CVABAJA4 English for Academic Purposes 4

School of Business Administration in Karvina
Winter 2015
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Zuzana Glacová (seminar tutor)
PhDr. Krystyna Heinz (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Martina Chylková (seminar tutor)
PhDr. Janusz Karpeta, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Department of Tourism and Leisure Activities – School of Business Administration in Karvina
Contact Person: PhDr. Janusz Karpeta, Ph.D.
Prerequisites
CVABAJA2 Professional English 2
Prerequisites - information about course preconditions: Students may enroll part 4, if he/she successfully completed parts 1, 2 and 3, or if he/she is studying parts 3 and 4 at the same time.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
Course objectives: After completing the course successfully, student will the B2 level (SERR). The course focuses primarily on six selected chapters from Economics, Business, Employment and Unemployment, Market, Marketing, Bank and Money. In the seminars, students will improve the interpretation of the terms and grammar typical of technical language. Attention will also be focused on the professional vocabulary, definitions and phrases, including schematics, diagrams, and tables for an easy memorization of terms in a foreign language and at the same time for the structuring of knowledge of economic issues generally. Students will also work actively in seminars with professional texts including content, grammatical, lexical and translational fields. Emphasis will also be placed on the language skills of reading, writing and speaking in the above economic issues.
Syllabus
  • Content:
    1. Economics
    2. Firm
    3. Employment
    4. Unemployment
    5. Market 1
    6. Market 2
    7. Marketing 1
    8. Marketing 2
    9. Banks
    10. Money1
    11. Money 2
    12. Money 3
    13. Summary and revision
Literature
    required literature
  • KARPETA, J. Business English 1. Karviná: SU OPF, 2013. ISBN 978-80-7248-832-2. info
  • KAFTAN, M. New English in Economics. 1. Díl. Praha, 2010. ISBN 979-80-246-1807-4. info
  • KAFTAN, M. New English in Economics. 2. Díl. Praha, 2010. ISBN 978-80-246-1809-8. info
  • ALLISON, J., EMMERSON, P. The Business Intermediate. Student's Book. Oxford: Macmillan Education, 2007. ISBN 978-1-4050-8185-6. info
    recommended literature
  • Aspinall, T., Bethel, G. Test your business vocabulary in use. Cambridge, 2007. ISBN 987-0-521-53254-9. info
Teaching methods
Seminar classes
Assessment methods
Combined exam
EXAM
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
Requirements on student: attendance in seminars 60 %, ongoing oral test, ongoing written test, seminar paper, course credit test
ActivityDifficulty [h]
Ostatní studijní zátěž34
Seminář26
Zápočet30
Summary90
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2016, Winter 2016, Summer 2017, Winter 2017, Summer 2018, Winter 2018, Summer 2019, Winter 2020, Winter 2021, Winter 2022, Winter 2023.
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