FVP:UVSRPCK051 Administration and Social Poli - Course Information
UVSRPCK051 Administration and Social Politics I
Faculty of Public Policies in OpavaWinter 2021
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/0/6. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Eva Hánečková (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- Mgr. et Bc. Roman Adamczyk, Ph.D.
Institute of Public Administration and Social Policy – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Contact Person: JUDr. Marie Sciskalová, Ph.D. - Timetable
- Fri 1. 10. 16:25–19:40 C205, Fri 15. 10. 16:25–18:00 C205
- Prerequisites
- FAKULTA ( FVP ) && TYP_STUDIA ( B ) && FORMA ( K )
An intermediate knowledge of the English language and a history of secondary school courses or individual courses are expected. Actively participating in the seminars, students will further improve their language skills in everyday situations and profession-related settings both in written and spoken form.
Further requirements: preparation for seminars (individual presentations), active participation in discussion, submission of an independent assignment (translation). - Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Public Administration and Social Politics (programme FVP, B6731-SPSP)
- Course objectives
- Study Outcomes: The course aims at developing students´ ability to actively, fluently and correctly express themselves in everyday situations and field-specific situations related to their field of study. The course also aims to facilitate reading comprehension in respective areas, to foster active utilization of the English language and to develop translation skills. Conversations within the course help build cross-language communication skills based on awareness of lexical, terminological, grammatical and stylistic relations.
- Syllabus
- 1. Introduction. Characterology of English. English-speaking countries. Nations and nationalities, languages in Europe and worldwide.
2. Phonetics, morphology and syntax of the English language. Variants of English. Grammar revision.
3. Vocabulary nad its layers. Anglicisms. New words. General and field-specific dictionaries.
4. Terminology. Terms and their properties.
5. Text and speech. Types of text and discourse. Functional styles.
6. English specialized texts, their structure and grammar.
7. Basic economic terms I. Macroeconomics. Markets and economy.
8. Basic economic terms II. Microeconomics.
9. Employment, unemployment, professions. Poverty.
10. Finance, public finance, budgets, banks. Currencies. Taxation.
11. Business and enterprising. Companies. Marketing. Advertising.
12. Competition. Public procurement. Subsidies. Fund-raising.
13. Revision (characterology of English, terminology, economic terms). Working with a text.
- 1. Introduction. Characterology of English. English-speaking countries. Nations and nationalities, languages in Europe and worldwide.
- Literature
- required literature
- Mírně pokročilí: New Headway Elementary, 1 - 8 lekce. info
- Pokročilí: New Headway Pre-Intermediate, 1 - 7 lekce. info
- ADAMCZYK, R. Anglický jazyk [online]. Učební text pro veřejnou správu a sociální obory. Opava: Slezská univerzita v Opavě., 2017. ISBN 978-80-7510-270-6. URL info
- VRIES, M. S. de. Understanding public administration. London: Palgrave., 2016. ISBN 978-1-137-57544-9. info
- MASCULL, B. Business vocabulary in use: intermediate. Second edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press., 2010. ISBN 978-0-521-12828-5. info
- ZAVÁZALOVÁ, V., LUKÁČOVÁ, A. Angličtina pro veřejnou správu. Plzeň: Vydavatelství a nakladatelství Aleš Čeněk, 2007. ISBN 978-80-7380-057-4. info
- English 365 Student´s Book 1, 1 - 15 (Office English). Cambridge, 2004. info
- SKÁLOVÁ, E. Praktický anglicko-český a česko-anglický slovník: pro podnikání a veřejnou správu. Praha: ISV., 2002. ISBN 80-85866-99-4. info
- recommended literature
- FIALOVÁ, H., FIALA, J. The concise dictionary of economic terms. Praha: A Plus., 2008. ISBN 978-80-903804-2-4. info
- BÜRGER, J. Fraus velký ekonomický slovník: anglicko-český, česko-anglický. Plzeň: Fraus., 2007. ISBN 978-80-7238-639-0. info
- PEPRNÍK, J. English lexicology. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci., 2006. ISBN 80-244-1530-5. info
- GÖRLACH, M. A dictionary of European Anglicisms: a usage dictionary of Anglicisms in sixteen European languages. Oxford: Oxford University Press., 2005. ISBN 0-19-928306-0. info
- ADAM, J. H. Anglicko-český ekonomický slovník s výkladem, výslovností a českým rejstříkem. Voznice: Leda., 2003. ISBN 80-85927-70-5. info
- Teaching methods
- Skills demonstration
Seminar classes
Presentations
Dialogical - Assessment methods
- Credit test
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
General note: Anglický jazyk I.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: Seminář 6 HOD/SEM. - Teacher's information
- Presentation and translation of an assigned text (2 pages). Credit test (written) - summative credit test based on topics presented in seminars (at least 70 % of correct answers).
- Enrolment Statistics (recent)
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