VSFS:B_AJA_2 English Language A 2 - Course Information

B_AJA_2 English Language A 2

Extent and Intensity

0/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Štěpánka Hronová, MBA (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

JUDr. Mgr. Tomislav Potocký, Ph.D.
Subdepartment of Languages – Department of Social Sciences – Departments – University of Finance and Administration
Contact Person: Ivana Plačková

Prerequisites

B_AJA_1 English Language A 1
The requirement for the completion of this course is completion of the course B_AJA_1.

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is offered to students of any study field.

Course objectives

Mastering professional language and its practical use is the main objective of the course with a special focus on lexical and phraseological units in professional and technical English, deeper fixing of grammar structures, comprehension of spoken language, both direct and recorded, and communication in business environment and improvement in written English. The course is based on the concept of teaching English as a Foreign Language (EFL) according to the latest methods focused on the interactivity and interdependence of all language skills. With the help of detailed interactive electronic curricula, uploaded to the intranet of the internal information system with remote access, the course helps students in autonomous learning, and allows deeper learning in harmony with their own needs and possibilities, thus assisting not only self-directed but also self-determined learning based on the theory of heutagogy. Specific learning outcomes and thematic focus are defined below.
The course objectives apply to the part-time study programme as well.

Learning outcomes

Students will demonstrate the acquisition of complex language skills and their ability to use terms, categories and concepts related to the following main topics of the course: presentation skills, trends and innovations, describing and solving problems, working styles and career, job application. Students will be able to read, understand, analyse, and interpret professional texts. They will master the skills of having marketing-related conversations, i.e. topics such as marketing ethics, the market environment, legal aspects of marketing and marketing research issues. Last but not least, students will develop the habits of their own independent learning with the synchronous support provided by the teacher and interactive electronic syllabuses uploaded on the university intranet. Simultaneously, all the above helps further self-determining direction of individual students in their English language studies.
The course learning outcomes apply to the part-time study programme as well.

Syllabus

This sylabus is designed for the full-time study programme. The requirements for part-time study programme can be found in the "study materials" in the IS.
Course book: International Express Pre-Intermediate: Units 5–7
Professional English in Use - Marketing: Units 5-8
Seminars'contents:

1-2 IE-PI Unit 5 Resources: Multimedia: The Atacama Desert; Grammar: Countable and uncountable nouns.
3-4 PEIU-M 9 Vocabulary. Research 2: Describing survey results. Exercises.
5-6 IE-PI Unit 5: Vocabulary: Word group; quantity; Work skills: Presentations 1; Basic staging and signposting.
7-8 PEIU-M 10 Vocabulary, New product development 1. Exercises.
9-10 IE-PI Unit 5: Functions: Eating out; requests; UNIT 5 REVIEW.
11-12 PEIU-M 11 Vocabulary. New product development 2. Exercises.
13-14 IE-PI Unit 6 Street life: Multimedia: Zurich; Grammar: Comparisons.
15-16 PEIU-M 12 Vocabulary. Brainstorming. Exercises.
17-18 IE-PI Unit 6: Vocabulary: Talking about cities; Work skills: Telephoning 2; Answering the phone.
19-20 PEIU-M Marketing workshop I: Over to you PEIU-M 9-12. Presentations, group activities.
21-22 IE-PI Unit 6: Functions: At a hotel; UNIT 6 REVIEW.
23-24 PEIU-M 13 Vocabulary. Product and service types. Exercises.
25-26 IE-PI Unit 7 The sound of music: Multimedia Tiger Mendoza; Grammar: Present Perfect; Past Simple.
27-28 PEIU-M 14 Vocabulary. Product life cycles, The Boston Box Matrix. Exercises.
29-30 IE-PI Unit 7: Vocabulary: Talking about changes and trends; Work skills: Presentations 2; Using PowerPoint; presentation tips.
31-32 Marketing Video Session, speaking and writing activities (TM).
33-34 IE-PI Unit 7: Functions: Job interviews; UNIT 7 REVIEW; Writing skills I (Teacher’s Materials).
35-36 PEIU-M 15 Vocabulary. Selling products and services. Exercises
37-38 IE-PI Unit 5-7 Grammar and vocabulary revision.
39-40 PEIU-M 16 Vocabulary. Branding 1. Exercises.
41-42 IE-PI Unit Writing skills II (Teacher’s Materials); UNITS 5-7,Interactive exercises; revision.
43-44 PEIU-M Marketing workshop II: Over to you PEIU-M 13-16. Presentations, group activities.
45-46 Presentations, Use of English - IE-PI final revision Units 5-7.
47-48 PEIU-M Final revision of Units 9-16.

