VSFS:B_AJ_4 English Language 4 - Course Information

B_AJ_4 English Language 4

University of Finance and Administration
Summer 2014

Extent and Intensity

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

Teacher(s)

Guaranteed by

Mgr. Denisa Mari
Subdepartment of Languages – Department of Social Sciences – Departments – University of Finance and Administration
Contact Person: Ivana Plačková

Timetable of Seminar Groups

B_AJ_4/uM11KL: Tue 25. 2. 15:45–17:15 K311, 17:30–19:00 K311, Tue 25. 3. 15:45–17:15 K311, 17:30–19:00 K311, Tue 8. 4. 15:45–17:15 K311, 17:30–19:00 K311, M. Vaváková
B_AJ_4/uM11PH: Tue 11. 3. 17:30–19:00 E129, 19:15–20:45 E129, Tue 1. 4. 15:45–17:15 E129, 17:30–19:00 E129, Tue 22. 4. 15:45–17:15 E129, 17:30–19:00 E129, H. Zemanová
B_AJ_4/uM12PH: Tue 11. 3. 17:30–19:00 E123, 19:15–20:45 E123, Tue 1. 4. 15:45–17:15 E123, 17:30–19:00 E123, Tue 22. 4. 15:45–17:15 E123, 17:30–19:00 E123, M. Vaváková
B_AJ_4/uR11KL: Tue 18. 2. 17:30–19:00 K312, 19:15–20:45 K312, Tue 1. 4. 17:30–19:00 K312, 19:15–20:45 K312, Tue 15. 4. 14:00–15:30 K212, 15:45–17:15 K212, P. Krulišová
B_AJ_4/uR11PH: Tue 18. 2. 15:45–17:15 E124, 17:30–19:00 E124, Tue 11. 3. 14:00–15:30 E124, 15:45–17:15 E124, Tue 1. 4. 15:45–17:15 E124, 17:30–19:00 E124, E. Dudrová
B_AJ_4/uR12PH: Tue 18. 2. 15:45–17:15 E024, 17:30–19:00 E024, Tue 11. 3. 15:45–17:15 E024, 17:30–19:00 E024, Tue 1. 4. 15:45–17:15 E024, 17:30–19:00 E024, E. Stamatová
B_AJ_4/vBPR21PH: Fri 21. 2. 13:45–15:15 E123, 15:30–17:00 E123, Fri 21. 3. 12:00–13:30 E123, 13:45–15:15 E123, Fri 18. 4. 12:00–13:30 E123, 13:45–15:15 E123, M. Pagáčová
B_AJ_4/vBP22PH: Fri 21. 2. 13:45–15:15 E122, 15:30–17:00 E122, Fri 21. 3. 12:00–13:30 E122, 13:45–15:15 E122, Fri 18. 4. 12:00–13:30 E122, 13:45–15:15 E122, M. Vaváková
B_AJ_4/vM21PH: Sat 1. 3. 9:45–11:15 E223, 11:30–13:00 E223, Sat 29. 3. 9:45–11:15 E223, 11:30–13:00 E223, Sat 26. 4. 9:45–11:15 E223, 11:30–13:00 E223, L. Knihová
B_AJ_4/vM22PH: Sat 1. 3. 9:45–11:15 E222, 11:30–13:00 E222, Sat 29. 3. 9:45–11:15 E222, 11:30–13:00 E222, Sat 26. 4. 9:45–11:15 E222, 11:30–13:00 E222, E. Arientová
B_AJ_4/vM23PH: Sat 1. 3. 9:45–11:15 E024, 11:30–13:00 E024, Sat 29. 3. 9:45–11:15 E024, 11:30–13:00 E024, Sat 26. 4. 9:45–11:15 E024, 11:30–13:00 E024, D. Mari
B_AJ_4/vPP21PH: Sat 15. 2. 9:45–11:15 E127, 11:30–13:00 E127, Fri 28. 2. 12:00–13:30 E126, 13:45–15:15 E126, Sat 15. 3. 9:45–11:15 E127, 11:30–13:00 E127, M. Pospíšilová
B_AJ_4/vPP22PH: Sat 15. 2. 9:45–11:15 E123, 11:30–13:00 E123, Fri 28. 2. 12:00–13:30 E123, 13:45–15:15 E123, Sat 15. 3. 9:45–11:15 E123, 11:30–13:00 E123, I. Kuželíková
B_AJ_4/vR22PH: Fri 21. 2. 13:45–15:15 E125, 15:30–17:00 E125, Fri 21. 3. 12:00–13:30 E125, 13:45–15:15 E125, Fri 18. 4. 12:00–13:30 E125, 13:45–15:15 E125, I. Kuželíková
