VŠTE:AED_4 English for Economists Second - Course Information

AED_4 English for Economists Second IV

Extent and Intensity

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

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Věra Filipová (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

Mgr. Karim Sidibe
Centre of language services – Faculty of Corporate Strategy – Rector – Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice

Timetable of Seminar Groups

AED_4/ccv: Fri 2. 11. 10:00–10:45 D106P, Fri 23. 11. 10:00–10:45 D106P, Fri 14. 12. 10:00–10:45 D215, V. Filipová, CCV - výuka v rámci CŽV

Prerequisites (in Czech)

OBOR(CAP)

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Business Administration and Management (programme VŠTE, EM)

Course objectives supported by learning outcomes

The target of the course AED_4 is to extend the basic language skills necessary for the common written and spoken communication in the studied language. After the successful completion of the course, the students gain the following skills:
- can understand meaning of short messages or announcements
- can read short and simple texts (personal letter, schedule, etc.)
- can partly mantain a short social conversation
- create short writings (acknowledgements, short letters)
The students are prepared to gradually achieve the fixed output level of A2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages in their productive and receptive skills at the end of the semester. The range of set topics - units 8-9 of the required literature. The course is enhanced by professional training component corresponding to the level A2 in accordance with the CEFR (topics- Money and Its Function, Banking System,Business Communication - Business Letter, Management,Manager typology). The students extend their portfolio of English economic terms.

Syllabus

• 1. Holiday, travelling
• 2. The role of money
• 3. Banking system
• 4. Leisure time, hobbies
• 5. Formulation of opinions, reasoning
• 6. Business communication, commercial letter
• 7. Spoken business communication /calls, negotation/
• 8. Expression of pleasure, of praise
• 9. Arranging a business meeting - place and time
• 10. Management
• 11. Students´ presentations I
• 12. Manager typology
• 13. Students´ presentations II

Literature

required literature
• HOBBS, M., KEDDLE, M. S. Commerce I. Oxford : Oxford University press, 2006. 135 s. ISBN 019-456982-9.

not specified
• BÜRGER, J. a kol. VELKÝ EKONOMICKÝ SLOVNÍK. Plzeň : FRAUS, 2007. 1312 s. ISBN 978-80-7238-639-0.
• MURPHY, R. Essential Grammar in Use. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007. 319 s. ISBN 978-0-521-67543-7.
• RYNDOVÁ, J., TOUFAROVÁ, O.,MALÁ, E. E-learning : Study Support English Language First I. České Budějovice : VŠTE v Českých Budějovicích,2010. 23s. ISBN 978-80-87278-43-7.
• RYNDOVÁ, J., TOUFAROVÁ, O.,MALÁ, E. E-learning : Study Support English Language First I. České Budějovice : VŠTE v Českých Budějovicích,2010. 27 s. ISBN 978-80-87278-42-0.
• KOLEKTIV AUTORŮ Anglicko-český, česko-anglický velký slovník. Brno : Lingea, s.r.o., 2007. 1566 s. ISBN 978-80-87062-01-2.

Forms of Teaching

Seminar

Teaching Methods

Frontal Teaching
Group Teaching - Competition
Group Teaching - Collaboration
Teaching Supported by Multimedia Technologies

Student Workload

Activities	Number of Hours of Study Workload
	Daily Study	Combined Study
Preparation for the Mid-term Test	7
Preparation for Seminars, Exercises, Tutorial	9
Preparation for the Final Test	7
preparation for an oral presentation	3
Attendance on Lectures	26
Total:	52	0

Exam conditions

To write two tests - a mid-term test and a final test and present one oral presentation. Test 1 is written in the first half of the semester, test 2 at the end of the semester. The oral presentation is held in accordance with the schedule set by the teacher of the course. The score corresponds to the percentage ratio of assessment methods (the oral speech maximum of 20 points, test 1 and test 2 80 points, maximum of all parts 100 points). For the successful completion of the course, the students have to achieve at least 70%, or 70 points from all parts.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.

• Enrolment Statistics (winter 2012, recent)
  
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