Course detail

English for Business Communication 1

FP-AOP1Acad. year: 2023/2024

The course follows up on language studied in the compulsory course of Business English in the first year of study. The course is focused on general language as well as characteristic features of business communication at B2 level. It provides students with the relevant specialist language and professional communication skills they will need in the workplace.

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

3

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Mgr. Marie Žouželková Bartošová

Department

Department of Foreign Languages (UJAZ)

Entry knowledge

The course is intended for students who are familiar with the language at B1 level (intermediate) since it focuses mainly on vocabulary and communication skills. They are expected to have completed the course of Business English in the first year of their study.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Course assessment in full-time study:
credit requirements: 75% course attendance, e-learning activities, final test
exam requirements: listening comprehension, reading comprehension

Course assessment for students with an individual study plan:
credit requirements: e-learning activities, final test
exam requirements: listening comprehension, reading comprehension

Course assessment in distance education courses (applied only when objective external circumstances do not allow the implementation of the study programme in accordance with the granted accreditation)
credit requirements: e-learning activities, final test
exam requirements: listening comprehension, reading comprehension


Attendance at seminars is systematically checked by the teacher. Absence may be in justified cases compensated for by the agreement with the teacher.

Aims

The aim of the course is to acquaint the students with language skills used in professional communication (reading, listening, speaking, writing) and to provide them with specific structures of business English.
The course is intended to deepen the student’s language skills necessary for professional communication using relevant vocabulary.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

MacKenzie, Ian. English for Business Studies: A Course for Business Studies and Economics Students. 3rd ed., Cambridge University Press, 2010. (EN)

Recommended reading

Moore, Julie. Oxford Academic Vocabulary Practice: Upper-Intermediate B2–C1. Oxford University Press, 2013. (EN)
Strutt, Peter. Market Leader: Business Grammar and Usage. Pearson Education, 2010. (EN)
Tomalin, Barry. Key Business Skills. Collins, 2013. (EN)

Elearning

eLearning: currently opened course

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme BAK-EP Bachelor's 2 year of study, winter semester, elective
  • Programme BAK-MIn Bachelor's 2 year of study, winter semester, elective
  • Programme BAK-PM Bachelor's 2 year of study, winter semester, elective
  • Programme BAK-UAD Bachelor's 2 year of study, winter semester, elective

Type of course unit

 

Language exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Mgr. Marie Žouželková Bartošová

Syllabus

Kurz AOP1 je zamýšlen jako volné rozšíření povinného kurzu Hospodářské angličtiny z prvního ročníku. Je zaměřen na upevnění jazyka v obecné rovině a charakteristické vlastnosti obchodní komunikace na úrovni B2 – C1. Poskytuje studentům příslušnou slovní zásobu a dovednosti nezbytné pro komunikaci v obchodní praxi. 1. U1: Social media – Tense review 2. U1: Vocabulary – Prefixes; Conversational strategies 3. U2: Resources – Perfect tenses 4. U2: Vocabulary – Rules and limits; Report writing 5. U3: Work-life balance – Relative clauses 6. U3: Vocabubary – Suffixes and collocations; Hedging, contrasting, and generalizing 7. U4: Providing a service – Narrative tenses 8. U4: Vocabulary – Gerunds and infinitives; Being assertive; Handling complaints 9. U5: Looking into the future – Future tenses 10. U5: Vocabulary – Future expressions 11. U5: Describing graphs; Problems and solutions 12. Revision 13. Credit test

Elearning

eLearning: currently opened course