B_AJ_6 English Language 6

University of Finance and Administration
Summer 2015
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: SoZk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Slavěna Brownová (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Eva Dudrová (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Marcel Ďurica (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Štěpánka Hronová, MBA (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Vanda Kopalová (seminar tutor)
Ing. Pavla Krulišová (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Ivona Kuželíková (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Dana Langášková (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Denisa Mari (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Martina Pagáčová (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Martina Pospíšilová (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Zuzana Šimonová (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Alena Vacková (seminar tutor)
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_6/uA1KL: Tue 17. 2. 17:30–19:00 K203, 19:15–20:45 K203, Tue 3. 3. 17:30–19:00 K203, 19:15–20:45 K203, Tue 24. 3. 15:45–17:15 K203, 17:30–19:00 K203, P. Krulišová
B_AJ_6/uA1PH: Tue 17. 2. 15:45–17:15 E123, 17:30–19:00 E123, Tue 3. 3. 15:45–17:15 E122, 17:30–19:00 E122, Tue 17. 3. 15:45–17:15 E124, 17:30–19:00 E124, E. Dudrová
B_AJ_6/vA1PH: Sat 7. 2. 9:45–11:15 E129, 11:30–13:00 E129, Sat 21. 2. 9:45–11:15 E128, 11:30–13:00 E128, Sat 21. 3. 9:45–11:15 E129, 11:30–13:00 E129, I. Kuželíková
B_AJ_6/vA2PH: Fri 6. 2. 15:30–17:00 E122, 17:15–18:45 E122, Fri 6. 3. 15:30–17:00 E122, 17:15–18:45 E122, Sat 21. 3. 8:00–9:30 E128, 9:45–11:15 E128, M. Pagáčová
B_AJ_6/1APH: Mon 10:30–11:14 E228, Mon 11:15–12:00 E228, I. Kuželíková
B_AJ_6/1BPH: Tue 10:30–11:14 E228, Tue 11:15–12:00 E228, D. Mari
B_AJ_6/1PPPH: Wed 14:00–14:44 E304, Wed 14:45–15:30 E304, M. Pagáčová
B_AJ_6/1PVSVPH: Wed 10:30–11:14 E129, Wed 11:15–12:00 E129, S. Brownová
B_AJ_6/1RMO: Tue 10:30–11:14 M16, Tue 11:15–12:00 M16, Š. Hronová
B_AJ_6/1RPH: Mon 14:00–14:44 E228, Mon 14:45–15:30 E228, D. Mari
B_AJ_6/1VMO: Thu 14:00–14:44 M16, Thu 14:45–15:30 M16, Š. Hronová
B_AJ_6/2RPH: Mon 10:30–11:14 E122, Mon 11:15–12:00 E122, A. Vacková
B_AJ_6/3RPH: Mon 10:30–11:14 E024, Mon 11:15–12:00 E024, D. Mari
B_AJ_6/4RPH: Mon 10:30–11:14 E123, Mon 11:15–12:00 E123, M. Pagáčová
B_AJ_6/5RPH: Mon 10:30–11:14 E304, Mon 11:15–12:00 E304, M. Ďurica
B_AJ_6/6RPH: Mon 14:00–14:44 E122, Mon 14:45–15:30 E122, A. Vacková
Prerequisites
B_AJ_5 English Language 5
The requirement for the completion of this course is completion of the course B_AJ_5.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Mastering professional language and its practical use is the main objective of the course with a special focus on lexical and fraseological units in professional English, deeper fixing of grammar structures, comprehension of spoken language, both direct and recorded, communication in business environment and improvement in written English.
The key topics are business ethics, time and time management, stress and stress management, leadership and management styles, business across culture.

The course objectives are valid for the part-time study programme as well.
Syllabus
  • Course content:
    Selection of grammar (English Grammar in Use, 3rd Edition, Raymond Murphy)
    Business Vocabulary in Use Intermediate: Units 41-46

    Seminar's content:

    1-2 Narrative tenses – Past simple x continuous: EGiU Units 5,6, BViU Unit 41: Business ethics
    3-4 Past Perfect: EGiU Units 15,16
    5-6 Countable and Uncountable nouns: EGiU Units 69,70, BViU Unit 42: Time and time management
    7-8 Countable nouns: EGiU Unit 71
    9-10 Passive: EGiU Units 42,43,44, BViU Unit 43: Stress and stress management
    11-12 Passive: EGiU Units 45,46
    13-14 Time Clauses: EGiU Unit 25, BViU Unit 44: Leadership and management styles
    15-16 Conditional Clauses: EGiU Units 38,39
    17-18 Modals: EGiU Units 26,27,28,29,30, BViU Unit 45: Business across cultures 1
    19-20 Modals: EGiU Units 31,32, BViU Unit 46: Business across cultures 2
    21-22 Revision of grammar and business vocabulary
    23-24 Final test
Literature
    required literature
  • Business Vocabulary in Use – Intermediate SECOND EDITION, Bill Mascull, 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
Teaching methods
Seminars in full-time study; compulsory seminar participation is 75%.
Assessment methods
ASSESMENT
OBLIGATORY PARTICIPATION IN LESSONS
The extent of obligatory participation in lessons has been stipulated as follows: 75% applies to full-time students.
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).
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.

FINAL EXAMINATION
WRITTEN PART
Reaching the result of minimum 60 points out of 100 points (maximum) is the precondition to sit for the oral part. The student is entitled to one regular attempt and he/she can do two resits to pass the written part of the final examination.
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).
ORAL PART
Student draws one of the twenty oral topics and fulfils given commuinication tasks.The student is entitled to one regular attempt and he/she can do two resits to pass the oral part of the final examination.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2014, 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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