712-0139/03 – Business English II (A-BE/II)
| Gurantor department | Institute of Languages | Credits | 2 |
| Subject guarantor | Mgr. Zuzana Trawinská | Subject version guarantor | Mgr. Zuzana Trawinská |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
| Year | 1 | Semester | summer |
| | Study language | English |
| Year of introduction | 2022/2023 | 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
Credit test
E-learning
Vocabulary review tests
E-learning
E-learning available at las.vsb.cz
Other requirements
Active participation during tutorials, the completion of assigned written and oral tasks, terminology testing, 80% attendance, min. test result: 65 %.
Students are required to learn the given vocabulary and be familiar with the grammatical phenomena discussed in the seminars. Students will master both vocabulary and knowledge needed for their future careers. Teachers will check the progress by tests.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
Business Partner B2+: Lekce 4 – 6
1 Vocabulary - environment
2 Pre-past, pre-present and pre-future time
3 Presentation of arguments
4 Vocabulary - permanent and temporary relocation of employees
5 Phrases and procedure for writing a proposal
6 Presentation – phrases for presenting arguments
7 Changing the word order in sentences
8 Vocabulary – feedback on the employee's work performance
9 Vocabulary - trade alliances
10 Past modal verbs
11 Vocabulary - avoiding conflict
12 Formal expressions for writing part of the final report
13 Credit test
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction