OPF:CVABPEN2 Foreign Language Course - Engl - Course Information
CVABPEN2 Foreign Language Course - English 2
School of Business Administration in KarvinaWinter 2021
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Jaroslava Hošková (seminar tutor)
- Guaranteed by
- Mgr. Martina Chylková
Department of Tourism and Leisure Activities – School of Business Administration in Karvina
Contact Person: PhDr. Janusz Karpeta, Ph.D. - Timetable of Seminar Groups
- CVABPEN2/01: Mon 8:55–10:30 VC008, J. Hošková
CVABPEN2/03: Mon 12:15–13:50 VC008, J. Hošková
CVABPEN2/04: Thu 11:25–13:00 VC008, J. Hošková - Prerequisites (in Czech)
- FAKULTA ( OPF ) && TYP_STUDIA ( B ) && FORMA ( P ) && ! NOWANY ( CVABPDE1 Foreign Language Course - Germ , CVABPDE2 Foreign Language Course - Germ , CVABPDE3 Foreign Language Course - Germ , CVABPDE4 Foreign Language Course - Germ )
Předmět může být zapsán nezávisle na jiných předmětech.
Student si může zapsat část 2., má-li splněnu část 1., případně studuje-li současně části 1. a 2.
Studentovi, který získá certifikát z cizího jazyka s mezinárodní platností, bude na požádání uznána příslušná část dle dosažené úrovně jazyka. - Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 101 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 6/101, only registered: 0/101 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- there are 8 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- The goal of the subject is to deepen the knowledge of general English and to introduce Professional English in common situations in professional environment to enable students to be ready for successful entering international labour market. All language skills are developed - speaking, reading, listening, and writing, with the emphasis to speaking.
- Learning outcomes
- After completing the course students will be able to use essential vocabulary needed for marketing, entrepreneurship, business costs and global trade, to describe the difference between marketing and sale, to speak about advertising, to present a marketing plan, to name some types of companies, to speak about setting up a business in the CR, to use phrases for negotiating, to explain profit, loss, payment, and franchising.
- Syllabus
- 1. Marketing and selling ? Sales versus marketing
The role of sales and marketing. The difference between sales and marketing. Smarketing. Comparatives and superlatives. Countable and uncountable nouns.
2. Marketing and selling ? advertising
Marketing activities. Sales activities. Collocations relating to advertising. Persuading. Expressions for persuading. Selling changes. Giving reasons and results. Presentation relating to a marketing plan.
3. Entrepreneurship ? Entrepreneurs
Starting a company. Entrepreneurs? stories. Buying into business. Modal verbs. Verb patterns. Suggestions. Interrupting. Problems and solutions. Gathering product and market information. Making decisions.
4. Entrepreneurship ? Business organization and people
Types of organization. Vocabulary relating to people in business. Collocations relating to enterprise finance. Meetings. Expressions for meetings. Agendas and minutes. Putting information into minutes format. A meeting relating to starting a company.
5. Business costs ? Cutting costs
Personal and business budgets. Fixed costs, variable costs, investments. Cost-cutting and its consequences. Money loses. Future forms and first conditional. Time expressions. Negotiating. Expressions for negotiating. Negotiation relating to the sale of a company.
6. Business costs ? Profit, loss and payment
Vocabulary relating to financial performance. Expressions relating to payment terms. Asking for payment. Identifying threats and promises. Identifying level of politeness.
7. Global trade
International franchising. A franchise investment. Collocations relating to franchising. Expressions used in scheduling. Present perfect tense. Giving updates and handling questions.
- 1. Marketing and selling ? Sales versus marketing
- Literature
- required literature
- ALLISON, J. and P. EMMERSON. The Business Pre-intermediate, Student´s book. London: Macmillan, 2014. ISBN 978-0-230-43780-7. info
- recommended literature
- CHYLKOVÁ, Martina. English Grammar Workbook (Professional English 1-3). Karviná: Slezská univerzita v Opavě, Obchodně podnikatelská fakulta v Karviné, 2015. ISBN 978-80-7510-171-6. info
- TURNBULL, J., 2015. Oxford Advanced Learner´s Dictionary. Oxford Advanced Learner?s Dictionary, 2015. ISBN 978-0-19-479879-2. info
- VINCE, M. New Intermediate Language Practice with key. Macmillan Education, 2007. ISBN 9781405007689. info
- ASPINALL, T. and G. BETHEL. Test your business vocabulary in use. Cambridge: CUP, 2007. ISBN 987-0-521-53254-9. info
- Bürger, J. Velký ekonomický slovník anglicko-český/ česko-anglický. Plzeň, 2007. ISBN 978-80-7238-639-0. info
- MURPHY, R. English Grammar in Use. 3rd Edition. Cambridge: CUP, 2006. ISBN 0521537622. info
- DYNDA, A. a E. DYNDOVÁ. Česko-anglický obchodní poradce. Praha: Pragoeduca, 2004. ISBN 80-7310-017-7. info
- not specified
- CHYLKOVÁ, Martina and Janusz KARPETA. Cizojazyčná příprava AJ2 (Language preparation AJ2). Karviná: SU OPF, 2018, 133 pp. info
- Teaching methods
- seminar classes
- Assessment methods
- Active involvement in seminars ongoing tests - written 20 points/oral 20 points seminar work 10 points credit test 50 points 60% is needed to pass the course
- Language of instruction
- English
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
- Enrolment Statistics (Winter 2021, recent)
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