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Lecturer(s)
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Kucíková Monika, PhDr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Week 1 Course requirements, Introduction Week 2 Trade - Unit 48 (Trade), Business cycle (U46) Week 3 Trade- Unit 17 (Competition) Week 4 Employment ? Unit 4 (Employment and employability) Week 5 Employment- Unit 5 (Flexibility and inflexibility) Week 6 E-commerce- Unit 30, revision Week 7 Midterm test, text analysis Week 8 Customer satisfaction- Unit 23 Week 9 Knowing your customer - Unit 25 Week 10 Ethics and business - Unit 41 Week 11 Commercial and retail banking, Personal banking Week 12 Revision, text analysis Week 13 Final test
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Discussion, Students' portfolio, Seminar classes
- Contact hours
- 26 hours per semester
- Presentation preparation (report) (1-10)
- 10 hours per semester
- Presentation preparation (report in a foreign language) (10-15)
- 16 hours per semester
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| Knowledge |
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| to have the knowledge of spoken and written English corresponding to the independent user B2 according to CEFR |
| to have good knowledge of morphosyntax of English |
| to define the fundamental specialist linguistic terminology from the field of morphosyntax |
| to have a basic knowledge of English vocabulary from the commercial field |
| to have a basic knowledge of economic situation and developments in the Czech Republic and in English-speaking countries |
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| to formulate adequately the main ideas of the authentic text from the commercial field |
| to distiguish characteristic features of English as an analytical language |
| to translate correctly selected parts of texts from English into Czech |
| to summarise the main ideas of listening comprehension exercises |
| to carry out the basic morphosyntactic analysis of texts |
| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| to prove the knowledge of the key concepts of international trade, economy and entrepreneurship |
| to prove the knowledge of specialist vocabulary from selected areas of business English (trade, job marked, online sale) |
| to explain the topical issues of Czech economy and international trade in English |
| to have a very good command of English corresponding to B2-C1 according to CEFR |
| to prove the knowledge of functional styles |
| Skills |
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| to use all mastered lingustic knowledge during the text and linguistic analysis of business-oriented texts |
| to extract the most important information from business-oriented texts |
| to translate correctly selected parts of business-oriented texts from English into Czech |
| to intepret topical news from international trade and economy in English |
| to formulate adequately the main ideas of business-oriented texts |
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| teaching methods |
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| Students' portfolio |
| Discussion |
| Seminar classes |
| Skills |
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| Seminar |
| Self-study of literature |
| Individual study |
| Multimedia supported teaching |
| Competences |
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| Self-study of literature |
| assessment methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Skills demonstration during practicum |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Test |
| Skills |
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| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Competences |
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| Self-evaluation |
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Recommended literature
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Dušková. Libuše. Mluvnice současné angličtiny na pozadí češtiny. Praha, 1994. ISBN 80-200-0486-6.
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Emmerson, P. Business grammar Builder: intermediate to upper-intermediate:clear explanations for real situations.. Oxford: Macmillan, 2010. ISBN 978-0-230-73254-4.
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Mascull, B. Business Vocabulary in use: Advanced. Cambridge: CUP, 2015. ISBN 978-0-521-12829-2.
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Mascull, B. Business Vocabulary in Use: Intermediate.. Cambridge: CUP, 2010. ISBN 978-0-521-74862-9.
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Mascull, Bill. Business vocabulary in use : intermediate. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010. ISBN 978-0-521-74862-9.
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Tullis, G. New Insights into Business: student's book. Harlow: Longman, 2004. ISBN 978-0-582-84887-0.
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