VSFS:B_AJ_2 English Language 2 - Course Information

B_AJ_2 English Language 2

Extent and Intensity

0/0/0. 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: Mgr. Petra Dovhunová

Prerequisites

B_AJ_1 English Language 1
The requirement for the completion of this course is completion of the course B_AJ_1.

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is offered to students of any study field.

Course objectives

Students will acquire the ability to read, understand, analyze, and interpret professional texts, as well as to converse on the following specialized marketing topics: ethics in marketing, market environment, legal aspects of marketing, and issues in marketing research. Furthermore, students will develop habits of independent, self-directed learning with the support of the instructor and interactive electronic study materials available on the university intranet. All of this also contributes to the students’ further self-directed progress in studying the English language. 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 vocabulary concerning career ladder, problems at work, development process, innovation and invention, products and services, materials and suppliers (Faculty of Economics)
- to use vocabulary concerning initiation of criminal proceeding and pre-trial proceedings, classification of crimes (Faculty of Law and Public Administration)

Syllabus

Course content:
Business Vocabulary in Use - Intermediate, units 7, 8, 14, 15, 16, 17 (Faculty of Economics)
Angličtina pro policejní praxi - Unit 3, 4.1
Seminar´s content:
1-8 BViU: unit 7 - The career ladder, unit 8 - Problems at work (Faculty of Economics), ApPP: Bodies Involved in Pre-Trial Proceedings Forms of Proceedings (Faculty of Law and Public Administration)
8-16 BViU: unit 14 - The development process, unit 15 - Innovation and invention (Faculty of Economics), ApPP: Stages under the Criminal / Penal Code (Faculty of Law and Public Administration)
17-24 BViU: unit 16 - Products and services, unit 17 - Materials and suppliers (Faculty of Economics), ApPP: Crime - Introduction, Classification of Crimes, Elements of Crimes, Offenders, Defences to Crimes

Literature

required literature
• HARDING, Keith a Rachel APPLEBY. International Express Pre-Intermediate Third Edition: Student's Book with Pocket Book and DVD-Rom. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014. ISBN 9780194597852.
• MASCULL, Bill. Business Vocabulary in Use Intermediate SECOND EDITION, CUP, 2010, ISBN 978-0-521-74862-9

recommended literature
• 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
• English Grammar in Use, Third edition (with answers and CD-ROM), Raymond Murphy, CUP, ISBN 978 0 521 53762 9
• PATOČKOVÁ, Nataša a kol., Angličtina pro policejní praxi, Aleš Čeněk, 2010, ISBN 978-80-7380-216-5

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 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 30 points out of 50).

Language of instruction

Czech

Follow-Up Courses

• B_AJ_3 English Language 3

Further Comments

The course can also be completed outside the examination period.

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