English Skills for Workplace Communication (FSI-0SE)

Academic year 2021/2022
Supervisor: Mgr. Dita Gálová, Ph.D.  
Supervising institute: ÚJ all courses guaranted by this institute
Teaching language: English
Aims of the course unit:
The course is aimed at delevoping soft skills with the basic business English skills students will need in their future careers at B2+ level (upper-intermediate – advanced).
Learning outcomes and competences:
The course is aimed at developing soft skills and provides students with basics of business English at B2+ level related to their future professions. TThe focus is on spoken language and communicative skills.
Prerequisites:
The minimum entry requirement is the 7AZ exam, i.e. the English knowledge corresponding to B1 level.

Links to other subjects:
compulsory prerequisite: English - Exam B1 [7AZ]
Course contents:
The course is intended to teach soft skills in English and provide students with the basics of business English they will need in their future careers.
Teaching methods and criteria:
Language instruction as an extension of basic professional curriculum.
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes:
Course-unit credit is awarded on condition of having attended the seminars actively and worked out assigned tasks. The overal evaluation reflects students' projects.
Controlled participation in lessons:
Attendance at seminars is compulsory and is systematically checked by the teacher. Students are allowed to miss two seminars. In well-founded cases, extra absences can be made up for after consulting the situation with the teacher. Attendance and active participation in classes are necessary conditions for taking an examination.

Type of course unit:
    Language exercise  13 × 2 hrs. compulsory                  
Course curriculum:
    Language exercise 1. Introduction to presentation skills, public speaking
2. Team presentations, presenting to a technical audience, handling questions
3. Brands, presentation of a product
4. Professional image
5. Business ethics
6. Meetings and negotiating
7. Socializing
8. Telephoning and email
9. Writing formal letters - covering letter, CV
10. Working internationally
11. Interviewing skills for recruitment
12. Students' projects
13. Evaluation
Literature - fundamental:
1. APPLEBY, Rachel. Business One:One. Advanced. Oxford: OUP, 2009. ISBN 978-0194576819.
Literature - recommended:
1. HEWINGS, Martin. Advanced grammar in use: a self-study reference and practice book for advanced learners of English : with answers and CD-ROM. 3rd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013. ISBN 978-1-107-69989-2.
The study programmes with the given course:
Programme Study form Branch Spec. Final classification   Course-unit credits     Obligation     Level     Year     Semester  
B-OBN-P visiting student --- no specialisation -- Cr,Ex 4 Elective 1 1 S
N-OBN-P visiting student --- no specialisation -- Cr,Ex 4 Elective 2 1 S