VSFS:B_AJA_1 English Language A 1 - Course Information

B_AJA_1 English Language A 1

Extent and Intensity

0/3. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Martina Pagáčová (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Alena Vacková (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

PhDr. Ladislava Knihová, Ph.D., MBA
Subdepartment of Languages – Department of Social Sciences – Departments – University of Finance and Administration
Contact Person: Ivana Plačková

Prerequisites (in Czech)

Studenti jsou na základě rozřazovacího testu v rámci přijímacího řízení rozděleni do dvou úrovní: 1)A - vyšší("intermediate") 2)B - nižší ("pre-intermediate")

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

there are 14 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

Mastering professional language and its practical use is the main objective of this course with special focus on lexical and fraseological units in economic and business English, deeper fixing of grammar structures, comprehension of both direct and recorded speech, professional English texts and improvement in written English language. The key topics of level A are motivation, teambuilding, and quality. The key topics of level B are jobs and people and organizations. The specified goals of the subject are identical both for full-time students and blended study programme.

Syllabus

• The syllabus is design for full-time students. The content of tutorials for blended study programme students is specified in the Methodological sheet (pls see a file named "ML). Tutorial content for the following study programmes: Applied Informatics, Banking, Finance and financial services, Marketing communications, Insurace, Business Management, Public finance: AJA_1 – level A 1-3 Introduction, An international project - listening, Job satisfaction - reading and text comprehension
• 4-6 Management styles 1,2, Present simple and continuous, Action and state verbs
• 7-9 Employment and employability - reading, discussion, National branding 10-12
• Flexibility and inflexibility, Work-life balance, Introductions and greetings, Welcoming a visitor – listening, speaking
• 13-15 Managing talent 1,2, Team building, Equality and diversity, New companies – reading and text comprehension
• 16-18 The right skills, used to + infinitive, Company and job profile – listening, speaking, discussion
• 19-21 What is quality, Subject and object questions, Datafile
• 22-24 Quality standards, Dictionary skills, Answering the phone, Making and changing appointments – listening, speaking, 25-27
• Quality and people, World languages – reading and text comprehension, listening
• 28-30 Striving for perfection, Comparative and superlative adjectives – Personal attitudes and qualities 31-33 Employee profile, Relative clauses, Understanding body language,
• 34-36 Past, present and future languages - reading, text comprehension, listening, Giving opinions, agreeing and disagreeing, participating in a meeting or discussion – listening, speaking. Level B 1. Introductions, greetings, business cards 2. First business meetings, present simple, personal information 3. Practise grammar – present simple, frequency adverbs 4. English in the world, saying numbers, greetings, goodbyes 5. The world of work, present continuous 6. Present continuous vs. present simple, work and jobs 7. Work file, describing a company 8. Presentation of a company, making contact 9. Past simple, data fines 10. Solo achievements, sports and leisure fines 11. Ways of working, welcoming a visitor 12. Revision of grammar and business vocabulary Obsah cvičení pro obor Veřejná správa B AJA_1 Public administration (level A) 1-2 An international project, Present simple and Present Continuous 3-4 Action and state verbs, Work and jobs 5-6 Personal information file, Ways of working 7-8 National branding, Recruitment and selection 9-10 Introductions and greetings, Welcoming a visitor, Skills and qualifications 11-12 New companies, Past Simple and Present Perfect, Pay and benefits 13-14 Used to + infinitive, Revision of business vocabulary (units 1-5) 15-16 Subject and object questions, People and workplaces 17-18 Work file, Dictionary skills, The career ladder 19-20 Company and job profile, Problems at work 21-22 Answering the phone, Making and changing appointments 23-24 Revision of grammar and business vocabulary B AJA_1 Public administration (level B) 1-2 First meetings, Present Simple. Wh-questions 3-4 Frequency adverbs, Personal information file, Work and jobs 5-6 English in the world, Ways of working 7-8 Introductions, greetings, goodbyes 9-10 The world of work, Present Simple and Present Continuous, Recruitment and selection 11-12 Work file, Skills and qualifications 13-14 Describing a company, Pay and benefits 15-16 Making contact, People and workplaces 17-18 Challenges, Past Simple, Regular and irregular verbs 19-20 Sports and leisure file, The career ladder 21-22 Solo achievement, Problems at work 23-24 Welcoming a visitor, Revision of grammar and business vocabulary

Literature

required literature
• Povinná literatura: úroveň A - vyšší
• International Express - Intermediate, Interactive edition, Keith Harding & Liz Taylor, Student’s + Pocket Book and MultiROM, OUP, 2007, ISBN 978 0 19 457652 9
• Business Vocabulary in Use – Advanced SECOND EDITION, Bill Mascull, CUP, 2010, ISBN 978-0-521-12829-2
• Povinná literatura: úroveň B-nižší
• International Express – Pre-Intermediate, Interactive edition, Liz Taylor, Student’s + Pocket Book and MultiROM, OUP, 2008, ISBN 978-0-19-457653-6
• Business Vocabulary in Use – Intermediate SECOND EDITION, Bill Mascull, CUP, 2010, ISBN 978-0-521-12828-5

recommended literature
• Doporučená literatura: úroveň A - vyšší
• International Express - Intermediate, Interactive edition, Mike Macfarlane, Workbook+Audio CD, OUP, 2007, ISBN 978 0 19 457497 6
• English Grammar in Use, Third edition (with answers and CD-ROM), Raymond Murphy, CUP, ISBN 978 0 521 53762 9
• Doporučená literatura: úroveň B - nižší
• International Express Pre-Intermediate – Workbook + Audio CD, Interactive edition, ISBN 978 0 19 457498 3, OUP, 2007
• English Grammar in Use, Third edition (with answers and CD-ROM), Raymond Murphy, CUP, ISBN 978 0 521 53762 9
• Raymond Murphy, Essential Grammar in Use, Third edition (with answers and CD-ROM), ISBN 978 -0 521 67 543 7,CUP

Teaching methods

Interactive seminars in both types of study (full-time students and part-time students. Obligatory participation in interactive seminars: 75% full-time students; 50 % part-time students. Students who were not able to attend the seminars in the required percentage could be asked to work out additional tasks in the extent sufficiently proving their compentences necessary for successful completion of the subject.

Assessment methods

Assessment: The subject is assessed based on the student's results in the credit test. It testifies to the fulfilment of study obligations. Specification of requirements to obtain the credit 1. OBLIGATORY PARTICIPATION IN LESSONS a) Obligatory participation in lessons represents 50 % for part-time students. b) Obligatory participation in lessons represents 75 % for full-time students. 2. CREDIT TEST The pre-condition for obtaining credit is the number of minimum 60 points out of 100 points. More than 60 points = Z Less than 60 points = N 3. ADDITIONAL STUDY OBLIGATIONS In case the student has the seminar attendance between 40-70 % (full-time students), resp. between 4-6 lessons (part-time students) and less than 8 lessons for B_AAJ 3,4 subjects he/she will have to pass PRE-CREDIT TEST. Only then he/she can sit for the CREDIT TEST. The seminar attendance less than 40 % (full-time students), resp. 4 lessons (part-time students) means that the student didn't meet additional study obligations and he/she will be assessed as "Failed” = NNN.

Language of instruction

Czech

Follow-Up Courses

• B_AJA_2 English Language A 2

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Information on completion of the course: ISP
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 12 hodin KS/semestr.

• Enrolment Statistics (Winter 2011, recent)
  
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