BA_BENG_2 Business English 2

University of Finance and Administration
Summer 2022
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Ivona Kuželíková
Subdepartment of Languages – Department of Social Sciences – Departments – University of Finance and Administration
Contact Person: Ivana Plačková
Prerequisites
BA_BENG_1 Business English 1
The requirement for the completion of this course is completion of the course BA_BENG_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.
Learning outcomes
After finishing the course successfully, students will be able:
- to use terminology concerning sales and costs, profitability and unprofitability, getting paid, assets, liabilites and the balance sheet, the bottom line, share capital and debt, success and failure, personal finance, financial centres, trading, indicators, wrondoing and corruption
Syllabus
Course content:
Business Vocabulary in Use - Intermediate: Units 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40

1-2 BViU: Unit 27 - Sales and costs
3-4 BViU Unit 28 - Profitability and unprofitability
5-6 BViU Unit 29 - Gettin paid
7-8 BViU Unit 30 - Assets, liabilities and the balance sheet
9-10 BViU Unit 31 - The bottom line
11-12 BViU Unit 32 - Share capital and debt
13-14 BViU Unit 33 - Success and failure
15-16 BViU Unit 35 - Personal finance
17-18 BViU Unit 36 - Financial centres
19-20 BViU Unit 37 - Trading
21-22 BViU Unit 38, 39 - Indicators 1, 2
23-24 BViU Unit 40 Wrondoing and corruption
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 2016, Winter 2017, Summer 2018, Summer 2019, Summer 2020, Summer 2021, Summer 2023, Summer 2024.
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