USESEC051 English Language II

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Summer 2018
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. et Bc. Roman Adamczyk, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. et Bc. Roman Adamczyk, Ph.D.
Institute of Central European Studies – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Prerequisites (in Czech)
USESEC050 English Language I
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
Course objectives
This subject is aimed at enlarging knowledge in the frame of general English. The plan of the course is based on presumption that the students have already studied English at least as the second language. This knowledge will form the basis and the aim is to develop the students in the area of reading with comprehension, listening with comprehension, conversation, use of English (in this part, the word stock will be widen with focus on word building and the ability to use grammatical rules will be developed). Essential part of this subject is specialised English. The topics will correspond to specialization of the students. This section will be focused on ability to communicate and development of word stock of given topic and is composed as a super-structure part of the whole course. The materials will be chosen mainly from the web pages of European Union. The stress will be put on all levels of language study: Grammar, Writing, Listening, Speaking and especially on part READING. The subject is intended for students of Department of public administration and regional policy only.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction and requirements. Grammar revision. Lesson 5a
    2. The European Union - key facts. Lesson 5b
    3. Finance, currencies, the euro. Lesson 5c
    4. Economy terms I. Lesson 6a
    5. Economy terms II. Lesson 6b
    6. Legal terms and public administration terms I. Lesson 6c
    7. Legal terms and public administration terms II. Lesson 7a
    8. Globaliazion and EU terminology. Lesson 7b
    9. Studying abroad. Lesson 7c
    10. Health care and social care in Europe I. Lesson 8a
    11. Health care and social care in Europe II. Lesson 8b
    12. Public health and social services in the Czech Republic. Lesson 8c
    13. Revision. Reading comprehension
Literature
    required literature
  • MASCULL, B. Business Vocabulary in Use - Intermediate. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002. ISBN 0-521- ~77529-9. info
    recommended literature
  • HOFFMANN, H. a M. Angličtina 8000 základních slovíček ve 100 tématech. Praha: Grada, 2007. info
  • WHITTAKER, P. and J. English for Europe. Olomouc: inStep, 2002. info
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
Written pre-exam test from specialized texts and vocabulary + READING test
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2017, Summer 2019.
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