Course detail
Business English 2
FP-HA2PLAcad. year: 2020/2021
Very good knowledge of general language is required at least at intermediate level and at least basic knowledge of Business English. The course focuses on the characteristics of Business English at B1 level. It provides students with the appropriate vocabulary and skills necessary for formal communication in economic professions.
Language of instruction
Number of ECTS credits
Mode of study
Guarantor
Department
Learning outcomes of the course unit
Prerequisites
Co-requisites
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Skills-practical methods
Work with texts (textbook, book)
Monologic (explanation, lecture, briefing)
Presentation (static projection)
Computer-aided learning
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
Credit requirements:
75% attendance and active participation in lessons
E-learning test exercises
Credit test
Exam requirements:
Listening comprehension
Reading comprehension
Course curriculum
1. U7: Cultures - Cultural awareness in business, Cultures shock.
2. U7: Cultures - Business relationships, Giving advice, Expressing obligation and necessity.
3. U8: Human resources – Job interviews, Expressions for talking about job applications.
4. U8: Human resources – Infinitives and -ing forms, Getting information on the telephone.
5. U9: International markets – Development of international markets, Words and expressions for talking about free trade.
6. U9: International markets – Conditionals, Negotiating.
7. U10: Ethics – Ethics at work, Words to describe illegal activity or unethical behaviour.
8. U10: Ethics – Narrative tenses, Considering options.
9. U11: Leadership – Qualities of good relationship, Words to describe character .
10. U11: Leadership – Relative clauses, Presenting.
11. U12: Competition , Idioms from sport to describe competition.
12. U12: Competition – Passives, Negotiating.
13. Credit test
Work placements
Aims
Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
The course takes over 13 weeks in the form of language exercises. 75% active participation in seminars is required. Absence must be properly apologized.
Recommended optional programme components
Prerequisites and corequisites
- compulsory co-requisite
Business English 1
Basic literature
Recommended reading
MASCULL, B.: Business Vocabulary in Use Intermediate, CUP 2010
MURPHY, Raymond. English grammar in use: a self-study reference and practice book for intermediate learners of English: with answers. 4th ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, c2012, x, 380 s. ISBN 9780521189064.
Elearning
Classification of course in study plans
- Programme BAK Bachelor's
branch BAK-EP , 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
branch BAK-UAD-D , 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
branch BAK-EPM , 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional - Programme BAK-EP Bachelor's 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
- Programme BAK-PM Bachelor's 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
- Programme BAK-UAD Bachelor's 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
Type of course unit
Language exercise
Teacher / Lecturer
Elearning