FVP:UVSRPVN105 Public Administration and Soci - Course Information

UVSRPVN105 Public Administration and Social Politics

Extent and Intensity

1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Gabriela Matyášková (lecturer)
Mgr. Gabriela Matyášková (seminar tutor)

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.

Prerequisites (in Czech)

FAKULTA(FVP) && TYP_STUDIA(N) && FORMA(P)

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 Policy (programme FVP, N6731-SPSP)

Course objectives

The course is to deepen students' ability to actively, fluently and correctly exprese in everyday situations and situations linked to profession. It improves the ability to understand written documents in the professional fields. It leads students to active use of English. Conversations in the subject contributes not only to expand of competencies in international communication, but also to cultivate their mother language on the basis of understanding of lexical, grammatical and stylistic context.

Syllabus

• 1st Introduction. Terminology. Technical terms and their specifics
  2nd Second Nations and nationalities in Europe
  3rd Basic terms of politics and public administration area
  4th Authorities, official English. Language of forms and applications
  5th The legal environment, basic legal terms. Language of laws and official texts
  6th Law, economics, public administration and related vocabularies and their use
  7th Social Security. Social Care in the Czech Republic and in Europe. Social care
  8th Unemployment, employment policy. The labor market. Basic economic terms
  9th Health care in the Czech Republic and in Europe. Health care facilities
  10th Basic sociological terminology
  11th Educational Policy. Education in an international comparison
  12th Intercultural communication. English language in the world
  13th Repetition, summary. Test.
  

Literature

required literature
• DAIGNEAULT, E. W. Drafting International Agreements In Legal English. München : Beck, 2009. ISBN 978-3-406-59342-0. info
• ČIHÁNKOVÁ, I., ed. English for Social Workers. Praha: Jabok, 2008. ISBN 978-80-904137-0-2. info
• ZAVÁZALOVÁ, V., LUKÁČOVÁ, A. Angličtina pro veřejnou správu. Plzeň: Vydavatelství a nakladatelství Aleš Čeněk, 2007. ISBN 978-80-7380-057-4. info
• VYSTRČILOVÁ, R. ESP I: English for specific purposes for administrators. Olomouc: Hanex, 2006. ISBN 80-85783-58-4. info
• BLÁHA, J. English for Health and Social Studies. České Budějovice: ZSF JČU, 2005. ISBN 80-7040-771-9. info
• MĚŠŤAN, J. S angličtinou do Evropy. Písek: JaM, 2004. ISBN 80-86154-51-3. info
• MASCULL, B. Business Vocabulary in Use. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002. ISBN 0-521-77529-9. info
• NOVÁČKOVÁ, B. Angličtina pro veřejnou a sociální politiku. Praha: Karolinum, 1999. ISBN 80-7184-817-4. info

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.

Teacher's information

Knowledge of English should be at the intermediate level and completion of previous English courses in the Bachelor's degree program. Students will actively participate in exercises to improve their ability to use English in everyday situations and in their profession, in combination of written and spoken language.
It is further assumed: preparation for exercise by stated topics (own essays), active participation in the discussion, 60% success rate of control tests, the final test with more than 60% success rate.

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