VŠTE:SA_N_AJL_2 English for logistics II - Course Information
SA_N_AJL_2 English for Logistics II
Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovicesummer 2019
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/2/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Libuše Turinská (lecturer)
Mgr. Daniel Raušer (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Karim Sidibe (assistant)
Mgr. Věra Sládková (assistant) - Guaranteed by
- Mgr. Daniel Raušer
Centre of language services – Faculty of Corporate Strategy – Rector – Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice
Supplier department: Centre of language services – Faculty of Corporate Strategy – Rector – Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice - Timetable of Seminar Groups
- SA_N_AJL_2/S01: No timetable has been entered into IS. D. Raušer
- Prerequisites
- FORMA ( P )
meeting the requirements and recommended completion of the following subjects: SA_N_AJL_1 - Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is offered to students of any study field.
The capacity limit for the course is 10 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/10, only registered: 0/10 - Course objectives supported by learning outcomes
- The aim of the subject is the acquisition of professionally-focused language skills and knowledge in the fields of transport and logistics, including particular grammatical rules in accordance with the descriptor of B2 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, in all the productive and receptive skills. After successful completion of the course, the graduate has such language skills to be able to describe professionally-oriented situations, express aptly the main essence of the idea or the problem and communicate very well both in spoken and written communications. The graduate can also adopt attitudes to the given topics (see The Syllabus below). Using relevant language means, he/she is able to express in a relative detail his/her opinions and viewpoints, discuss the current topics and trends in the fields and apply the theoretical knowledge in practice.
- Learning outcomes
- Having successfully completed the subject, the students will be able to:
- understand the main ideas of complex texts regarding concrete as well as abstract topics;
- communicate and interact with others using a corresponding degree of fluency and accuracy;
- follow even more complex lines of argument provided the topic is reasonably familiar;
- take an active part in discussions, including technical discussions in the field of Logistics;
- explain their viewpoints on particular issues, while giving possible advantages and disadvantages of various options;
- produce clear and detailed texts on a wide range of subjects; - Syllabus
- 1) Planning and arranging transport and Transport options.
- 2) Measurements.
- 3) Quotations.
- 4) Shipping goods and Markings.
- 5) Loading.
- 6) Advice of shipment.
- 7) Shipping instructions.
- 8) Warehousing and Handling equipment.
- 9) Warehouse areas.
- 10) Warehousing today.
- 11) Documentation and finance.
- 12) Import instructions. Payment methods.
- 13) Revision.
- Literature
- required literature
- GRUSSENDORF, M. English for Logistics, Student´s Book. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009. 94 s. ISBN 9780194579452.
- recommended literature
- MURPHY, R. English Grammar in Use. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004. 379 s. ISBN 3 125 3408405
- MASCULL, B. Business Vocabulary in Use Advanced. Cambridge: Cambrige University Press, 2004. 133 s. ISBN 978-0-521-5470-4
- LOWE, D. Dictionary of Transport and Logistics. London, GBR: Kogan Page Ltd., 2002. ProQuest ebrary. Web. 27 May 2015.
- Forms of Teaching
- Lecture
Seminar
Exercise - Teaching Methods
- Frontal Teaching
Group Teaching - Competition
Group Teaching - Cooperation
Group Teaching - Collaboration
Critical Thinking
Individual Work– Individual or Individualized Activity
Teaching Supported by Multimedia Technologies
- Student Workload
Activities Number of Hours of Study Workload Daily Study Combined Study Preparation for the Mid-term Test 10 Preparation for Lectures 13 Preparation for Seminars, Exercises, Tutorial 13 Preparation for the Final Test 40 Preparation for an oral presentation 10 Test – final 18 Attendance on Lectures 26 Attendance on Seminars/Exercises/Tutorial/Excursion 26 Total: 156 0 - Assessment Methods and Assesment Rate
- Test – final 70 %
Presentation 30 % - Exam conditions
- 1) Grading of the course for full-time students:
First Test/Seminar Work : maximum 30% (0-30 points).
Final Test: maximum 70% (0-70 points).
Successful graduates of the course have to get totally at least 70 points.
2) Grading of the course for part-time students:
Final Test: maximum 100% (0-100 points).
Successful graduates of the course have to get totally at least 70 points.
- Language of instruction
- English
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- General note: Samoplátci SA_DP_LT_P_č.2.
- Teacher's information
- Attendance in lessons is defined in a separate internal standard of ITB (Evidence of attendance of students at ITB). It is compulsory, except of the lectures, for full-time students to attend 70 % lesson of the subjet in a semester.
- Enrolment Statistics (summer 2019, recent)
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