712-0139/02 – Business English II (A-BE/II)
| Gurantor department | Institute of Languages | Credits | 1 |
| Subject guarantor | Mgr. Zuzana Trawinská | Subject version guarantor | Mgr. Zuzana Trawinská |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
| Year | 3 | Semester | summer |
| | Study language | English |
| Year of introduction | 2015/2016 | Year of cancellation | |
| Intended for the faculties | EKF | Intended for study types | Bachelor |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
The course aims to deepen general language knowledge and to create the foundations of professional English within all language skills, i.e. speaking, writing, reading and listening with the output level of B2-C1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).
Teaching methods
Tutorials
Summary
The students will deal with and acquire vocabulary related to the environment, business alliances and employee's performance feedback. The course also focuses on language for job relocation and secondment, students will be able to apply conflict avoidance strategies.
The grammar section covers the use of past perfect, present perfect and future perfect tenses and working with past modal verbs. Students will learn to change the word order in sentences emphasize important information and apply formal language to write parts of final reports.
An important part of the course is the practical application of language skills. Students will work on presenting arguments, preparing proposals and presenting them, including using appropriate phrasing.
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
Additional study materials
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
CV
Cover letter
Credit test
E-learning
Other requirements
Working out of assigned written and oral tasks, active participation during tutorials. 80% attendance, min. test result: 65%
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
The Business Intermediate: Units 4 - 6
1 Career choices
2 Personal skills and qualities
3 Present tenses
4 Job interviews
5 Writing a CV
6 E-tailing
7 Negotiating and e-tailing
8 Conditionals and recommendations
9 Negotiations – bargaining
10 Writing a proposal
11 Corporate social responsibility
12 Ethical behaviour and social performance
13 Taking minutes
14 Credit test
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction