UVSRPCP062 English III

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Winter 2016
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Ing. Soňa Harasimová (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Ing. Soňa Harasimová
Institute of Public Administration and Social Policy – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Prerequisites (in Czech)
UVSRPCP058 English II
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
The aim of the course English 3 is that the graduates are able to lead basic communication in English about topics relating to their future profession, orientation in these topics (specialized word-stock in PA 1), as well as development of language skills of general English. The focus will be put on all parts of study of Language: Writing, Reading, Listening, Speaking and especially on part FCE GRAMMAR. Accompanying grammar material: test according to the certificate FCE - USE OF ENGLISH. In the group of pre-intermediate students there will be revison of pre-intermediate language skills, unifies the language level of the students. The excercises will be focused on all areas of language study: grammar, reading, listening, speaking, and especially on the part of PET READING. Accompanying grammar material: test according to the certificate PET - READING. Study Outcomes: Professional Knowledge: Students will acquire basic knowledge and vocabulary for travelling and staying at a hotel, teaching techniques and ways to study. They will be also able to navigate their way in sales and marketing and talk about cultural events (e.g.. film). They will be able to describe and express personal image and present themselves in public situations. General Skills: Students will be able to express the ratio and the amount of things, describe future action from more certain to less certain, express real condition in the future, describe things that are necessary, useful, unnecessary or uncertain. They will also be able to express future plans and general predictions. General Qualification: Students will be able to set up a curriculum and choose various techniques of study, obtain basic vocabulary for conducting meetings, human resources management, cooperation with trade unions and labour federations. Testing by the FCE test USE OF ENGLISH (intermediate). Testing by the PET test, part READING (pre-intermediate). Competences: Students will be able to share their opinion and suggest solutions, arrange business issues and administer changes. They will also be able to speak about events that take place in the coming days and in the near future.
Syllabus
  • 1. Business trips
    2. Staying in a hotel
    3. FCE Use of English - Part 1
    4. Learning styles and techniques
    5. FCE Use of English - Part 2
    6. Future plans
    7. FCE Use of English - Part 3
    8. Selling and sales
    9. Leading a meeting
    10. FCE Use of English -Part 4 and 5
    11. Personal image
    12. Managing people
Literature
    required literature
  • DIGNEN, B., FLINDERS, S., SWEENEY, S. English 365 for work and life Student´s Book 3. Cambridge: CUP, 2005. ISBN 978-0-521-54916-7. info
  • DIGNEN, B., FLINDERS, S., SWEENEY, S. English 365 for work and life Student´s Book 2. Cambridge: CUP, 2004. ISBN 978-0-521-75367-8. info
    recommended literature
  • IBBOTSON, M., STEPHENS, B. Business start- up 2. Cambridge CUP, 2006. ISBN 978-0-521-53469-0. info
  • LUQUE-MORTIMER, L. PET. Testbuilder. Oxford: Macmillan, 2005. ISBN 978-1-4050-6301-2. info
  • NORRIS, R. Ready for First certificate. Oxford: Macmillan, 2004. ISBN 0-333-97634-7. 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
The condition for obtaining credit is active participation in seminars, minimum attendance of 75%.
Passing the test as grammar and vocabulary from selected lessons from the textbook ENGLISH BOOK 365 2 (minimum 60%).
Passing the test READING PET and FCE / USE OF ENGLISH (minimum 60%).
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2014, Winter 2015, Winter 2017, Winter 2018, Winter 2019, Winter 2020, Winter 2021.
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