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The course is designed to prepare students to use English in the present and future work situations. Students will develop English skills with a focus on business contexts and environments, and they will learn lexis that is used regularly in the world of international business and impacts intercultural communication. The course will help practice and enrich communication skills, encourage students to use word partnerships, a wide variety of grammar functions in different modes, read texts critically, and widen their experience. The topics include managing change, analyzing company structure, global mobility, etc. Language functions focus on deciding, describing trends, discussing alternatives, and presenting opinions.
Knowledge will be transferred through speaking practice, fortifying exercises, role-plays as well as listening and reading comprehension, case studies, and short pieces of business-oriented writing.
Course objectives
Students will be able to:
• Develop skills to deal with people in everyday business situations
• Increase their knowledge of key business concepts worldwide
• Write and read business agendas, e-mails, memos, minutes, and reports
• Expand vocabulary related to general business situations
• Develop confidence to deal with people and basic issues in the business world
• Express business concepts by reformulating them in their own words while summarising
• Identify differences and similarities between doing business in Europe and in other countries
• Develop an understanding of how culture impacts everyday dealings in the business environment.
Last update: Hřebačková Monika (09.02.2021)
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a course portfolio Last update: Hřebačková Monika (15.01.2021)
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Primary literature Cotton, D., Falvey, D., Kent, S. Market Leader, Intermediate, 3rd. Ed. (Pearson) Class handouts Secondary literature Emmerson, Paul. Business Vocabulary Builder (MacMillan). Emmerson, Paul. Business Grammar Builder, 2nd Ed. (MacMillan). Simon, Sweeney. English for Business Communication. (Cambridge University Press). Dooley, Jenny; Evans, Virginia. Grammarway 3 (Express Publishing). https://tsufacultyoflaw.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/grammarway3-withanswers1.pdf Desmond, A. Gilling. The Essential Handbook For Business Writing. (Greenlink Consulting) https://www.academia.edu/31717020/The_Essential_Handbook_For_Business_Writing Last update: Hřebačková Monika (15.01.2021)
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Assessment details The Course Portfolio consists of two main sections: a) tasks completed throughout the semester based on teacher’s instructions, and b) a short test. a) Tasks completed throughout the semester include: 1) An individual presentation based on the coursebook. 2) A team presentation, “Presenting the results of any Case study”, based on the coursebook. 3) Action minutes 4) A student-created business vocabulary patterns in complex business-oriented sentences. b) a short test
Last update: Hřebačková Monika (15.01.2021)
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1. Course overview, learning from experience 2. The Business World 3. Four key factors (4P) 4. Reading bank: text analysis 5. Describing the change 6. Taking part in international meetings 7. Meetings: Listening practice, taking minutes 8. Roleplay 9. Mid-term revision 10. Case Study: Integrating a new company 11. Case study writing 12. Reading bank: text analysis 13. Reporting, register and style in formal documents 14. Revision
Last update: Hřebačková Monika (15.01.2021)
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Business English 1a or 1b Last update: Hřebačková Monika (15.01.2021)
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| Activity | Credits | Hours | ||
| Obhajoba individuálního projektu | 0.1 | 2 | ||
| Příprava na přednášky, semináře, laboratoře, exkurzi nebo praxi | 1 | 28 | ||
| Práce na individuálním projektu | 0.9 | 26 | ||
| Účast na seminářích | 1 | 28 | ||
| 3 / 3 | 84 / 84 | |||