Good level of English at pre-intermediate level as minimum.

Grammar: Nouns – articles, countable and uncountable nouns, expressing quantity; adjectives and adverbs – comparative and superlative, comparison; pronouns – personal, possessive, demonstrative, interrogative, indefinite; numerals – cardinal, ordinal; prepositions – local and time expressions; verbs – present simple, present continuous, past simple, past continuous, present perfect simple, present perfect continuous, future – simple, continuous, other expressions of future (going to, present continuous), past perfect simple, past perfect continuous, modal verbs, question forms, negative, short answers, passive and active voice, imperative, conditional, gerund; sentence – word order, there is/there are, question forms, complex and compound sentence – time clauses, conditionals, using of infinitive.

Vocabulary: socializing, personal data, school, job, daily routine, leisure time, family, food and drinks, shopping, travelling, clothing, housing, health, public services (post, bank, authorities), environment, weather.

Course completion

Assessment

To qualify for the final exam, students must meet the following conditions:

1. Maintain a minimum 80% class attendance rate (students may skip no more than two lectures).
2. Complete all required homework assignments.

For the final exam, students must pass the test. The exam requires listening and reading comprehension. The final exam grade is the overall course grade.

Grading System:

• A: 90–100%
• B: 80–89%
• C: 70–79%
• D: 60–69%
• F: below 60% (failing grade)

Note on Plagiarism: All submitted work must be the result of the student’s own independent effort. AI-generated texts (e.g., produced by tools such as ChatGPT or similar systems) are not considered original student work and will not be accepted.

Completion for Students with Individual Study Plans*

• Same requirements as above.
• If personal attendance is not possible, an alternative assignment may be arranged with the instructor.

*An Individual Study Plan is subject to agreement between the student and the head of department and requires exceptional circumstances.

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 HA1P.

Attendance and Absence Policy

Attendance is systematically monitored by the instructor. In justified cases, absences may be compensated for in agreement with the instructor.

Not applicable.

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