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Lecturer(s)
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Henzelová Romana, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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The course aims to improve students´ business correspondence writing, it introduces them to basic types of business letters (order, reminder, offer), methods and forms of modern communication and main principles of correct business communication. Source of specific competences is especially analysis of didactically modified and authentic business correspondence texts, correction and auto-correction of students´ works.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Collaborative instruction, Students' portfolio, Individual study, Textual studies, Seminar
- Contact hours
- 26 hours per semester
- Presentation preparation (report in a foreign language) (10-15)
- 10 hours per semester
- Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40)
- 16 hours per semester
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| Knowledge |
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| to characterize the administrative functional style |
| to distinguish a private and business letter |
| to list the formalities of a business letter |
| to distinguish the official and unofficial communication situation |
| to list examples of administrative functional style units |
| Skills |
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| to communicate in German at B2 level |
| to discuss and argue in German |
| to build an administrative style text text structure |
| to present themselves in the official communication situation in German |
| to compile the basic documents for the interview (structured curriculum vitae, motivation letter) |
| to use modern communication tools |
| Competences |
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| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| to distinguish different forms of business correspondence |
| to characterize in German the different forms of business correspondence |
| to list the formal principles of writing business letters in German |
| to list and identify individual parts of a German written business letter |
| to compare Czech-written and German-written business letter and identify stylistic and formal differences |
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| to compile your own business letter in accordance with the formal principles of each type of business letter |
| to use lexicographical manuals when writing business letters in German |
| to recognize, correct and, if necessary, to reformulate language and content errors in written speech |
| to compile your own written statement in accordance with the content of the various types of business letters |
| to analyze the content and structure of sample business letters in German |
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| teaching methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Seminar |
| Textual studies |
| Collaborative instruction |
| Individual study |
| Students' portfolio |
| Skills |
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| Seminar |
| Textual studies |
| Discussion |
| Skills demonstration |
| Collaborative instruction |
| Individual study |
| Competences |
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| Seminar |
| Textual studies |
| Discussion |
| Collaborative instruction |
| Students' portfolio |
| assessment methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Portfolio |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Continuous assessment |
| Self-evaluation |
| Test |
| Skills |
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| Portfolio |
| Skills demonstration during practicum |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Self-evaluation |
| Continuous assessment |
| Test |
| Competences |
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| Portfolio |
| Continuous assessment |
| Self-evaluation |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Test |
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Recommended literature
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Buscha, Anne; Linthout, Gisela. Geschäftskommunikation - Verhandlungssprache. Kursbuch. Ismaning, 2007.
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Dudenredaktion. Briefe gut und richtig schreiben. Mannheim, 2006.
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Dudenredaktion. Moderne Geschäftsbriefe-leicht gemacht. Mannheim, 2008.
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Dynda, Antonín; Dyndová, Eva. Česko-německá obchodní korespondence. Praha, 1997.
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Hering, Axel; Matussek, Magdalena. Geschäftskommunikation - Besser telefonieren. Kursbuch. Ismaning, 2008.
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Höppnerová, Věra; Matěnová, Jarmila; Gelnarová, Zuzana. Obchodujeme německy. 1. vyd. Praha : Ekopress, 2004. ISBN 80-86119-86-6.
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SACHS, Rudolf. Deutsche Handelskorrepondenz. Der Schriftwechsel in Export und Import.. Ismaning: Max Hueber Verlag, 2001. ISBN 3-19-001662-3.
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