B_AJ_4/vV21PH: Fri 28. 2. 12:00–13:30 E127, 13:45–15:15 E127, Fri 28. 3. 12:00–13:30 E127, 13:45–15:15 E127, Fri 25. 4. 12:00–13:30 E127, 13:45–15:15 E127, M. Pagáčová
B_AJ_4/v1AMRVMO: Fri 14. 2. 13:45–15:15 M23, 15:30–17:00 M23, Fri 28. 3. 13:45–15:15 M23, 15:30–17:00 M23, Fri 11. 4. 17:15–18:45 M23, Fri 25. 4. 17:15–18:45 M23, Z. Šimonová
B_AJ_4/v2AMRVMO: Fri 14. 2. 12:00–13:30 M23, Fri 28. 2. 12:00–13:30 M23, Fri 14. 3. 12:00–13:30 M23, Fri 28. 3. 12:00–13:30 M23, Fri 11. 4. 12:00–13:30 M23, Fri 25. 4. 15:30–17:00 M22, Z. Šimonová
B_AJ_4/1AMRVMO: Tue 10:30–11:14 M16, Tue 11:15–12:00 M16, Tue 12:15–12:59 M16, Š. Hronová
B_AJ_4/1APH: Mon 13:00–13:45 E027, Mon 14:00–14:44 E027, Mon 14:45–15:30 E027, K. Jones-Newton
B_AJ_4/1MPH: Mon 10:30–11:14 E027, Mon 11:15–12:00 E027, Mon 12:15–12:59 E027, K. Jones-Newton
B_AJ_4/1PPPVVPH: Mon 8:00–8:44 E223, Mon 8:45–9:29 E223, Mon 9:30–10:15 E223, S. Brownová
B_AJ_4/1RPH: Tue 8:45–9:29 E227, Tue 9:30–10:15 E227, Tue 10:30–11:14 E227, D. Mari
B_AJ_4/1SPH: Wed 8:45–9:29 E224, Wed 9:30–10:15 E224, Wed 10:30–11:14 E224, M. Pospíšilová
B_AJ_4/2AMVMO: Thu 12:15–12:59 M16, Thu 13:00–13:45 M16, Thu 14:00–14:44 M16, Š. Hronová
B_AJ_4/2APH: Mon 13:00–13:45 E125, Mon 14:00–14:44 E125, Mon 14:45–15:30 E125, M. Ďurica
B_AJ_4/2BPH: Mon 8:45–9:29 E129, Mon 9:30–10:15 E129, Mon 10:30–11:14 E129, D. Mari
B_AJ_4/2MPH: Mon 11:15–12:00 E122, Mon 12:15–12:59 E122, Mon 13:00–13:45 E122, E. Arientová
B_AJ_4/2PPPH: Mon 8:45–9:29 E128, Mon 9:30–10:15 E128, Mon 10:30–11:14 E128, M. Pagáčová
B_AJ_4/2PVVPH: Tue 11:15–12:00 E224, Tue 12:15–12:59 E224, Tue 13:00–13:45 E224, A. Vacková
B_AJ_4/2RPH: Tue 8:45–9:29 E224, Tue 9:30–10:15 E224, Tue 10:30–11:14 E224, A. Vacková
B_AJ_4/3MPH: Wed 11:15–12:00 E122, Wed 12:15–12:59 E122, Wed 13:00–13:45 E122, E. Arientová
B_AJ_4/3RPH: Wed 8:45–9:29 E122, Wed 9:30–10:15 E122, Wed 10:30–11:14 E122, E. Arientová
B_AJ_4/4ARMO: Mon 12:15–14:44 M16, V. Džambasov
B_AJ_4/4MPH: Wed 11:15–12:00 E123, Wed 12:15–12:59 E123, Wed 13:00–13:45 E123, M. Vaváková
B_AJ_4/4RPH: Wed 8:45–9:29 E123, Wed 9:30–10:15 E123, Wed 10:30–11:14 E123, M. Pagáčová
B_AJ_4/5MPH: Tue 9:30–10:15 E122, Tue 10:30–11:14 E122, Tue 11:15–12:00 E122, E. Arientová
B_AJ_4/5RPH: Mon 10:30–11:14 E125, Mon 11:15–12:00 E125, Mon 12:15–12:59 E125, M. Ďurica
B_AJ_4/6MPH: Tue 9:30–10:15 E123, Tue 10:30–11:14 E123, Tue 11:15–12:00 E123, M. Vaváková
B_AJ_4/6RPH: Mon 11:15–12:00 E224, Mon 12:15–12:59 E224, Mon 13:00–13:45 E224, A. Vacková
B_AJ_4/7RPH: Wed 11:15–12:00 E225, Wed 12:15–12:59 E225, Wed 13:00–13:45 E225, M. Ďurica
B_AJ_4/8BRPH: Wed 11:15–12:00 E224, Wed 12:15–12:59 E224, Wed 13:00–13:45 E224, M. Pospíšilová

