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Lecturer(s)
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Bochníčková Ivana, Mgr. PhD.
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Course content
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Week 1 Introduction Week 2 Unit 1: Economics- a science , Origins of economics, Economy, Sectors and industries Week 3 Unit 2: Market - What is a market?, Market functions, Market areas, Week 4 Unit 2: Market - Market agents, Market elements, A Market Story Week 5 Unit 3: Competition- What is a competition?, Types of competition, Impact of competition, Week 6 Unit 3 : Competition - Tenders, Trusts and cartels Week 7 Unit 4: Money - What is money?, Functions of money Week 8 Unit 4: Money - Exchange rate, Monetary policy Week 9 Unit 5: Banks - What are banks?, Banking system Week 10 Unit 6: Inflation and Unemployment Week 11 Unit 7: Product Week 12 Unit 8: Fiscal policy Week 13 Unit 9: international Trade
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Seminar
- Contact hours
- 26 hours per semester
- Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40)
- 16 hours per semester
- Presentation preparation (report in a foreign language) (10-15)
- 10 hours per semester
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| Knowledge |
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| use the English language at the B2 level according to CEFR |
| identify the basic morphological and syntactic categories of the English language |
| name the basic characteristics of Czech economy |
| use the basic business terms in English |
| interpret intermediate business texts |
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| summarize the content of English specialized text and identify its main ideas |
| characterize the main features of English documents from the field of commercial correspondence |
| fluently present a selected topic from the commercial sphere |
| identify the most important information from spoken text or video material on a business topic |
| participate in a pair or group discussion on a business topic |
| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| use the English language at B2+ level according to CEFR |
| use vocabulary and phraseology dealing with commercial practice |
| analyze specialized texts dealing with commercial practice |
| demonstrate the knowledge of grammar typical for business communication in English |
| identify the basic situations in business and to be able to assign an English equivalent to Czech expressions |
| Skills |
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| use English skills at B2+ level according to CEFR |
| effectively participate in situations typical for commercial practice and find suitable expressions in them |
| create basic types of commercial correspondence documents |
| analyze thematic listening material and to respond to it adequately |
| reproduce in detail the content of business-themed texts |
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| Knowledge |
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| Seminar |
| assessment methods |
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| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Group presentation at a seminar |
| Test |
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Recommended literature
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Allison, John; Emmerson, Paul. The business 2.0 : B1+ intermediate : student's book. Oxford : Macmillan, 2013. ISBN 978-0-230-43788-3.
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Guffey, Mary Ellen, Loewy, Dana. . Essentials of Business Communication.. Mason: South-Western College Pub,, 2012.
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Hughes, John, Naunton, Jon. Business Result Intermediate.. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017.
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Chapman, Rebecca. English for Emails.. Oxford: Oxford University Press,, 2008.
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Lougheed, Lin. Business Correspondence. A Guide to Everyday Writing.. New York: Pearson Education ESL,, 2002.
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Vince, Michael. . Advanced langugage practice : English grammar and vocabulary : with key.. 2009. ISBN 978-0-2307-2073-8.
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