B_AJ_4 English Language 4

University of Finance and Administration
Summer 2016
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Slavěna Brownová (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Marcel Ďurica (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Štěpánka Hronová, 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. Dagmar Prosková (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Zuzana Šimonová (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_4/1APH: Tue 12:15–12:59 E129, Tue 13:00–13:45 E129, M. Pagáčová
B_AJ_4/1BPH: Tue 14:00–14:44 E305, Tue 14:45–15:30 E305, except Tue 26. 4. ; and Tue 26. 4. 14:00–15:30 E227, M. Pagáčová
B_AJ_4/1PPPVPH: Thu 12:15–12:59 E125, Thu 13:00–13:45 E125, except Thu 3. 3. ; and Thu 10. 3. 10:30–12:00 E125, S. Brownová
B_AJ_4/1RMO: Mon 12:15–12:59 M23, Mon 13:00–13:45 M23, Z. Šimonová
B_AJ_4/1RPH: Tue 10:30–11:14 E129, Tue 11:15–12:00 E129, except Tue 15. 3. ; and Tue 29. 3. 8:45–10:15 E129, D. Prosková
B_AJ_4/1VMO: Thu 12:15–12:59 M16, Thu 13:00–13:45 M16, Š. Hronová
B_AJ_4/2PPPVPH: Thu 12:15–12:59 E225, Thu 13:00–13:45 E225, M. Pagáčová
B_AJ_4/2RPH: Wed 10:30–11:14 E304, Wed 11:15–12:00 E304, D. Langášková
B_AJ_4/3RPH: Tue 8:45–9:29 E124, Tue 9:30–10:15 E124, D. Langášková
B_AJ_4/4RPH: Tue 8:45–9:29 E126, Tue 9:30–10:15 E126, V. Kopalová
B_AJ_4/5RPH: Wed 12:15–12:59 E304, Wed 13:00–13:45 E304, D. Langášková
B_AJ_4/6RPH: Wed 12:15–12:59 E228, Wed 13:00–13:45 E228, I. Kuželíková
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
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 social media and the Internet, team work, writing emails and presentation skills.

The course objectives are valid for the part-time study programme as well.
Syllabus
  • Course content:
    International Express Intermediate 1-4

    Seminar´s content:

    1-2 IE-Int Unit 1 Making connections; Grammar: Present Simple and Present Continuous , Multimedia: Social media marketing
    3-4 IE-Int Unit 1: Vocabulary: Social networks and the internet; Work skills: Writing a professional profile
    5-6 IE-Int Unit 1: Functions: Networking; UNIT 1 REVIEW
    7-8 IE-Int Unit 2 International design; Grammar: Past Simple, Present Perfect Simple and Present Perfect Continuous; Multimedia: The Empire State Building
    9-10 IE-Int Unit 2: Vocabulary: Starting a new business, phrasal verbs; Work skills: Team meetings
    11-12 IE-Int Unit 2: Functions: Checking progress, delegating tasks; UNIT 2 REVIEW
    13-14 IE-Int Unit 3 Future lifestyles; Grammar: will, may, might, be likely / possible, Multimedia: Masdar - city of the future
    15-16 IE-Int Unit 3: Vocabulary: The speed of change, describing cause and effect; Work skills: Emails 1, confirming arrangements
    17-18 IE-Int Unit 3: Functions: Making arrangements; UNIT 3 REVIEW
    19-20 IE-Int Unit 4 Heritage; Grammar: Making comparisons; Multimedia: Mercedes-Benz Museum; Vocabulary: City descriptions, -ing vs -ed adjectives
    21-22 IE-Int Unit 4: Work skills: Presentations 1: using visuals; Functions: Giving opinions; UNIT 4 REVIEW
    23-24 Final test
Literature
    recommended 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
  • 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
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.
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
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, 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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