Prerequisites

Successful completion of B_AJ_3

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is offered to students of any study field.

Course objectives

Level A:
Mastering professional language and its practical use is the main objective of this course with a special focus on lexical and phraseological units in economic and business English, deeper fixing of grammar structures, comprehension of both direct and recorded speech, professional English texts and improvement in written English language. Key topics are company finance and corporate responsibility.

Level B:
Mastering professional language and its practical use is the main objective of this course with a special focus on lexical and phraseological units in economic and business English, deeper fixing of grammar structures, comprehension of both direct and recorded speech, professional English texts and improvement in written English language. The key topic is money.

The objectives apply also for the combined study form.

Syllabus

This sylabus is designed for the full-time study programme. The part-time study programme is reflected in the respective methodological sheets (Czech abbr. ML). Semimars' content:

B_AJ_4 – Level A
International Express - Intermediate: 10-12, Business Vocabulary in Use - Advanced: 37–43, 46, 48, 50
Seminars´ content:
1-3 (IE-I 10): Transitions – reading, text comprehension, listening, (BViU-A 37): Intellectual property
4-6 (IE-I 10): Present perfect simple and continuous, Time phrases, (BViU-A 38): Financial performance
7-9 (IE-I 10): Job descriptions file, collocations, word-building, (BViU-A 39): Profit and loss account
10-12 (IE-I 10): Getting your ideal job – discussion, reading, Describing a process, Interviewing techniques – listening, speaking, (BViU-A 40): Balance sheet 1
13-15 (IE-I 11): Critical incidents- discussion, reading, text comprehension, listening, (BViU-A 41): Balance sheet 2
16-18 (IE-I 11): 3rd conditional, modals with past infinitive, (BViU-A 42): Cashflow statement
19-21 (IE-I 11): Confusing words – dictionary skills, A tough choice – discussion, listening, Business correspondence, (BViU-A 43): Comparing performance
22-24 (IE-I 12): Hard news, soft news – discussion, reading, text comprehension, (BViU-A 46): The business cycle
25-27 (IE-I 12): Reporting spoken language, (BViU-A 48): Corporate social responsibility
28-30 (IE-I 12): Politics and current affairs – collocations, News and views – discussion, listening, reading, (BViU-A 50): Green issues
31-33 (IE-I 12): Social responses, Common expressions, Saying goodbye – listening, speaking
34-36 Revision of grammar and business vocabulary
B_AJ_4 – Level B
International Express - Pre-intermediate: 10-12, Business Vocabulary in Use - Intermediate: 27-34
Seminars´ content:
1-3 (IE-PI 10): Will our planet survive?, (BViU-I 27): Sales and costs
4-6 (IE-PI 10): Grammar: will+infinitive, 1st conditional, if and when 7-9 IE-PI U, 10 – Prepositions of place, Living longer, growing younger, (BViU-I 28): Profitability and unprofitability
10-12 (IE-PI 10): Asking for information, (BViU-I 29): Getting paid
13-15 (IE-PI 11): Getting arround in cities, grammar: 2nd conditional
16-18 (IE-PI 11): City description, (BViU-I 30): Assets, liabilities and the balance sheet
19-21 (IE-PI 11): The best cities to live in, (BViU-I 31): The bottom line
22-24 (IE-PI 11): Social responses, (BViU-I 32): Share capital and debt
25-27 (IE-PI 12): The story of cork, (BViU-I 33): Success and failure
28-30 (IE-PI 12): Grammar: the passive. Description file, Strange but true.
31-33 (IE-PI 12): Thanking for hospitality, Saying goodbye, (BViU-I 34): Mergers, takeovers and sell-offs
34-36 Revision of grammar and business vocabulary

