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KCJ / 1OAJ2
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Course description
Department/Unit / Abbreviation
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KCJ
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1OAJ2
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Academic Year
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2024/2025
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Academic Year
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2024/2025
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Title
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Professional English 2
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Form of course completion
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Exam
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Form of course completion
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Exam
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Accredited / Credits
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Yes,
4
Cred.
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Type of completion
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Combined
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Type of completion
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Combined
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Time requirements
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Tutorial
2
[Hours/Week]
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Course credit prior to examination
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No
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Course credit prior to examination
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No
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Automatic acceptance of credit before examination
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No
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Included in study average
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YES
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Language of instruction
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-
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Occ/max
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Automatic acceptance of credit before examination
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No
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Summer semester
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0 / -
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0 / 0
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0 / 0
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Included in study average
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YES
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Winter semester
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0 / -
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0 / -
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0 / -
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Repeated registration
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NO
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Repeated registration
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NO
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Timetable
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Yes
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Semester taught
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Summer semester
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Semester taught
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Summer semester
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Minimum (B + C) students
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not determined
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Optional course |
Yes
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Optional course
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Yes
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Language of instruction
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-
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Internship duration
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0
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No. of hours of on-premise lessons |
0
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Evaluation scale |
A|B|C|D|E|F |
Periodicity |
každý rok
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Periodicita upřesnění |
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Fundamental theoretical course |
No
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Fundamental course |
Yes
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Fundamental theoretical course |
No
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Evaluation scale |
A|B|C|D|E|F |
Substituted course
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None
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Preclusive courses
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N/A
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Prerequisite courses
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N/A
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Informally recommended courses
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N/A
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Courses depending on this Course
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N/A
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Histogram of students' grades over the years:
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XLS
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Course objectives:
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The course follows up the contents of correlative course 1OAJ1. The focus is on the terminology of topics listed below which are also topics for basic genre analysis. On the background of these topics, students are also continuously familiarized with grammar related to the discussed communication skills in both written and spoken discourse. The grammar in this semester concentrates on the use of passive, reported speech, past tenses (past simple, past continuous, past perfect simple), or relative clauses. Emphasis is put on authentic texts and recordings. Students are introduced to professional terminology in logistics, they are acquainted with the language and strategies of business negotiations, vocabulary related to starting and financing a business and presenting a business plan. The international dimension of professional English is accentuated in particular by focusing on the area of cooperation in international teams and their management, e.g. in terms of different communication strategies and management styles. Throughout the semester students complete partial tasks continuously assigned in seminars and develop their ability to formulate a critical perspective.
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Requirements on student
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The course is taught in English. Crediting requirements: min 80% attendance in seminars, active participation, coursework throughout the semester (i.e. Students are required to complete individual tasks assigned during the semester), and at least 60% score at the final test.
Final assessment:
Written exam: 60%
Tasks assigned during the term (submitted in Moodle within the deadline): 20%
Attendance: 20%
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Content
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1. - 3. Logistics (e-commerce logistics, international transportation and related documents, negotiating and negotiation skills, structure and organisation of a letter of complaint including useful phrases; grammar: passive forms, linking)
4. - 6. Entrepreneurship (starting up and running a business, pitching an idea, influencing and dealing with objections, crowdfunding; grammar: reported speech, functional sentence perspective)
7. - 9. Working abroad (doing business in the global workplace and global work cultures, decision-making and expressing preferences, relationship-building, making recommendations in emails and reports; grammar: past tenses, first and second conditional)
10. - 12. Leadership (leadership styles, rhetoric in formal leadership communication, giving and receiving feedback, language and strategies for managing and leading meetings, grammar: Relative clauses)
13. Revision and summary
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Activities
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Fields of study
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Guarantors and lecturers
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Literature
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Basic:
Dubicka, I., O?Keeffe, M., Dignen, B., Hogan, M., Wright, L. Business Partner. Coursebook, B1+. Harlow: Pearson, 2018. ISBN 978-1-292-23355-0.
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Basic:
Evans, L. Business Partner. Workbook, B1+. Harlow: Pearson, 2018. ISBN 978-1-292-19120-1.
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Recommended:
Bhatia, V. K. Critical Genre Analysis. Investigating interdiscursive performance in professional practice. London, New York: Routledge, 2017. ISBN 978-1-138-91529-9.
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Recommended:
Schnurr, S. Exploring Professional Communication. Language in Action. Routledge, 2013.
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Recommended:
Darics, E., Koller, V. Language in Business, Language at Work. London: Palgrave, 2018. ISBN 978-0-230-29842-2.
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Recommended:
ASHLEY, A. Oxford Handbook of Commercial Correspondence. Oxford: OUP, 2003.
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On-line library catalogues
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Time requirements
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All forms of study
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Activities
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Time requirements for activity [h]
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Continuous tasks completion (incl. correspondence tasks)
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15
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Being present in classes
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26
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Homework for lessons
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15
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Scientific text studying in a foreign language
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15
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Presentation (of works, projects, etc.)
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15
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Preparation for test
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34
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Total
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120
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Prerequisites
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Learning outcomes
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Knowledge - knowledge resulting from the course: |
Students prove the knowledge of professional terminology in business English, functional language and communication strategies related to logistics, international cooperation, entrepreneurship, crowdfunding and leadership. Students are also capable of identifying and interpreting communication strategies in e-commerce and negotiating. |
Skills - skills resulting from the course: |
Students become well-versed in selected topics of business discourse. They are capable of discussing individual stages of business negotiations and apply their knowledge of functional phrases for each stage of the negotiating process. Students apply their knowledge when writing letters of complaints and replies, they are capable of formulating their suggestions, recommendations and advice in different registers, and are also aware of useful language for giving and responding to feedback. Students present the results of their critical thinking in solving case studies. |
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Assessment methods
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Knowledge - knowledge achieved by taking this course are verified by the following means: |
IC7 - Written examination |
IC11 - Activity in lessons (in discussion, group work, etc.) |
IIB25 - Seminar work / report |
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Teaching methods
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Knowledge - the following training methods are used to achieve the required knowledge: |
A3 - Reproductive work with text/image/educational source |
A2 - Expert report |
A4 - Interview (asking questions when encoding and repeating the subject matter) |
B1 - Discussion |
B8 - Reversed lecture |
C5 - Static and dynamic projection/presentation |
D1 - Practice and creation of communication/language skills |
E4 - Didactic games |
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