NA_CS_2 Communication Skills 2

University of Finance and Administration
Summer 2013
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Ladislava Knihová, Ph.D., MBA (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Ladislava Knihová, Ph.D., MBA
Subdepartment of Management and Marketing – Department of Economics and Management – Departments – University of Finance and Administration
Contact Person: Ivana Plačková
Timetable of Seminar Groups
NA_CS_2/cMCPH: Thu 15:45–16:29 S14, Thu 16:30–17:15 S14, L. Knihová
Prerequisites
Successful completion of NA_CS_1. Mastering English as the target language (both general and professional) at the level of B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. Readiness to actively participate in interactive seminars supported by multimedia resources.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The course is business oriented and it provides students with functional business English that they can use at work straight away. Course objectives: 1 Systematic improvement of business English. 2 Development of the core business skills: presentations, attending meetings, leading meetings, negotiating, socialising and telephoning. 3 Semantic and functional focus: monitoring authentic language of business life and mastering the relevant key phrases fluently and spontaneously. 4 Writing: acquiring the proficiency in writing authentic business correspondence - informal e-mails, memos, short factual reports, formal correspondence, and minutes. 5 Company culture: monitoring the company culture with a special focus on intercultural differences. The course objectives are valid for blended study programme students as well.
Syllabus
  • This sylabus is designated for the full-time study programme.
  • Semimars' content: 1-2 Participate in meetings: put your point of view, listen and take turns, make your case and respond; Culture at work: Attitudes to silence during discussions; 3-4 Grammar revision 1: Present Simple and Present Continuous; 5-6 Writing 4: Formal correspondence: reply to an enquiry, apologise and give reasons; 7-8 Lead a meeting: listen and summarise main points, encourage people to speak, control the meeting; Culture at work: Attitudes to interruptions; 9-10 Grammar revision 2: Future forms; 11-12 Conclude a presentation: make a strong conclusion, ask questions, deal with questions; Culture at work: Attitudes to critical questions; 13-14 Grammar revision 3: Present Perfect and Past Simple; 15-16 Celebrate success: conclude a deal, review achievement, celebrate the conclusion; Culture at work: Giving praise; 17-18 Writing 5: Minutes: start and end minutes, record decisions and action points; 19-20 Grammar revision 4: Modal verbs; 21-22 Grammar revision 5: Conditionals; 23-24 Communication skills – business phrases - revision and testing.
Literature
    required literature
  • JOHNSON, Christine. Intelligent Business Intermediate: Skills Book. 5. vyd. [illustrated by John Bradley]. Harlow: Pearson Longman, 2008. ISBN 978-058-2847-972.
Teaching methods
Interactive seminars in both types of study (full-time and part-time study programmes). The explanation of theoretial concepts and monitoring the authentic business English will be immediately followed by practical exercises - individual work, work in pairs, group work, work with interactive CD-Rom. Special focus will be given to the evaluation of students' progress. Multimedia resources (audio sequences and video sequences) will be implemented into the programme of each seminar.
Assessment methods
Assessment 1. Obligatory active participation in interactive seminars: 75% full-time students; 50 % part-time study programme students. 2. Apart from the obligatory active participation in the seminars, the students will be asked to prepare a group presentation and present it before their peers which will be a precondition for gaining the CREDITS and pass the test covering Units 1-11. 3.Additional study obligations: in case the student has the seminar attendance between 40-70 % (full time students), resp. between 4-6 lessons (part-time study programme students) he/she will have to pass PRE-CREDIT TEST in the extent sufficiently proving their compentences necessary for successful completion of the subject. Only then he/she can prepare his/her presentation to get the CREDITS = Z. The seminar attendance less than 40 % means that the student didn't meet additional study obligations and he/she will be assessed as "Failed" = NNN.
Language of instruction
English
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
General note: b0.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 12 hodin KS/semestr.
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2014, Summer 2015, Summer 2016, Summer 2017, Summer 2018, Summer 2019, Summer 2020, Summer 2021, Summer 2022, Summer 2023, Summer 2024, Summer 2025.
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