BA_BENG_3 Business English 3

University of Finance and Administration
Summer 2020
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Eva Arientová (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
BA_BENG_3/1CUPH: Wed 12:15–12:59 E125, Wed 13:00–13:45 E125, E. Arientová
BA_BENG_3/2CUPH: Wed 10:30–11:14 E125, Wed 11:15–12:00 E125, E. Arientová
Prerequisites
BA_BENG_2 Business English 2
The requirement for the completion of this course is completion of the course BA_BENG_2
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.
Learning outcomes
After finishing the course successfully, students will be able:
- to use professional terminology concerning management styles, employment and employability, flexibility and inflexibility, work-life balance, equality and diversity and the Human Dimension
- to form and use Present Simple x Continuous
- to form and use Present Perfect x Past Simple)
- to form and use Narrative tenses
- to form and use Present Perfect Continuous
- to form and use Future tenses
- to compare adjectives
- to use quantifiers
- to use articles properly
- to use gerunds and infinitives
- to use reported speech
- to form and use passive voice
- to use relative clauses
Syllabus
Course content:
English File Intermediate: Units 5, 6
BViU Advanced: The Human Dimension (Units 1 – 11)
Seminars´ content:
1-2 Grammar review: Tenses, Comparison, Modal verbs, Conditionals BViU Intermediate: Jobs, People and Organizations review
3-4 Grammar: Tense review (Present Simple x Continuous) BViU Advanced: Unit 1 – Job Satisfaction
5-6 Grammar: Tense review (Present Perfect x Past Simple) BViU Advanced: Unit 2 – Management styles 1
7-8 Grammar: Tense review (Narrative tenses) BViU Advanced: Unit 3 – Management styles 2
9-10 Grammar: Tense review (Present Perfect Continuous) BViU Advanced: Unit 4 – Employment and employability
11-12 Grammar: Expressing the Future BViU Advanced: Unit 5 – Flexibility and inflexibility
13-14 Grammar: Comparison review, EF 5, Unit 5: Quantifiers BViU Advanced: Unit 6 – Work-life balance
15-16 Grammar: EF 5: Articles, Gerund x Infinitive BViU Advanced: Unit 7 – Work-life balance
17-18 Grammar: EF 6: Reported Speech BViU Advanced: Unit 8 – Work-life balance
19-20 Grammar: EF 6: Passives BViU Advanced: Unit 11 – Equality and diversity
21-22 Grammar: EF 6: Relative Clauses Review BViU Advanced: The Human Dimension
23-24 Revision
Literature
    required literature
  • MASCULL, Bill. Business Vocabulary in Use – Intermediate SECOND EDITION, CUP, 2010, ISBN 978-0-521-74862-9
Teaching methods
Seminars in full-time study; compulsory seminar participation is 75%.
Assessment methods
The extent of obligatory participation in lessons has been stipulated as follows: 75% applies to full-time students. The subject is assessed based on the student's results in the Credit Test. It testifies to the fulfilment of study obligations.
Language of instruction
English
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2020, Winter 2021, Winter 2022, Winter 2023.
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