Course detail

Professional English 2

FP-PA2Acad. year: 2011/2012

The course is focused on characteristic features of business professional communication. It provides students with the relevant specialist language and professional communication skills they will need in the workplace. The course provides preparation for the Business English examinations at B2 level.

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Mgr. Dita Gálová, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Foreign Languages (ÚJ)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

The course at upper-intermediate level (B2 according to CEFR) is designed to prepare students for various economic professions. It will enrich their professional vocabulary and will enable them to express more authoritatively beyond their immediate professional context.

Prerequisites

Professional English 2 is a follow-up to the course studies in the previous semester (Professional English 1) covering 3 units in the course book (U1, A3, U4). Course-unit credit from course 1 is a necessary prerequisite to continue in the course 2.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Course-unit credit is awarded on condition of having attended the seminars actively and worked out all assigned tasks. Students have to pass a credit test reaching 60% points as minimum. The examination consists of a written and oral part. The exam corresponds to the B2 level according to the Common European Framework.

Course curriculum

1. U5: Marketing. The marketing mix.
2. U5: Questions. Persuading. Dealing with objections.
3. U5: Mail shots and sales letters.
4. U6: Self-financing. Funding a start-up.
5. U6: Future Perfect and Future Continuous.
6. U6: Presentations. An executive summary.
7. U7: Financial control. Accountants. Financial documents and regulation.
8. U7: Cause and effect, ability, articles.
9. U7: Communicating in meetings. Minutes.
10.U8: Fair trade or free trade. Contracts and corporate ethics.
11.U8: Obligation and permission, inversion.
12.U8: Negotiating a compromise. Assertive writting.
13.Credit test

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The course has a practical approach and is intended for pre-service students preparing for work in a business environment.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Students’ participation and their work in the exercises are systematically controlled. Absence may be compensation for by the agreement with the teacher.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Basic literature

Not applicable.

Recommended reading

MANN, Malcolm a Steve TAYLORE-KNOWLES. Destination B2: grammar and vocabulary : [with answer key]. Oxford: Macmillan, 2006. ISBN 9780230035386. (EN)
MASCULL, B: Business Vocabuary in Use Advanced, CUP 2010 (EN)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme MGR Master's

    branch MGR-ŘEP , 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
    branch MGR-PFO , 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
    branch MGR-UFRP , 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Language exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Mgr. Miluše Slámečková
Mgr. Petra Zmrzlá, Ph.D.
Mgr. Martina Vránová, Ph.D.
Mgr. Ilona Pavlíková