B_AJ_3 English Language 3

University of Finance and Administration
Winter 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Štěpánka Hronová, MBA (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Ivona Kuželíková (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Ing. Petra Ležáková, MBA, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
JUDr. Mgr. Tomislav Potocký, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Ivona Kuželíková
Subdepartment of Languages – Department of Social Sciences – Departments – University of Finance and Administration
Contact Person: Mgr. Petra Dovhunová
Timetable of Seminar Groups
B_AJ_3/vBSMO: Sat 27. 9. 11:30–13:00 M21, 14:00–15:30 M21, Sat 29. 11. 8:00–9:30 M21, 9:45–11:15 M21, Sat 13. 12. 11:30–13:00 M21, 14:00–15:30 M21, Š. Hronová
B_AJ_3/vKKV: Sat 4. 10. 8:00–9:30 KV204, 9:45–11:15 KV204, 11:30–13:00 KV204, Sat 22. 11. 8:00–9:30 KV204, 9:45–11:15 KV204, 11:30–13:00 KV204, P. Ležáková
B_AJ_3/v1PH: Sat 11. 10. 8:00–9:30 E004, 9:45–11:15 E004, 11:30–13:00 E004, Sat 15. 11. 8:00–9:30 E004, 9:45–11:15 E004, 11:30–13:00 E004, I. Kuželíková
B_AJ_3/v2PH: Sat 18. 10. 8:00–9:30 E004, 9:45–11:15 E004, 11:30–13:00 E004, Sat 22. 11. 8:00–9:30 E004, 9:45–11:15 E004, 11:30–13:00 E004, I. Kuželíková
B_AJ_3/1BSMO: No timetable has been entered into IS.
B_AJ_3/1KV: No timetable has been entered into IS. P. Ležáková
B_AJ_3/1PH: No timetable has been entered into IS. I. Kuželíková
Prerequisites
B_AJ_2 English Language 2
The requirement for the completion of this course is completion of the course B_AJ_2.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The objectives of the course are focused on the practical applicability of graduates. With the support of detailed interactive electronic syllabi available through the internal information system with remote access, students are enabled to engage in deeper study within the framework of autonomous self-directed learning according to their individual educational needs. The specific learning outcomes and thematic focus of the course are defined below. The course objectives apply to the part-time study programme as well.
Learning outcomes
After finishing the course successfully, students will be able:
- to use modal verbs
- to form and use past continuous
- to distinguish between past simple and continuous
- to form and use zero and first conditional
- to use vocabulary concerning marketing, 4Ps - product, price, place and promotion, sales and costs (Faculty of Economics) - to use vocabulary concerning crimes against person (Faculty of Law and Public Administration)
Syllabus
Course content:
International Express Pre-Intermediate: Units 8-10
Business Vocabulary in Use - Intermediate: Units 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27
Angličtina pro policejní praxi: Unit 4.2 (Fakulta právních a správních studií)

Seminar´s content:

1-2 IE-PI Unit 8: Doing the right thing - Modals and related words
3-4 IE-PI Unit 8: Vocabulary - Career paths; Work skills - Meetings 2
5-6 IE-PI Unit 8: Functions - Invitations and offers; Review
7-8 BViU: Unit 21 - Marketing and market orientation, Unit 22 - Products and brands (Faculty of Economics), ApPP: unit 4.2.1 - Murder and manslaughter (Faculty of Law and Public Administration)
9-10 IE-PI Unit 9: Start-ups - Past Continuous, Past Simple
11-12 IE-PI Unit 9: Vocabulary - Staying in and going out, Work skills - Emails
13-14 IE-PI Unit 9: Functions: Making suggestions; Review
15-16 BViU: Unit 23 - Price, Unit 24 - Place (Faculty of Economics), ApPP: unit - 4.2.2 - Home violence, 4.2.3. - Sexual violence (Faculty of Law and Public Administration)
17-18 IE-PI Unit 10: What next? - Will, Zero and First Conditional
19-20 IE-PI Unit 10: Vocabulary - Gerunds and infinitives, Future phrases, Work skills: Telephoning
21-22 IE-PI Unit 10: Functions - Asking for information with indirect questions, Farewells; Review
23-24 BViU: Unit 25 - Promotion, Unit 27 - Sales and costs (Faculty of Economics), ApPP: unit 4.2.4 - Kidnapping cases, 4.2.5. - Hate crime, 4.2.6. - Sentencing, 4.2.7. - Death penalty (Faculty of Law and Public Administration)
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.
  • MASCULL, Bill. Business Vocabulary in Use Intermediate SECOND EDITION, CUP, 2010, ISBN 978-0-521-74862-9
  • PATOČKOVÁ, Nataša a kol., Angličtina pro policejní praxi, Aleš Čeněk, 2010, ISBN 978-80-7380-216-5
    recommended literature
  • English Grammar in Use, Third edition (with answers and CD-ROM), Raymond Murphy, CUP, ISBN 978 0 521 53762 9
  • 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, 319s. ISBN 978-0-521-67580-2
Teaching methods
The course is conducted as self-directed autonomous learning using electronic study materials in the Information System (Course Study Guide) with the possibility of group consultations with the instructor on-site (to be specified at the beginning of the Winter Semester 2025).
Assessment methods
Course completion: The course is completed with a credit. The credit certifies the fulfilment of the required study obligations. The condition for awarding the credit is a 60% success rate in the credit test (achieving at least 60 points out of 100).
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2012, Winter 2013, Winter 2014, Winter 2015, Winter 2016, Summer 2017, Winter 2017, Winter 2018, Winter 2019, Winter 2020, Winter 2021, Winter 2022, Winter 2023, Winter 2024.
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