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Lecturer(s)
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Course content
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analysis of texts from the field of business, HR management and finance from the morphological, syntactic, lexical and stylistical viewpoint content summarization, presentation of main ideas cohesion and coherence translation skills applied to commercial text
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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- Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40)
- 26 hours per semester
- Contact hours
- 26 hours per semester
- Preparation for formative assessments (2-20)
- 10 hours per semester
- Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40)
- 16 hours per semester
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| Knowledge |
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| to use English corresponding to B2 or C1 according to CEFR |
| to analyze the basic morphological and syntactic categories of the English language |
| to be well-informed about the main word-formation processes |
| to identify the main characteristics of specialist texts from the commercial field |
| to be well-informed about fundamental specialist literature from the field of English linguistics |
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| to summarize and present the content of English texts |
| to compile coherent texts in English |
| to translate selected parts of English texts into Czech language |
| to demonstrate the knowledge of a wide range of specialist business vocabulary |
| to contribute to thematic discussion in a relevant way |
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| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| to communicate efficiently in specialized English |
| to be familiar with morphological and syntactic particularities of specialized English |
| to master professional business vocabulary on an advanced level |
| to analyse efficiently specialist commercial texts in English |
| to understand coherence and cohesion in business-oriented texts |
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| to carry out a detailed linguistic analysis of specialist English texts from the morphosyntactic point of view |
| to translate from English into Czech phraseological units characteristic of business journalism |
| to create coherent and cohesive texts from the commercial field |
| hto ave a command of English corresponding to proficient user C1 according to CEFR |
| to carry a lexicological and stylistic analysis of selected texts |
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| Seminar |
| Multimedia supported teaching |
| E-learning |
| Students' portfolio |
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| Seminar |
| Multimedia supported teaching |
| Skills demonstration |
| Textual studies |
| Discussion |
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| Multimedia supported teaching |
| Practicum |
| Task-based study method |
| assessment methods |
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| Test |
| Continuous assessment |
| Seminar work |
| Skills |
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| Test |
| Continuous assessment |
| Skills demonstration during practicum |
| Competences |
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| Skills demonstration during practicum |
| Continuous assessment |
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Recommended literature
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Dušková, Klégr, Malá, Šaldová. Morfologie současné angličtiny. Praha, 2001.
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Greenbaum, Sidney; Nelson, Gerald. An introduction to English grammar. 2nd ed. London : Pearson, 2002. ISBN 0582437415.
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MacKenzie, Ian. Professional English in use : finance. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006. ISBN 0-521-61627-1.
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Mascull, Bill. Business vocabulary in use : advanced. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010. ISBN 978-0-521-74940-4.
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McCasthy, Michael, McCarten, Jeanne. Grammar for Business. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009.
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Vince, Michael; McNicholas, Kevin. Macmillan English grammar : in context : intermediate : with key. 1st pub. Oxford : Macmillan, 2007. ISBN 978-1-4050-7140-6.
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