B_AJ_4 English Language 4

University of Finance and Administration
Summer 2026
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
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
Prerequisites
B_AJ_3 English Language 3
The requirement for the completion of this course is completion of the course B_AJ_3.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The course objectives are focused on the practical employability of graduates. With the help of detailed interactive electronic syllabi in the internal information system with remote access, the course supports students in autonomous learning and also enables more in-depth study according to their own needs and capacities. In this way, it fosters not only self-directed but also self-determined learning, based on the principles of heutagogy. The specific learning outcomes and thematic focus of the course are defined below. The course objectives also apply to part-time study.
Learning outcomes
After finishing the course successfully, students will be able:
- to form and use present simple and continuous
- to use state verbs
- to form and use present perfect simple, present perfect continuous and past simple
- to express probability in future
- to compare adjectives
- to use terminology concerning profitability and unprofitability, getting paid, assets, liabilities and the balance sheet, the bottom line, share capital and debt, success and failure (Faculty of Economics)
- to use terminology concerning crimes against property (Faculty of Law and Public Administration)
Syllabus
Course content:
International Express Intermediate, units 1-4
Business Vocabulary in Use - Intermediate, units 28-33 (Faculty of Economics)
Angličtina pro policejní praxi: Unit 4.3 (Faculry of Law and Public Administration)

Seminar´s content:

1-2 IE-I Unit 1: Making connections - Present Simple and Present Continuous , Vocabulary - Social networks and the internet
3-4 IE-I Unit 1: Work skills: Writing a professional profile, Functions - Networking, Review
5-6 BViU: Unit 28 - Profitability and unprofitability, Unit 29 - Getting paid (Faculty of Economics), ApPP: unit 4.3.1. - Property crimes - introduction, 4.3.1.2,3.4 - Burglary (Faculty of Law and Public Administration)
7-8 IE-I Unit 2: International design - Past Simple, Present Perfect Simple, Present Perfect Continuous, Vocabulary - Starting a new business, phrasal verbs
9-10 IE-I Unit 2: Work skills - Team meeting, Functions - Checking progress, delegating tasks, Review
11-12 BViU: Unit 30 - Assets, liabilities and the balance sheet, Unit 31 - The bottom line (Faculty of Economics), ApPP: unit 4.3.1.5,6,7,8, - Car crime, 4.3.1.9,10 - Counterfeit crime (Faculty of Law and Public Administration)
13-14 IE-I Unit 3: Future lifestyles - will, may, might, be likely / possible, Vocabulary - The speed of change, describing cause and effect
15-16 IE-I Unit 3: Work skills - Emails, Functions - Making arrangements, Reviw
17-18 BViU: Unit 32 - Share capital and debt, Unit 33 - Success and failure (Faculty of Economics), ApPP: unit 4.3.2 - Economic crime (Faculty of Law and Public Administration)
19-20 IE-I Unit 4: Heritage - Making comparisons
21-22 IE-I Unit 4: Vocabulary - City descriptions, -ing vs -ed adjectives, Work skills - Presentations, using visuals
23-24 IE-I Unit 4 Functions - Giving opinions, Review
Literature
    required literature
  • HARDING, Keith. International Express Third Ed. Intermediate Student´s Book with Pocket Book and DVD-ROM Pack, 2014. ISBN: 978-0-19-459786-9
  • PATOČKOVÁ, Nataša a kol., Angličtina pro policejní praxi, Aleš Čeněk, 2010, ISBN 978-80-7380-216-5
  • MASCULL, Bill. Business Vocabulary in Use – Intermediate SECOND EDITION, CUP, 2010, ISBN 978-0-521-74862-9
    recommended literature
  • English Grammar in Use, Third edition (with answers and CD-ROM), Raymond Murphy, CUP, ISBN 978 0 521 53762 9
  • HANKOVÁ, Lucie, Angličtina pro právníky, Aleš Čeněk, 2013, ISBN 9788073804169
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 Summer 2013, Summer 2014, Summer 2015, Summer 2016, Winter 2016, Summer 2017, Winter 2017, Summer 2018, Summer 2019, Summer 2020, Summer 2021, Summer 2022, Summer 2023, Summer 2024, Summer 2025.
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