BA_BENG_4 Business English 4

University of Finance and Administration
Winter 2020
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Ivona Kuželíková (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_4/1CUPH: Tue 10:30–11:14 E123, Tue 11:15–12:00 E123, I. Kuželíková
BA_BENG_4/2CUPH: Tue 8:45–9:29 E123, Tue 9:30–10:15 E123, I. Kuželíková
Prerequisites
The requirement for the completion of this course is completion of the course BA_BENG_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.
Learning outcomes
After finishing the course successfully, students will be able:
- to use professional business terminology in Present simple, Present continuous, Past simple, Past continuous, Present Perfect simple, Present Perfect continuous and Past Perfect tense
- to form and use Present simple
- to form and use Present continuous
- to form and use Past simple
- to form and use Past continuous
- to form and use Present Perfect simple
- to form and use Present Perfect continuous
- to form and use Past Perfect
Syllabus
Course content
Business Grammar and Practice 1-15
Seminar´s content
1-2 BGP Unit 1 Present simple
3-4 BGP Unit 2 Present continuous
5-6 BGP Unit 3 Present simple vs Present continuous
7-8 BGP Unit 4 Past simple
9-10 BGP Unit 5 Present perfect
11-12 BGP Unit 6 Present perfect - ever, never, already, yet, Unit 7 Present perfect - for and since
13-14 BGP Unit 8 Present perfect continuous and simple
15-16 BGP Unit 9 Past simple, present perfect and present perfect continuous
17-18 BGP Unit 10 Past continuous
19-20 BGP Unit 11 Past perfect
21-22 BGP Unit 12 The future - will, Unit 13 The future - present continuous and going to
23-24 BGP Unit 14 The future - other future tenses, Unit 15 - The future - possibility and probability
Literature
    required literature
  • DUCKWORTH, Michael. Business Grammar and Practice New Edition, OUP, 2014, ISBN: 978 0 19 457079 4.
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
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2021, Winter 2021, Winter 2022, Winter 2023.
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