Course detail
English: Practical Course of Business Conversation and Presentation
FIT-FCEAcad. year: 2020/2021
The course is intended for students who want not only to express and understand what one needs to but also to understand more deeply their culture and humour so one can be equal partner in conversation. And this is the exact goal of this course. Students themselves will be able to try the art of presenting, specialist communication and business negotiations in English language. In order to achieve this many model situations were designed for students to assimilate these situations.
Supervisor
Department
Learning outcomes of the course unit
- Ability to express his or her wishes
- Ability to manage conversation in common social topics
- To master jargon in real life conversation
- To learn phrases that are not included in English student books but are plentifully used in day to day life
- TALK FLUENTLY even though your English is not 100%
- Experience creating presentations on various subjects.
- Learn how to prepare such presentations
- Learn communication with potential business partners
- Acquire negotiations and appropriate reaction skills while having business dealing in English
- To broaden specialized vocabulary and use it correctly
- Acknowledge your bad habits and mistakes and adopt correct techniques and methods while dealing with presentations and business meetings
Prerequisites
Not applicable.
Co-requisites
Not applicable.
Recommended optional programme components
Not applicable.
Recommended or required reading
Tom Kenny: Nice Talking with You. Step-by-step English fluency. Cambridge University Press.
English conversation-Practice Makes Perfect Series-McGraw-Hill Education; 1st edition (August 7, 2012).
Practical English Usage (4th Edition) Book. Oxford University Press.
Kenna Bourke: Test It, Fix It Vocabulary Intermediate.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Not applicable.
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
Not applicable.
Language of instruction
Czech, English
Work placements
Not applicable.
Aims
Not applicable.
Classification of course in study plans
- Programme IT-BC-3 Bachelor's
branch BIT , 2. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
- Programme BIT Bachelor's, 2. year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
- Programme IT-MGR-2 Master's
branch MBI , any year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, compulsory-optional
branch MPV , any year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, compulsory-optional
branch MGM , any year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, compulsory-optional
branch MSK , any year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, compulsory-optional
branch MIS , any year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, compulsory-optional
branch MBS , any year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, compulsory-optional
branch MIN , any year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, compulsory-optional
branch MMI , any year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, compulsory-optional
branch MMM , any year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, compulsory-optional - Programme MITAI Master's
specialization NADE , any year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
specialization NBIO , any year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
specialization NGRI , any year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
specialization NNET , any year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
specialization NVIZ , any year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
specialization NCPS , any year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
specialization NSEC , any year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
specialization NEMB , any year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
specialization NHPC , any year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
specialization NISD , any year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
specialization NIDE , any year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
specialization NISY , any year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
specialization NMAL , any year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
specialization NMAT , any year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
specialization NSEN , any year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
specialization NVER , any year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
specialization NSPE , any year of study, winter semester, 3 credits, elective
Type of course unit
Fundamentals seminar
26 hours, compulsory
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
- Start talking in foreign language, mainly acquire positive approach towards your progress in English
- Address communicative barriers, habits and mistakes
- Jargon dialects and mistakes
- Listening and ability to understand and react
- Vocabulary in use
- Finding your own communication style
- Ability to express your emotions and needs
- Ability to deal with conflict in English language
- Acknowledgement of your own bad habits in English conversation
- Presentation structure in English
- Self-made presentation and its analysis
- Business communication and negotiations in English
- Revealing and defining your week points while presenting a presentation and having business communication in English subsequently addressing those week points and work on them
- Widening and training specialized vocabulary