Course: Business Meetings in English

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Course title Business Meetings in English
Course code KMO/ELM
Organizational form of instruction Tutorial
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction English
Status of course Compulsory-optional, Optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Benedikt Zdeněk, Mgr.
  • Tlučhoř Jan, Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
the characteristic of a successful business meeting the main communicating abilities business meeting - roles, timing, goals different stages of a business meeting language used in different stages of business meeting analysis of model business meetings

Learning activities and teaching methods
Cooperative instruction, Skills demonstration, Individual study, Practicum
  • Individual project (40) - 32 hours per semester
  • Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40) - 20 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 26 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
to effectively use advanced grammatical structures
to understand business texts
Skills
to communicate in business environment
Competences
N/A
N/A
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
to identify key characteristic of a successful meeting and roles of its participants
Skills
to work in english business environment
to write the report about a meeting (minutes)
to conduct and active participate on a business meeting
to express himself/herself with appropriate language in different stages of a meeting
Competences
N/A
N/A
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Practicum
Cooperative instruction
Individual study
Multimedia supported teaching
Skills
Practicum
Multimedia supported teaching
Students' portfolio
Individual study
Competences
Students' portfolio
Cooperative instruction
assessment methods
Knowledge
Test
Individual presentation at a seminar
Skills
Skills demonstration during practicum
Test
Self-evaluation
Continuous assessment
Individual presentation at a seminar
Competences
Continuous assessment
Recommended literature
  • Dean, Stuart. Obchodní komunikace v angličtině = Business talk English. 1. vyd. Praha : Grada, 2008. ISBN 978-80-247-2599-4.
  • Goodale, Malcolm. The Language of Meetings. cop. 1987. Hove : Language Teaching Publications, 1997. ISBN 0-906717-46-9.
  • Khelerová, Vladimíra. Komunikační a obchodní dovednosti manažera. 3., dopl. vyd. Praha : Grada Publishing, 2010. ISBN 978-80-247-3566-5.
  • Lee, Catherine. The new rules of international negotiation : building relationships, earning trust, and creating influence around the world. Franklin Lakes : Career Press, 2007. ISBN 978-1-56414-973-2.
  • Newbolt, Barnaby; Hollett, Vicki. Meeting objectives. [Oxford] : Oxford University Press, 2005. ISBN 978-0-19-459421-9.
  • Powell, Mark. International negotiations. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012. ISBN 978-0-521-14992-1.
  • Sweeney, Simon. English for business communication : student's book. 2nd ed. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2003. ISBN 978-0-521-75449-1.
  • SWEENEY,S. Communicating in Business. Cambridge University Press, 2004. ISBN 9780521549127.
  • THOMPSON,K. English for Meetings. Oxford University Press, 2007. ISBN 9780194579339.
  • Tuleja, Elizabeth A.; O'Rourke, James S. Intercultural communication for business. 2015. ISBN 978-1-4575-3362-4.


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