712-0138/02 – Business English I (A-BE/I)

Gurantor departmentInstitute of LanguagesCredits1
Subject guarantorMgr. Zuzana TrawinskáSubject version guarantorMgr. Zuzana Trawinská
Study levelundergraduate or graduateRequirementCompulsory
Year3Semesterwinter
Study languageEnglish
Year of introduction2015/2016Year of cancellation
Intended for the facultiesEKFIntended for study typesBachelor
Instruction secured by
LoginNameTuitorTeacher giving lectures
ADA0250 Mgr. Jana Adámková, Ph.D.
JUR21 Mgr. Radka Juříčková, Ph.D.
SPU0044 Mgr. Kateřina Spurná
TRA0015 Mgr. Zuzana Trawinská
Extent of instruction for forms of study
Form of studyWay of compl.Extent
Full-time Credit 0+2

Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences

The aim is to acquire communication skill in business English with the output level B1-B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

Teaching methods

Tutorials

Summary

The Business Intermediate: A student will learn how to write a placement report, distinguish between formal and informal correspondence, assess a problem and deal with it, express his/her opinion correctly and explicitly. He/she will learn how to structure a presentation.

Compulsory literature:

ALLISON, J., EMMERSON, P. The Business 2.0 B1+ Intermediate Student’s Book, Oxford: Macmillan Education 2013. ISBN 978-0-230-43788-3.

Recommended literature:

MASCULL, B. Business Vocabulary in Use. UK. Cambridge University Press 2002. ISBN 978-0-521-77529-8. MURPHY, R., SMALZER, W. R. Cambridge English Grammar In Use Intermediate Incl Answers 2nd Edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2000. ISBN 10 0521625971. Business Spotlight Economia, a.s. www.business-spotlight.cz ISSN 1214-8377.

Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester

Working out formal and informal business correspondence Credit test

E-learning

Other requirements

Active participation during tutorials, working out of assigned written and oral tasks, 80% attendance, min. test result: 65%.

Prerequisities

Subject has no prerequisities.

Co-requisities

Subject has no co-requisities.

Subject syllabus:

The Business Intermediate: Units 1 - 3 1 Corporate culture 2 Work organization and responsibility 3 Past tenses 4 Meetings one-to-one 5 A placement report 6 Customer support 7 Customer service and telephoning 8 Asking questions and giving instructions 9 Dealing with problems by telephone 10 Formal and informal correspondence 11 Products and packaging, relative clauses 12 Specifications and features of the product 13 Presentation – structure 14 Credit test

Conditions for subject completion

Full-time form (validity from: 2015/2016 Winter semester)
Task nameType of taskMax. number of points
(act. for subtasks)
Min. number of pointsMax. počet pokusů
Credit Credit   3
Mandatory attendence participation: - active participation in the lessons - working out of assigned written tasks - compulsory attendance - 80 %

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Conditions for subject completion and attendance at the exercises within ISP: - active participation in the first and the last seminar - working out of assigned written tasks - self-study of the relevant units from the textbook

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Occurrence in study plans

Academic yearProgrammeBranch/spec.Spec.ZaměřeníFormStudy language Tut. centreYearWSType of duty
2024/2025 (B0412A050006) Finance P English Ostrava 3 Compulsory study plan
2023/2024 (B0412A050006) Finance P English Ostrava 3 Compulsory study plan
2022/2023 (B0412A050006) Finance P English Ostrava 3 Compulsory study plan
2021/2022 (B0412A050006) Finance P English Ostrava 3 Compulsory study plan
2020/2021 (B0412A050006) Finance P English Ostrava 3 Compulsory study plan
2020/2021 (B6202) Economic Policy and Administration (6202R010) Finance P English Ostrava 3 Compulsory study plan
2019/2020 (B6202) Economic Policy and Administration (6202R010) Finance P English Ostrava 3 Compulsory study plan
2019/2020 (B0412A050006) Finance P English Ostrava 3 Compulsory study plan
2018/2019 (B6202) Economic Policy and Administration (6202R010) Finance P English Ostrava 3 Compulsory study plan
2017/2018 (B6202) Economic Policy and Administration (6202R010) Finance P English Ostrava 3 Compulsory study plan
2016/2017 (B6202) Economic Policy and Administration (6202R010) Finance P English Ostrava 3 Compulsory study plan
2015/2016 (B6202) Economic Policy and Administration (6202R010) Finance P English Ostrava 3 Compulsory study plan

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Assessment of instruction



2019/2020 Winter
2018/2019 Winter
2017/2018 Winter
2016/2017 Winter
2015/2016 Winter