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Lecturer(s)
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Ramadanová Jitka, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Bublíková Věra, Mgr. Bc.
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Course content
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1. Course information working day, job descriptions present tenses 2. Online communication formal and informal emails 3. Company growth company history past tenses, irregular vebs 4. Corporate culture communicating on the phone 5. Describing equipment vocabulary for describing components, shapes, dimensions and materials 6. Processes and procedures vocabulary for describing work processes and procedures passive voice in the present tense 7. Distribution and delivery of goods info on the phone modal verbs must, have to, can, should 8. Advertising and marketing vocabulary language means to express cause and effect 9. Making arrangements language for making arrangements present continuous, will and going to 10. Transport ways of expressing contrast 11. Working holidays comparative, language structure as-as 12. Conferences confirmation via email superlatives revision 13. Credit test analysis of mistakes assessment
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Collaborative instruction, Multimedia supported teaching, Skills demonstration, Individual study, Students' self-study, Practicum
- Contact hours
- 52 hours per semester
- Preparation for formative assessments (2-20)
- 40 hours per semester
- Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40)
- 20 hours per semester
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| prerequisite |
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| Knowledge |
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| -distinguish countable and uncountable nouns |
| -distinguish forms of possessive and demonstrative pronouns |
| -identify forms of cardinal and ordinal numbers |
| -distinguish positive, comparative and superlative forms of adjectives |
| -name forms of irregular verbs for A1 and A2 levels |
| -identify basic verb tenses, i.e. present, past, future, present perfect, both in their simple and continuous forms |
| -identify various meanings and forms of modal verbs |
| -identify basic prepositions of place and time |
| -distinguish the forms of gerund and infinitive |
| Skills |
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| -use appropriately basic grammar structures |
| -use language competencies at CEFR A2 level |
| -analyze and summarize a short article on a general topic |
| -find particular predictable information in the text |
| -explain one's behaviour also in writing |
| -write a simple personal letter or email |
| -write a simple coherent text on the topic the student is familiar with |
| -express the course of an event, emotions, wishes and career plans both in the oral and written form |
| -lead conversation about topics concerning the student |
| Competences |
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| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| -distinguish suitable verbs in the correct form in taught collocations |
| -name job positions in a company |
| -distinguish formal and informal expressions used in the business context |
| -name work processes and procedures |
| -distinguish modal verbs used for describing rules and regulations |
| -identify principles of advertising and marketing |
| -distinguish means of expressing cause and effect |
| -identify collocations used in transport |
| -identify the position of adverbials in a sentence |
| Skills |
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| -use correctly the forms of present simple and continuous |
| -place adverbials correctly in a sentence |
| -use appropriately the forms of past simple and continuous |
| -correctly use passive voice in the present tense |
| -use the appropriate modal verb |
| -choose correct language to express cause and effect |
| -use correct language means to express the future |
| -use suitable language to express contrast |
| -choose correct forms to express comparative and superlative forms of adjectives |
| -analyze information from listening to the text describing the work context |
| -look up information in the text describing the work context |
| -characterize the concept of corporate culture |
| -describe a product including its shape, dimentions, material and function |
| -describe business conferences |
| -write formal and informal emails using appropriate expressions and phrases |
| -write a letter in response to an invitation |
| -confirm an order in writing |
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| teaching methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Practicum |
| Multimedia supported teaching |
| Collaborative instruction |
| Self-study of literature |
| Individual study |
| Discussion |
| Skills |
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| Practicum |
| Skills demonstration |
| Cooperative instruction |
| Individual study |
| Discussion |
| Competences |
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| Practicum |
| Multimedia supported teaching |
| Collaborative instruction |
| Self-study of literature |
| Individual study |
| Discussion |
| Skills demonstration |
| Cooperative instruction |
| assessment methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Test |
| Continuous assessment |
| Skills |
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| Portfolio |
| Skills demonstration during practicum |
| Test |
| Competences |
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| Test |
| Continuous assessment |
| Portfolio |
| Skills demonstration during practicum |
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Recommended literature
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Hollett, Vicki. Business objectives : Students Book. 1. vydání. Great Britain : Oxford University Press, 1991. ISBN 0-19-451384-X.
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Mascull, Bill. Business vocabulary in use : intermediate. 1st pub. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2002. ISBN 0-521-77529-9.
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Murphy, Raymond. English grammar in use : a self-study reference and practice book for intermediate students of English : with answers. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2004. ISBN 0-521-53762-2.
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Tullis, Graham; Trappe, Tonya. New insights into business : student`s book. London : Longman, 2000. ISBN 0-582-33553-1.
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Whitby, Norman. Business Benchmark: Pre-intermediate to Intermediate: Student's Book. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013. ISBN 978-1-107-69399-9.
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