VSFS:B_AJA_4 English Language A 4 - Course Information

B_AJA_4 English Language A 4

Extent and Intensity

0/4/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Zuzana Šimonová (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

Mgr. Zuzana Šimonová
Subdepartment of Languages – Department of Social Sciences – Departments – University of Finance and Administration
Contact Person: Ivana Plačková

Prerequisites

B_AJA_3 English Language A 3
The requirement for the completion of this course is completion of the course B_AJA_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 phraseological units in professional and technical English, deeper fixing of grammar structures, comprehension of spoken language, both direct and recorded, and communication in business environment and improvement in written English. The course is based on the concept of teaching English as a Foreign Language (EFL) according to the latest methods focused on the interactivity and interdependence of all language skills. With the help of detailed interactive electronic curricula, uploaded to the intranet of the internal information system with remote access, the course helps students in autonomous learning, and allows deeper learning in harmony with their own needs and possibilities, thus assisting not only self-directed but also self-determined learning based on the theory of heutagogy. Specific learning outcomes and thematic focus are defined below.
The course objectives apply to the part-time study programme as well.

Learning outcomes

Students will demonstrate the acquisition of complex language skills and their ability to use terms, categories and concepts related to the following main topics of the course: making connections, international design, future lifestyles and heritage. Students will be able to read, understand, analyse, and interpret professional texts. They will master the skills of having marketing-related conversations, i.e. topics such as product and service types, product life cycles, selling products and services and branding. Last but not least, students will develop the habits of their own independent learning with the synchronous support provided by the teacher and interactive electronic syllabuses uploaded on the university intranet. Simultaneously, all the above helps further self-determining direction of individual students in their English language studies.
Learning outcomes apply to the part-time study programme as well.

Syllabus

• This sylabus is designed for the full-time study programme. The requirements for part-time study programme are in "study materials" in the IS.
  
  Course book:
  International Express Intermediate: Units 1–4
  Professional English in Use - Marketing: Units 13-18
  
  Seminars' contents:
  
  1-2 IE-Int Unit 1 Making connections; Grammar: Present Simple and Present Continuous, Multimedia: Social media marketing
  3-4 PEiU-M 13 vocabulary, Product and service types
  5-6 IE-Int Unit 1: Vocabulary: Social networks and the internet; Work skills: Writing a professional profile
  7-8 PEiU-M 13 Product and service types, exercises
  9-10 IE-Int Unit 1: Functions: Networking; UNIT 1 REVIEW
  11-12 PEiU-M 14 vocabulary, Product life cycles
  13-14 IE-Int Unit 2 International design; Grammar: Past Simple, Present Perfect Simple and Present Perfect Continuous; Multimedia: The Empire State Building
  15-16 PEiU-M 14 Product life cycles, The Boston Box Matrix, exercises
  17-18 IE-Int Unit 2: Vocabulary: Starting a new business, phrasal verbs; Work skills: Team meetings
  19-20 Marketing workshop I: Over to you PEiU-M 13 and 14, students’ presentations, group activities
  21-22 IE-Int Unit 2: Functions: Checking progress, delegating tasks; UNIT 2 REVIEW
  23-24 PEiU-M 15 vocabulary, Selling products and services
  25-26 IE-Int Unit 3 Future lifestyles; Grammar: will, may, might, be likely / possible, Multimedia: Masdar - city of the future
  27-28 PEiU-M 15 Selling products and services, exercises
  29-30 IE-Int Unit 3: Vocabulary: The speed of change, describing cause and effect; Work skills: Emails 1, confirming arrangements
  31-32 PEiU-M 16 vocabulary, Branding 1
  33-34 IE-Int Unit 3: Functions: Making arrangements; UNIT 3 REVIEW
  5-36 PEiU-M 16 Branding, exercises
  37-38 IE-Int Unit 4 Heritage; Grammar: Making comparisons; Multimedia: Mercedes-Benz Museum; Vocabulary: City descriptions, -ing vs -ed adjectives
  39-40 Marketing workshop II: Over to you PEiU-M 15 and 16, students’ presentations, group activities
  41-42 IE-Int Unit 4: Work skills: Presentations 1: using visuals; Functions: Giving opinions; UNIT 4 REVIEW
  43-44 UNITS 1-2 Grammar and vocabulary revision I; PEiU-M 13 and 14 vocabulary revision
  45-46 UNITS 3-4 Grammar and vocabulary revision I; PEiU-M 15 and 16 vocabulary revision
  47-48 Final revision (concepts, grammar, vocabulary)
  