B_AJ_4 – Level A: Law in Public Administration, Business Law
IE-I: U 10-12, PEiU-L: U 29-34
1-3 (IE-I U10): Transitions – reading, text comprehension, listening, (PEiU-L U29): Tort 1: personal injury claim
4-6 (IE-I U10): Present perfect simple and continuous, Time phrases, (PEiU-L U29): Tort 1: personal injury claim
7-9 (IE-I U10): Job descriptions file, collocations, word-building, (PEiU-L U30): Tort 2: clinical negligence
10-12 (IE-I U10): Getting your ideal job – discussion, reading, Describing a process, Interviewing techniques – listening, speaking, (PEiU-L U30): Tort 2: clinical negligence
13-15 (IE-I U11): Critical incidents- discussion, reading, text comprehension, listening, (PEiU-L U31): Forming a contract 1
16-18 (IE-I U11): 3rd conditional, modals with past infinitive, (PEiU-L U31): Forming a contract 1
19-21 (IE-I U11): Confusing words – dictionary skills, A tough choice – discussion, listening, Business correspondence, (PEiU-L U32): Forming a contract 2
22-24 (IE-I U12): Hard news, soft news – discussion, reading, text comprehension, (PEiU-L U32): Forming a contract 2
25-27 (IE-I U12): Reporting spoken language, (PEiU-L U33): Structure of a commercial contract
28-30 (IE-I U12): Politics and current affairs – collocations, News and views – discussion, listening, reading, (PEiU-L U33): Structure of a commercial contract
31-33 (IE-I U 12): Social responses, Common expressions, Saying goodbye – listening, speaking, (PEiU-L U34): Express and implied terms
34-36 (IE-I): Final revision, (PEiU-L U34): Express and implied terms

Literature

required literature

Povinná literatura: úroveň A - vyšší
International Express - Intermediate, Interactive edition, Keith Harding & Liz Taylor, Student’s + Pocket Book and MultiROM, OUP, 2007, ISBN 978 0 19 457652 9
Business Vocabulary in Use (Advanced), Bill Mascull, CUP, 2005, ISBN 978-0-521-54070-4
Povinná literatura: úroveň B-nižší
International Express – Pre- Intermediate, Liz Taylor, OUP - Student’s Book Interactive edition , ISBN 0-19-457653-6 (with Pocket Book + MultiROM)
Business Vocabulary in Use – Intermediate, Bill Mascull, CUP 2006, ISBN 0-521-77529-9

recommended literature

Doporučená literatura: úroveň A - vyšší
International Express - Intermediate, Interactive edition, Mike Macfarlane, Workbook+Audio CD, OUP, 2007, ISBN 978 0 19 457497 6
English Grammar in Use, Third edition (with answers and CD-ROM), Raymond Murphy, CUP, ISBN 978 0 521 53762 9
Doporučená literatura: úroveň B - nižší
International Express Pre-Intermediate – Workbook + Audio CD, Interactive edition, ISBN 978 0 19 457498 3, OUP, 2007
Essential Business Grammar and Practice, Michael Duckworth, OUP, ISBN 978 0-19-457625-6
Raymond Murphy, Essential Grammar in Use, Third edition (with answers and CD-ROM), ISBN 978 -0 521 67 543 7,CUP

Teaching methods

Seminars in full-time study; tutorials in part-time study; compulsory seminar participation is 75% in full-time study, compulsory tutorial participation is 50% in part-time study.

Assessment methods

The subject is assessed based on the student's results in the Credit Test. It testifies to the fulfilment of study obligations.

1 OBLIGATORY PARTICIPATION IN LESSONS
The extent of obligatory participation in lessons has been stipulated as follows: 75% applies to full-time students, and in the group instructor-led consultations in the part-time study programme it is stipulated at the level of 50%.
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 and he/she can do two 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 automatically get the assessment “---“ (i.e. failed).
3 INSUFFICIENT ATTENDANCE
In case of insufficient attendance between 75-40%, the assessment “-“ 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 he/she will be assessed as failed “---". In such a case the student will have to transfer the subject into the following term/academic year, and following the purchase of the necessary credits he/she will have again three attempts to pass the subject (to write the test).
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 at the very latest since the beginning of the term in order to agree alternative ways to fulfil their study obligations due to optional attendance. In case the student verifiably neglects this obligation, he/she will be assessed as failed and the code of “---“ will be entered into the IS. The students who were given the status of ISP on the course of the running term are obliged to contact their assigned lecturer in 14 days at the very latest.

Language of instruction

Czech

Follow-Up Courses

B_AJ_5 English Language 5

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
General note: 0.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 12 hodin KS/semestr.

The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2013, 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.

Enrolment Statistics (Summer 2014, recent)
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