BA_BENG_2 Business English 2

University of Finance and Administration
Winter 2017
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
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
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.
Syllabus
Course content:
New English File - Intermediate Business Vocabulary in Use - Intermediate

1-2 NEF-I 4C Still friends? Grammar: usually and used to, Vocabulary: friendship BViU: unit 19 3-4 NEF- I 5A Slow down, you move too fast, Grammar: quantifiers, Vocabulary: noun formation BViU: unit 20 5-6 NEF-I 5B Same planet, different worlds, Grammar: articles, Vocabulary: verbs and adjectives + prepositions BViU: unit 21 7-8 NEF-I 5C Job swap, Grammar: gerunds and infinitives, Vocabulary: work BViU: unit 22 9-10 NEF-I 6A Love in the supermarket, Grammar: reported speech, Vocabulary: shopping BViU: unit 23 11-12 NEF-I 6B See the film… get on a plane, Grammar: passive, Vocabulary: cinema BViU: unit 24 13-14 NEF-I 6C I need a hero, Grammar: relative clauses, Vocabulary: what people do BViU: unit 25 15-16 NEF-I 7A Can we make our own luck? Grammar: third conditional, Vocabulary: making adjectives and adverbs BViU: unit 40 17-18 NEF-I 7B Murder mysteries, Grammar: question tags, indirect questions, Vocabulary: compound nouns BViU: unit 41 19-20 NEF –I 7C Switch it off, Grammar: phrasal verbs, Vocabulary: television BViU: unit 42 21-22 NEF-I revision BViU: unit 43 23-24 credit test
Literature
    required literature
  • MASCULL, Bill. Business Vocabulary in Use – Intermediate SECOND EDITION, CUP, 2010, ISBN 978-0-521-74862-9
  • OXENDEN, C., LAPHAM, P., SELIGSON, P.,KOENIG, S..New Enslish File - Intermediate, Student´s Book, OUP, 2006, ISBN: 0194518000.
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, Summer 2018, Summer 2019, Summer 2020, Summer 2021, Summer 2022, Summer 2023, Summer 2024.
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