USESEC050 English Language I

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Winter 2017
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
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 GRAMMAR. The subject is intended for students of Department of public administration and regional policy only.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction.
    2. The History of the European Union - Institutions, policy, treaties and legal procedures
    3. The European Union - The common agricultural policy
    4. The European Union - Economic and monetary affairs
    5. Lesson 1 - Working internationally
    6. Lesson 2 - Talking about business organisation
    7. Structural Funds of EU
    8. Lesson 3 - Managing a big festival
    9. Lesson 4 - Career changing
    10. The EU Budget.
    11. Lesson 10 - Searching for executive managers
    12. Lesson 13 - Changing culture - working in the other country
Literature
    required literature
  • MASCULL, B. Business Vocabulary in Use. 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 + grammatical test
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2016, Winter 2018, Winter 2019.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Winter 2017, recent)
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