YO1OA_USVP Language for Special Purposes 1 (Business English)

Moravian Business College Olomouc
summer 2017
Extent and Intensity
8/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Tetiana Arkhangelska, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Mgr. Kateřina Důbravová (lecturer)
Mgr. Bc. Irena Kovačičinová (lecturer)
Mgr. Jitka Lidaříková (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Jitka Lidaříková
Moravian Business College Olomouc
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
Course objectives
The objective of Language for Specific Purposes 1 (Business English) is to further develop students' communication and presentation skills in English focusing on using English to communicate in specific branches of industry and business.
Syllabus (in Czech)
  • Obsah předmětu:
    1. Companies, Contacts
    2. Visitors, New Products
    3. Case study 1
    4. Employment, Customer Service
    5. Travel, Orders
    6. Case study 2
    7. Selling, New ideas
    8. Entertaining, Performance
    9. Case study 3
    10. Future trends, Time
    11. Training, Your career
    12. Case study 4
Literature
    required literature
  • RICCA-MCCARTHY, T., DUCKWORTH, M. English for Telecoms and Information Technology. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-456990-6. info
  • HUGHES, J., MALLETT, A. Successful Meetings. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-476839-9. info
  • GRANT, D. et al. Business Result: Pre-intermediate. Student's Book. 2nd ed. Oxford University Press, 2012. ISBN 978-0-19-473938-4. info
  • HUGHES, J., MALLETT, A. Successful Presentations. Oxford University Press., 2012. ISBN 978-0-19-476835-1. info
  • CLARK, R., BAKER, D. Finance 1. Oxford University Press, 2011. ISBN 978-0-19-456993-4. info
    recommended literature
  • MURPHY, R. English Grammar in Use 4th Edition with Answers. Cambridge University Press, 2012. ISBN 978-0-521-18906-4. info
  • SWAN, M. a WALTER, C. English Grammar Course - Basic. Oxford University Press, 2011. ISBN 978-0-19-442-0778. info
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: Přednáška 8 HOD/SEM.
The course is also listed under the following terms summer 2018, summer 2019, summer 2020.
  • Enrolment Statistics (summer 2017, recent)
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