VSFS:B_AJ_4 English Language 4 - Course Information

B_AJ_4 English Language 4

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Eva Arientová (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Slavěna Brownová (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Štěpánka Hronová, MBA (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Jindřiška Kabele (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Tibor Kapoun (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Ivona Kuželíková (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Dana Langášková (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Ing. Petra Ležáková, MBA (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Dagmar Prosková (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Zuzana Šimonová (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Alena Vacková (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Markéta Vaváková (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_4/1APH: Tue 15:45–16:29 E227, Tue 16:30–17:15 E227, J. Kabele
B_AJ_4/1BRPH: Thu 10:30–11:14 E123, Thu 11:15–12:00 E123, I. Kuželíková
B_AJ_4/1BSKRKV: Tue 12:15–12:59 KV309, Tue 13:00–13:45 KV309, P. Ležáková
B_AJ_4/1BSPH: Wed 12:15–12:59 E222, Wed 13:00–13:45 E222, E. Arientová
B_AJ_4/1KMO: Wed 10:30–11:14 M23, Wed 11:15–12:00 M23, T. Kapoun
B_AJ_4/1KPH: Wed 12:15–12:59 E228, Wed 13:00–13:45 E228, except Wed 20. 3. ; and Wed 20. 3. 12:15–13:45 E124, D. Prosková
B_AJ_4/1PPPVPH: Wed 12:15–12:59 E122, Wed 13:00–13:45 E122, A. Vacková
B_AJ_4/1VMO: each odd Monday 12:15–12:59 M16, each odd Monday 13:00–13:45 M16, each odd Thursday 12:15–12:59 M16, each odd Thursday 13:00–13:45 M16, except Thu 11. 4. ; and Thu 28. 3. 10:30–12:00 M16, Š. Hronová
B_AJ_4/2BSKRKV: Tue 14:00–14:44 KV308, Tue 14:45–15:30 KV308, P. Ležáková
B_AJ_4/2KPH: Wed 12:15–12:59 E124, Wed 13:00–13:45 E124, D. Langášková
B_AJ_4/2RPH: Thu 10:30–11:14 E024, Thu 11:15–12:00 E024, except Thu 21. 3. ; and Thu 21. 3. 10:30–12:00 E225, D. Prosková
B_AJ_4/3RPH: Thu 10:30–11:14 E225, Thu 11:15–12:00 E225, D. Langášková
B_AJ_4/4RPH: Tue 10:30–11:14 E228, Tue 11:15–12:00 E228, except Tue 5. 2. ; and Mon 25. 2. 15:45–17:15 E124, S. Brownová

Prerequisites

B_AJ_3 English Language 3
The requirement for the completion of this course is completion of the course B_AJ_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.
The key topics are social media and the Internet, team work, writing emails and presentation skills.

The course objectives are valid for the part-time study programme as well.

Learning outcomes

After finishing the course successfully, students will be able:
- to form and use present simple and continuous
- to use state verbs
- to form and use present perfect simple, present perfect continuous and past simple
- to express probability in future
- to compare adjectives
- to use terminology concerning profitability and unprofitability, getting paid, assets, liabilities and the balance sheet, the bottom line, share capital and debt, success and failure

Syllabus

• Course content:
  International Express Intermediate, units 1-4
  Business Vocabulary in Use - Intermediate, units 28-33
  
  Seminar´s content:
  
  1-2 IE-I Unit 1: Making connections - Present Simple and Present Continuous , Vocabulary - Social networks and the internet
  3-4 IE-I Unit 1: Work skills: Writing a professional profile, Functions - Networking, Review
  5-6 BViU: Unit 28 - Profitability and unprofitability, Unit 29 - Getting paid
  7-8 IE-I Unit 2: International design - Past Simple, Present Perfect Simple, Present Perfect Continuous, Vocabulary - Starting a new business, phrasal verbs
  9-10 IE-I Unit 2: Work skills - Team meeting, Functions - Checking progress, delegating tasks, Review
  11-12 BViU: Unit 30 - Assets, liabilities and the balance sheet, Unit 31 - The bottom line
  13-14 IE-I Unit 3: Future lifestyles - will, may, might, be likely / possible, Vocabulary - The speed of change, describing cause and effect
  15-16 IE-I Unit 3: Work skills - Emails, Functions - Making arrangements, Reviw
  17-18 BViU: Unit 32 - Share capital and debt, Unit 33 - Success and failure
  19-20 IE-I Unit 4: Heritage - Making comparisons
  21-22 IE-I Unit 4: Vocabulary - City descriptions, -ing vs -ed adjectives, Work skills - Presentations, using visuals
  23-24 IE-I Unit 4 Functions - Giving opinions, Review

Literature

required literature
• HARDING, Keith. International Express Third Ed. Intermediate Student´s Book with Pocket Book and DVD-ROM Pack, 2014. ISBN: 978-0-19-459786-9
• MASCULL, Bill. Business Vocabulary in Use – Intermediate SECOND EDITION, CUP, 2010, ISBN 978-0-521-74862-9

recommended literature
• English Grammar in Use, Third edition (with answers and CD-ROM), Raymond Murphy, CUP, ISBN 978 0 521 53762 9

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 automatically get the assessment “fraud incident“ (i.e. failed). 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_AJ_5 English Language 5

Further Comments

The course can also be completed outside the examination period.

• Enrolment Statistics (Summer 2019, recent)
  
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