  

Literature

required literature
• HARDING, Keith a Alastair LANE. International Express: Intermediate: Student's Book with Pocket Book and DVD-ROM. 3rd edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014, 167 s. Oxford business English. ISBN 978-0-19-459786-9
• Professional English in Use - Marketing, Cate Farrall & Marianne Lindsley, CUP, 2008, ISBN 978-0-521-70269-0

recommended literature
• English Grammar in Use, Third edition (with answers and CD-ROM), Raymond Murphy, CUP, ISBN 978 0 521 53762 9
• MURPHY, Raymond. Essential grammar in use: a self-study reference and practice book for elementary students of English. 3rd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007, 319 s. ISBN 978-0-521-67580-2
• Mobilní aplikace: English Grammar in Use (iOS & Android)
• Mobilní aplikace: Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary (OALD9)
• Náhradní obsah: CLOW, Kenneth E. a Donald BAACK, 2016. Integrated advertising, promotion, and marketing communications. Seventh edition. Boston: Pearson. ISBN 978-0-13-386633-9.
• DE MOOIJ, Marieke, 2021. Global marketing and advertising: understanding cultural paradoxes. 6. vyd. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications Ltd. ISBN 978-1-5297-3250-4.
• STIEGLITZ, Stefan a Björn ROSS, ed., 2022. Media and Communication [online]. 10(2) [vid. 2023-01-25]. Dostupné z: https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/issue/viewIssue/308/PDF308

Teaching methods

Seminars in full-time study; compulsory seminar participation is 75%.

Assessment methods

1 OBLIGATORY PARTICIPATION IN LESSONS
The extent of obligatory participation in lessons has been stipulated as follows: 75% applies in full-time study, 50% in part-time study programme.The subject is assessed based on the student's results in the Credit Test. The test testifies to the fulfilment of study obligations.

2 CREDIT TEST
Reaching the result of minimum 60 points out of 100 points (maximum) is the precondition to gain the credit. The student is entitled to one regular attempt (sit) and further resits to pass the Credit Test with the lecturer assigned to him.
Note: The students who will be convicted of fundamental violation of the Study and Examination Code while writing the Credit Test (namely the forbidden use of mobile phones, spy pen cameras etc.) will get the remark “fraud incident“ into the notepad (i.e. the loss of one attempt).

3 INSUFFICIENT ATTENDANCE In case of insufficient attendance between 75-40%, the assessment “administrative - “ will be entered into the IS and the person concerned automatically loses one attempt to sit the test. The seminar attendance less than 40 % means that the student didn't meet the minimum required study obligations and the credit rating to the notepad in IS reads as follows: “absolutely insufficient attendance“ and the student will be entitled to one sit only.

4 STUDENTS WITH INDIVIDUAL STUDY PLAN The students with the approved Individual Study Plan (ISP) are obliged to get in touch with their lecturer in three weeks’ time since the beginning of the term at the very latest in order to agree alternative ways of fulfilling their study obligations due to optional attendance. In case the student verifiably neglects this obligation, the credit rating to the notepad in IS reads as follows "non-contact ISP" and the student will lose one sit to pass the test. The students who were given the status of ISP on the course of the running term are obliged to contact lecturer assigned to them in 14 days at the very latest.

Language of instruction

Czech

Follow-Up Courses

• B_AJA_5 English Language A 5

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

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

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