international perspective. Second edition. London: Routledge, 2008. O'SULLIVAN, Arthur. Behavioral Economics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022. 472 s. ISBN 978 0197515921.

Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester

ISP: Credit - preparation of a seminar paper according to the assignment of the course supervisor, participation in 2 teaching blocks (exercises). Participation in the exercises, one absence is allowed.

E-learning

Other requirements

Other requirements for the student are not defined.

Prerequisities

Subject has no prerequisities.

Co-requisities

Subject has no co-requisities.

Subject syllabus:

1. Factors of economic growth and development 2. Cryptocurrencies - money or assets? 3. Migration economics 4. Behavioral economics and prosocial behavior (altruism) 5. Political Economy: How Voters' and Politicians' Decisions are Influenced by Their Rationality/Irrationality 6. The theory and measurement of sustainable development and alternative concepts 7. Economics of Happiness 8. Educational missmatch 9. Behavioural economics, its critique and implications for economic policy 10. Economic regulation and competition policy 11. Economics of poverty 12. Human capital and soft skills 13. International organizations and integration 14. Global climate change

Conditions for subject completion

Part-time form (validity from: 2020/2021 Winter semester)

Task name	Type of task	Max. number of points (act. for subtasks)	Min. number of points	Max. počet pokusů
Credit	Credit			3

Mandatory attendence participation: povoleny max. 2 absence

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Conditions for subject completion and attendance at the exercises within ISP: ISP: Credit - preparation of a seminar paper according to the assignment of the course supervisor, participation in 2 teaching blocks (exercises).

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Occurrence in study plans

Academic year	Programme	Field of study	Form	Study language	Tut. centre	Year	Type of duty
2023/2024	(B0311A050004) Applied Economics	(S02) Economic Development	K	Czech	Ostrava	3	Compulsory	study plan
2022/2023	(B0311A050004) Applied Economics	(S02) Economic Development	K	Czech	Ostrava	3	Compulsory	study plan
2022/2023	(N0311A050012) Applied economics	(S02) Economic Development	K	Czech	Ostrava		Choice-compulsory type B	study plan
2021/2022	(N0311A050012) Applied economics	(S02) Economic Development	K	Czech	Ostrava		Choice-compulsory type B	study plan

Occurrence in special blocks

Block name	Academic year	Form of study	Study language	Year	W	S	Type of block	Block owner

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