Literature

required literature
• HARDING, Keith a Rachel APPLEBY. International Express Pre-Intermediate Third Edition: Student's Book with Pocket Book and DVD-Rom. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014. ISBN 9780194597852
• Professional English in Use - Marketing, Cate Farrall & Marianne Lindsley, CUP, 2008, ISBN 978-0-521-70269-0

recommended literature
• MURPHY, Raymond. Essential grammar in use: a self-study reference and practice book for elementary students of English. 3rd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007, 319 s. ISBN 978-0-521-67580-2
• MURPHY, Raymond. English grammar in use: a self-study reference and practice book for intermediate students of English: with answers. 3rd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004, x, 379 s. ISBN 05-215-3762-2
• Mobilní aplikace: English Grammar in Use (iOS & Android)
• Mobilní aplikace: Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary (OALD9)

not specified
• KOTLER, Philip, KARTAJAYA, Hermawan and SETIAWAN, Iwan, 2021. Marketing 5.0: technology for humanity. Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley. ISBN 978-1-119-66854-1.
• CLOW, Kenneth E. a Donald BAACK, 2016. Integrated advertising, promotion, and marketing communications. Seventh edition. Boston: Pearson. ISBN 978-0-13-386633-9.
• DE MOOIJ, Marieke, 2021. Global marketing and advertising: understanding cultural paradoxes. 6. vyd. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications Ltd. ISBN 978-1-5297-3250-4.
• STIEGLITZ, Stefan a Björn ROSS, ed., 2022. Media and Communication [online]. 10(2) [vid. 2023-01-25]. Dostupné z: https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/issue/viewIssue/308/PDF308

Teaching methods

Seminars in full-time study; compulsory seminar participation is 75%.

Assessment methods

1 OBLIGATORY PARTICIPATION IN LESSONS
The extent of obligatory participation in lessons has been stipulated as follows: 75% applies in full-time study, 50% in part-time study programme.The subject is assessed based on the student's results in the Credit Test. The test testifies to the fulfilment of study obligations.

2 CREDIT TEST
Reaching the result of minimum 60 points out of 100 points (maximum) is the precondition to gain the credit. The student is entitled to one regular attempt (sit) and further resits to pass the Credit Test with the lecturer assigned to him.
Note: The students who will be convicted of fundamental violation of the Study and Examination Code while writing the Credit Test (namely the forbidden use of mobile phones, spy pen cameras etc.) will get the remark “fraud incident“ into the notepad (i.e. the loss of one attempt).

3 INSUFFICIENT ATTENDANCE In case of insufficient attendance between 75-40%, the assessment “administrative - “ will be entered into the IS and the person concerned automatically loses one attempt to sit the test. The seminar attendance less than 40 % means that the student didn't meet the minimum required study obligations and the credit rating to the notepad in IS reads as follows: “absolutely insufficient attendance“ and the student will be entitled to one sit only.

4 STUDENTS WITH INDIVIDUAL STUDY PLAN The students with the approved Individual Study Plan (ISP) are obliged to get in touch with their lecturer in three weeks’ time since the beginning of the term at the very latest in order to agree alternative ways of fulfilling their study obligations due to optional attendance. In case the student verifiably neglects this obligation, the credit rating to the notepad in IS reads as follows "non-contact ISP" and the student will lose one sit to pass the test. The students who were given the status of ISP on the course of the running term are obliged to contact lecturer assigned to them in 14 days at the very latest.

Language of instruction

Czech

Follow-Up Courses

• B_AJA_3 English Language A 3

Further Comments

The course can also be completed outside the examination period.

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