B_AJ_5 English Language 5

University of Finance and Administration
Winter 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Štěpánka Hronová, MBA (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Ivona Kuželíková (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Ing. Petra Ležáková, MBA, Ph.D. (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
B_AJ_5/vBSMO: Sat 27. 9. 8:00–9:30 M21, 9:45–11:15 M21, Fri 28. 11. 17:30–19:00 M21, 19:15–20:45 M21, Sat 13. 12. 15:45–17:15 M21, 17:30–19:00 M21, Š. Hronová
B_AJ_5/vKKV: Sat 18. 10. 8:00–9:30 KV206, 9:45–11:15 KV206, 11:30–13:00 KV206, Sat 13. 12. 8:00–9:30 KV206, 9:45–11:15 KV206, 11:30–13:00 KV206, P. Ležáková
B_AJ_5/vPH: Sat 1. 11. 8:00–9:30 E004, 9:45–11:15 E004, 11:30–13:00 E004, Sat 13. 12. 8:00–9:30 E004, 9:45–11:15 E004, 11:30–13:00 E004, I. Kuželíková
B_AJ_5/1BSMO: No timetable has been entered into IS.
B_AJ_5/1KV: No timetable has been entered into IS. P. Ležáková
B_AJ_5/1PH: No timetable has been entered into IS. I. Kuželíková
Prerequisites
B_AJ_4 English Language 4
The requirement for the completion of this course is completion of the course B_AJ_4.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The objectives of the course are focused on the practical applicability of graduates. With the support of detailed interactive electronic syllabi available through the internal information system with remote access, students are enabled to engage in deeper study within the framework of autonomous self-directed learning according to their individual educational needs. The specific learning outcomes and thematic focus of the course are defined below. The course objectives apply to the part-time study programme as well.
Learning outcomes
After finishing the course successfully, students will be able:
- to use modal verbs
- to form and use past simple, past continuous and past perfect
- to form and use zero, first and second conditional
- to use terminology concerning personal finance, financial centres, trading, indicators, wrongdoing and corruption (Faculty of Economics) - to use terminology concerning organized crime, drugs, human trafficking and terrorism (Faculty of Law and Public Administration)
Syllabus
Course content:
International Express - Intermediate: Units 5-7
Angličtina pro policejní praxi - Unit 5

Seminars´content:

1-2 IE-I Unit 5: Fashion and function - Modal and related verbs: have to, must, need to, be allowed to, can
3-4 IE-I Unit 5: Vocabulary - Colours and colour idioms, prefixes; Work skills - telephoning;
5-6 IE-I Unit 5- Functions: Giving advice and suggestions; Review
7-8 BViU: Unit 35 - Personal finance, Unit 36 - Financial centres (Faculty of Economics), Unit 5.1 - Organized crime - drugs (Faculty of Law and Public Administration)
9-10 IE-Int Unit 6: Using innovation - Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect
11-12 IE-I Unit 6: Vocabulary - Water footprint, Noun formation, Work skills - Presentations
13-14 IE-I Unit 6: Functions - Describing problems and finding solutions; Review
15-16 BViU: Unit 37 - Trading, Unit 40 - Wrongdoing and corruption (Faculty of Economics), Unit 5.2 - Organized crime - human trafficking (Faculty of Law and Public Administration)
17-18 IE-I Unit 7: Work styles and careers - Zero, First and Second Conditional
19-20 IE-I Unit 7: Vocabulary - Money and finance; Work skills - Emails
21-22 IE-I Unit 7: Functions - Discussing and reaching agreement; Review
23-24 BViU: Unit 38 - Indicators 1, Unit 39 - Indicators 2 (Faculty of Economics), Unit 5.3 - Organized crime - terrorism (Faculty of Law and Public Administration)
Literature
    required literature
  • MASCULL, Bill. Business Vocabulary in Use Intermediate SECOND EDITION, CUP, 2010, ISBN 978-0-521-74862-9
  • PATOČKOVÁ, Nataša a kol., Angličtina pro policejní praxi, Aleš Čeněk, 2010, ISBN 978-80-7380-216-5
  • HARDING, Keith a LANE, Alastair. International Express Intermediate, Third Edition: Student's Book with Pocket Book and DVD-ROM, OUP, 2014, ISBN 978 0 19 459786 9.
    recommended literature
  • MURPHY, Raymond. English Grammar in Use. 3rd edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004. ISBN 9780521537629.
Teaching methods
The course is conducted as self-directed autonomous learning using electronic study materials in the Information System (Course Study Guide) with the possibility of group consultations with the instructor on-site (to be specified at the beginning of the Winter Semester 2025).
Assessment methods
Course completion: The course is completed with a credit. The credit certifies the fulfilment of the required study obligations. The condition for awarding the credit is a 60% success rate in the credit test (achieving at least 60 points out of 100).
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2013, Winter 2014, Winter 2015, Winter 2016, Summer 2017, Winter 2017, Summer 2018, Winter 2018, Winter 2019, Winter 2020, Winter 2021, Winter 2022, Winter 2023, Winter 2024.
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