Course detail

Professional English 2

FP-PA2Acad. year: 2021/2022

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

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

PhDr. Milan Smutný, Ph.D.

Department

Department of Foreign Languages (UJAZ)

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 enable them to express themselves more authoritatively in professional contexts.

Prerequisites

Professional English 2 is a follow-up to the course studied in the previous semester (Professional English 1) covering the first half of the course book (U1 - 6). Exam from course 1 is a necessary prerequisite to continue in the course 2.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

The course it taught by means of language lessons focused on practicing language skills and developing vocabulary. It includes also individual work of students.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Attendance and active participation in class

e-learning tests - min. 7pts., max 10 pts

final test - min. 18 pts., max. 30 pts. (one attempt)

Exam:

listening - min 15. pts, max. 30 pts.

reading - min 15. pts, max. 30 pts.

Completion of the course for students with individual study plan:

e-learning tests - min. 7pts., max 10 pts

final test - min. 18 pts., max. 30 pts. (one attempt)

Exam:

listening - min 15. pts, max. 30 pts.

reading - min 15. pts, max. 30 pts.

Completion of the course in distance form (applied only when objective external circumstances do not allow the implementation of the study programme in accordance with the granted accreditation):

e-learning tests - min. 7pts., max 10 pts

final test - min. 18 pts., max. 30 pts. (one attempt)

Exam:

listening - min 15. pts, max. 30 pts.

reading - min 15. pts, max. 30 pts.

Course curriculum

1 U7: Management Qualities, Successful Managers
2 U7: Management Styles, Text Reference, Seling & Lind
3 U8: Prefixes, Building Successful Teams,
4 U8: New Ways of Teambuilding, Modal Perfect,
5 U8: Modal Perfect, Motivating the Sales Team
6 U9: Financial Terms, Ways to Raise Money, Finding Finance
7 U9: Dependent Prepositions, Last Throw of the Dice
8 U10: Complaints, Customer Service, Changing Customer Service
9 U10: Gerunds, Hurrah Airlines
10 U11: Handling Crises, Dealing with Crises
11 U11: Conditionals, In Range
12 Revision
13 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 is compulsory and their work is systematically monitored. Regular attendance, active participation in lessons and completing of all assigned tasks are required. Absence may be compensated for by an agreement with the teacher.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

compulsory co-requisite
Professional English 1

Basic literature

COTTON, David, David FALVEY, Simon KENT, Bill MASCULL, John ROGERS a Lewis LANSFORD. Market leader: upper intermediate: business English. 3rd ed. Harlow: Pearson Education, 2012. ISBN 978-1-4082-3709-0. (EN)

Type of course unit

Language exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Mgr. Pavel Sedláček

Elearning

eLearning: currently opened course

VUT

Faculties

University Institutes

Parts

Professional English 2

Type of course unit