B_AJ_2 English Language 2

University of Finance and Administration
Summer 2016
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Eva Arientová (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Slavěna Brownová (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Pavla Duplinská (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Marcel Ďurica (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Štěpánka Hronová, MBA (seminar tutor)
PhDr. Ladislava Knihová, Ph.D., MBA (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Vanda Kopalová (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Ivona Kuželíková (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Dana Langášková (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. Ivona Kuželíková
Subdepartment of Languages – Department of Social Sciences – Departments – University of Finance and Administration
Contact Person: Ivana Plačková
Timetable of Seminar Groups
B_AJ_2/1ABPH: Tue 12:15–12:59 E225, Tue 13:00–13:45 E225, except Tue 12. 4. ; and Mon 25. 4. 8:45–10:15 E126, V. Kopalová
B_AJ_2/1KMO: Wed 8:45–9:29 M23, Wed 9:30–10:15 M23, Z. Šimonová
B_AJ_2/1KPH: Mon 12:15–12:59 E122, Mon 13:00–13:45 E122, A. Vacková
B_AJ_2/1PPPH: Wed 12:15–12:59 E222, Wed 13:00–13:45 E222, E. Arientová
B_AJ_2/1PVPH: Tue 12:15–12:59 E122, Tue 13:00–13:45 E122, E. Arientová
B_AJ_2/1RPH: Thu 12:15–12:59 E122, Thu 13:00–13:45 E122, A. Vacková
B_AJ_2/1VMO: Thu 14:00–14:44 M16, Thu 14:45–15:30 M16, Š. Hronová
B_AJ_2/2APH: Tue 10:30–11:14 E225, Tue 11:15–12:00 E225, P. Duplinská
B_AJ_2/2BPH: Wed 12:15–12:59 E305, Wed 13:00–13:45 E305, M. Pagáčová
B_AJ_2/2KPH: Tue 14:00–14:44 E122, Tue 14:45–15:30 E122, A. Vacková
B_AJ_2/2PPPH: Wed 10:30–11:14 E222, Wed 11:15–12:00 E222, E. Arientová
B_AJ_2/2RPH: Thu 14:00–14:44 E224, Thu 14:45–15:30 E224, M. Pagáčová
B_AJ_2/3RPH: Thu 14:00–14:44 E122, Thu 14:45–15:30 E122, except Thu 3. 3. ; and Thu 24. 3. 15:45–17:15 E122, S. Brownová
B_AJ_2/4RPH: Thu 10:30–11:14 E224, Thu 11:15–12:00 E224, M. Pagáčová
Prerequisites
B_AJ_1 English Language 1
The requirement for the completion of this course is completion of the course B_AJ_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 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 presentation skills, trends and innovations, describing and solving problems, working styles and career, job application.
The course objectives are valid for the part-time study programme as well.
Syllabus
  • Course content: International Express Pre-Intermediate: Units 5–7

    Seminar´s content:

    1-2 IE-Pre-Int Unit 5 Resources: Multimedia: The Atacama Desert; Grammar: Countable and uncountable nouns
    3-4 IE-Pre-Int Unit 5: Vocabulary: Word group; quantity; Work skills: Presentations 1; Basic staging and signposting
    5-6 IE-Pre-Int Unit 5: Functions: Eating out; requests; UNIT 5 REVIEW
    7-8 IE-Pre-Int Unit 06 Street life: Multimedia: Zurich; Grammar: Comparisons
    9-10 IE-Pre-Int Unit 6: Vocabulary: Talking about cities; Work skills: Telephoning 2; Answering the phone
    11-12 IE-Pre-Int Unit 6: Functions: At a hotel; UNIT 6 REVIEW
    13-14 IE-Pre-Int Unit 7 The_sound of music: Multimedia Tiger Mendoza; Grammar: Present Perfect; Past Simple
    15-16 IE-Pre-Int Unit 7: Vocabulary: Talking about changes and trends; Work skills: Presentations 2; Using PowerPoint; presentation tips
    17-18 IE-Pre-Int Unit 7: Functions: Job interviews; UNIT 7 REVIEW 19-20 Writing skills I (Teacher’s Materials); UNITS 5-7 Grammar and vocabulary revision I
    21-22 Writing skills II (Teacher’s Materials); UNITS 5-7 Grammar and vocabulary revision II
    23-24 Final test
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.
    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
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 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 and he/she can do two resits to pass the Credit Test with the assigned lecturer.
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
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2011, summer 2012, Winter 2012, Summer 2013, Summer 2014, Summer 2015, Winter 2016, Summer 2017, Summer 2018, Summer 2019, Summer 2020, Summer 2021, Summer 2022, Summer 2023, Summer 2024, Summer 2025.
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