OPF:KCJKPA21 English 2 - Part 1 - Course Information

KCJKPA21 English 2 - Part 1

Extent and Intensity

0/3/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Ing. Pavel Brunda (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Eva Brundová (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Eva Hánečková (seminar tutor)
PhDr. Krystyna Heinz (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Jana Hejtmánková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Emil Horký, PhD. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Dagmara Mielke-Jagucka (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Marcela Neničková (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Radka Pokludová (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Kateřina Vlčková (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

Mgr. Jana Hejtmánková, Ph.D.
Department of Tourism and Leisure Activities – School of Business Administration in Karvina

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

• Economy of Tourism (programme OPF, B_EKOMAN)
• European Integration (programme OPF, B_HOSPOL)
• Hotel Industry (programme OPF, B6503GAHOT)

Course objectives (in Czech)

Úroveň - A 2.1 mírně pokročilí Předmět je zaměřen na prohloubení znalostí a dovedností v oblasti obecného a profesního jazyka. V předmětu jsou zařazeny aktivity, které korespondují s potřebami komunikace v mezinárodním prostředí na dané úrovni. Součástí předmětu je nácvik strategií v oblasti lexikálně gramatické, porozumění čtenému textu, psaní, poslechu s porozuměním a mluveného projevu.

Syllabus (in Czech)

• 1. First meetings
  Present Simple, Wh-questions, frequency adverbs.
  Pronunciation: intonation of questions.
  
  2. English in the world
  Personal information file.
  Introductions, greetings, and goodbyes
  3. The world of work
  Work file.
  Present Simple and Present Continuous.
  Pronunciation: strong and weak forms of do
  4. Describing a company
  Presentation about the company.
  Making contact.
  5. Challenges
  Eden project.
  Past Simple.
  Pronunciation: -ed endings in Past Simple.
  6. Sports and leisure file
  Solo achievements.
  Welcoming a visitor.
  7. Plans and arrangements
  Company Global Training.
  Futures - Present Continuous, going to + infinitive
  Pronunciation: strong and weak form of to
  8. Staying at the hotel
  Business correspondence: emails, faxes and letters.
  Hotel file.
  Staying at the hotel.
  9. How healthy is your lifestyle
  Top tips for a healthier you.
  Mass and count nouns: some/any/a lot of/ lots of/ much/many/a little/ a few.
  Pronunciation: word stress.
  10. Food and restaurants
  Slow down and enjoy life.
  At a restaurant.
  11. Flying gets cheaper
  Comparative and superlative adjectives.
  Pronunciation: the.
  Air travel file.
  12. Transformations
  Interview about museum.
  Making arrangements.
  13. Revision
  Vocabulary files.
  Grammar structures.
  Language functions
  

Literature

required literature
• TAYLOR, L. New Edition. International Express Pre-Intermediate. Student´s Book with Pocket Book. Oxford: OUP, 2004. ISBN 0 19 457475 X. info
• TAYLOR, L. New Edition. International Express Pre-Intermediate. Workbook. Oxford: OUP, 2004. ISBN 0 19 457475 X. info
• SOARS, J. SOARS, L., SAYER, M. New Headway Pre-Intermediate. Oxford: OUP, 2003. ISBN 0 19 436671 5. info

recommended literature
• MURPHY, R. Grammar in Use. Cambridge University Press, 1996. ISBN 0-521- 43681-8. info
• Kolektiv autorů katedry AJ VŠE v Praze. Odborný anglicko-český a česko-anglický slovník z oblasti ekonomické, obchodní, finanční a právní. Linde Praha a.s., 1996. ISBN 80-7201-039-5. info
• Password. Anglický výkladový slovník s českými ekvivalenty. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1991. ISBN 80-204-0288-8. info

Language of instruction

English

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course can also be completed outside the examination period.

• Enrolment Statistics (Summer 2010, recent)
  
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