Course detail
Business English 2
FP-HA2PLAcad. year: 2023/2024
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.
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Number of ECTS credits
Mode of study
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Department
Entry knowledge
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
Course completion:
Credit requirements: 75% active participation in lessons, e-learning activities and exercises, final test
Exam requirements: listening comprehension, reading comprehension
Course completion for students with individual study plan:
Credit requirements: e-learning activities and exercises, final test
Exam requirements: listening comprehension, reading comprehension
Course completion in a distance form (applied only when objective external circumstances do not allow the implementation of the study program in accordance with the granted accreditation):
Credit requirements (via Moodle): 75% active participation in online lessons (MS Teams), e-learning activities and exercises, final test
Exam requirements (via Moodle): listening comprehension, reading comprehension
Course completion based on an international certificate
Due to the professional content of the subject, no general language exam at a lower level than C1 can be recognized. The international Certificate in Advanced English (CAE), Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE) or Business English Certificate (BEC) Vantage or Business English Certificate (BEC) Higher exams can be recognised. Exams can be recognized up to 5 years after they were passed.
Course completion based on an exam taken at a foreign university
If a student completes a professional English language course at a foreign university whose content demonstrably corresponds to the content and level (business English at level B1 and higher) of the Business English course and passes an exam in it, this course can be recognized as equivalent to the subject Business English HA2P.
Students’ attendance and their participation in lessons is systematically monitored.
Aims
The course is intended to deepen the student’s language skills that are essential for professional communication using relevant vocabulary. Students will learn basic economic terminology that enable them to understand professional economic texts.
Study aids
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
Type of course unit
Language exercise
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Syllabus
Kurz HA2PL navazuje na předmět ze zimního semestru HA1PZ. Požaduje se velmi dobrá znalost obecného jazyka minimálně na středně-pokročilé úrovni. Předmět HA2PL je zaměřen na charakteristické vlastnosti obchodní angličtiny na úrovni B1-B2. Poskytuje studentům příslušnou slovní zásobu a dovednosti nezbytné pro formální komunikaci v ekonomických profesích.
The HA2PL course follows the subject from the winter semester HA1PZ. A very good knowledge of the general language at least at an intermediate level is required. The subject HA2PL is focused on the characteristic features of business English at the B1-B2 level. It provides students with the appropriate vocabulary and skills necessary for formal communication in economic professions.
1. U7: Cultures - Cultural awareness in business, culture shock.
2. U7: Cultures - Business relationships, giving advice, expressing obligation and necessity.
3. U8: Human resources – Job interviews, talking about job applications, recruitment process.
4. U8: Human resources – Infinitives and -ing forms, getting information on the phone.
5. U9: International markets – Development of international markets, talking about free trade.
6. U9: International markets – Conditionals, negotiating.
7. U10: Ethics – Ethics at work, describing illegal activities 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, presentations and presenting.
11. U12: Competition – Idioms from sport to describe competition.
12. U12: Competition – Passives, negotiating.
13. Zápočtový test / Credit by exam
Elearning