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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, Business cycle Week 3 - Competition Week 4 - Employment, employability Week 5 - Job market flexibility Week 6 - E-commerce Week 7 - Midterm test, text analysis Week 8 - Customer satisfaction Week 9 - Knowing your customer Week 1 - 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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- Preparation for an examination (30-60)
- 32 hours per semester
- Contact hours
- 26 hours per semester
- Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40)
- 20 hours per semester
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| Knowledge |
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| to use spoken and written English corresponding to the independent user B2 according to CEFR |
| to identify the basic morphological and syntactic characteristics 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 |
| Skills |
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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 |
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| 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 |
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| Seminar |
| Self-study of literature |
| Individual study |
| Multimedia supported teaching |
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| Task-based study method |
| Practicum |
| Skills demonstration |
| assessment methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Seminar work |
| Written exam |
| Continuous assessment |
| Skills |
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| Seminar work |
| Skills demonstration during practicum |
| Written exam |
| Competences |
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| Test |
| Continuous assessment |
| Skills demonstration during practicum |
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Recommended literature
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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.; TRAPPE, T. New Insights into Business, Student´s Book. London: Longman, 2004. ISBN 978-0-582848870.
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Vince, Michael; McNicholas, Kevin. Macmillan English grammar : in context : advanced : [with key]. 1st pub. Oxford : Macmillan, 2008. ISBN 978-1-4050-7052-2.
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