Course detail

Professional English 1

FP-PA1KAcad. year: 2026/2027

The course focuses on characteristic features of professional  business communication. It provides students with relevant specialist language and professional communication skills they will need in the workplace.

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

3

Assignment to study programme types

Master's

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Mgr. et Mgr. Andrea Kratochvílová

Department

Department of Quantitative Engineering (ÚKI)

Entry knowledge

English exam at intermediate level as minimum (B1 according to CEFR).

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Exam: Test, Listening, Reading (a total of 100p)

Completion of the course for students with individual study plan
Exam: Test, Listening, Reading (a total of 100p)

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)
Exam: Test, Listening, Reading (a total of 100p)

The overall final grade is calculated based on the total number of points earned for the exam, according to the ECTS grading scale, as follows:

  • 90–100 points: A
  • 80–89 points: B
  • 70–79 points: C
  • 60–69 points: D
  • 50–59 points: E
  • 0–49 points: F

 

Students’ attendance and their work are systematically monitored. Most of the study is organized as self-study. 

Aims

The course has a practical approach and is intended for pre-service students preparing for work in a business environment.


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 beyond their immediate professional context.

Study aids

e-learning Moodle course

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

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)

Recommended reading

MANN, Malcolm a Steve TAYLORE-KNOWLES. Destination B2: grammar and vocabulary : [with answer key]. Oxford: Macmillan, 2006. ISBN 9780230035386. (EN)
MASCULL, B: Business Vocabuary in Use Advanced, CUP 2010 (EN)
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. (EN)

Elearning

eLearning: currently opened course

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme MGR-IM-KS Master's 1 year of study, winter semester, elective
  • Programme MGR-UFRP-KS Master's 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Guided consultation in combined form of studies

14 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Mgr. et Mgr. Andrea Kratochvílová

Syllabus

Session 1 
- Introductory tutorial.
- U1: Communication
- U2: International Marketing

Session 2

- U3: Building Relationships

- U4: Success

Session 3 
- U5: Job Satisfaction
- U6: Risk

Session 4 (Nov 7, 9:00-11:50)
- Revision.
- Final test.

Self study focused on the given topics.

Self-study

48 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Mgr. et Mgr. Andrea Kratochvílová

Syllabus

During self-study, students are required to cover all the prescribed topics, just like students attending the individual sessions in person.

Individual preparation for an ending of the course

16 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Mgr. et Mgr. Andrea Kratochvílová

Syllabus

During self-study, students are required to cover all the prescribed topics, just like students attending the individual blocks in person.

Elearning

eLearning: currently opened course