XCJ Foreign Language

Moravian Business College Olomouc
summer 2021
Extent and Intensity
0/4/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Tetiana Arkhangelska, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Jitka Lidaříková (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Jiří Mánek (seminar tutor)
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 (in Czech)
Cílem předmětu je uvedení studentů do pracovního prostředí v oblasti IT, nabytí potřebné terminologie pro práci a běžnou komunikaci v IT a seznámení se se základními formálními dokumenty v AJ. Výuka je založena na praktických a autentických situacích, důraz je kladen především na praktické uplatnění nabytých znalostí.
Syllabus
  • 1. Successful IT companies in the world / making introductions / present simple
    2. IT specialist - job description / spelling names and saying numbers / present continuous
    3. Products and services, technology you cannot live without / how to show interest / past simple
    4. IT department in the organisational structure / welcoming a visitor / asking questions
    5. Positions in an IT company / making and receiving phone calls / expressing future (will/going to/present continuous)
    6. Multi-channel customer service / making and dealing with complaints / comparisons
    7. Employment procedures in IT, LinkedIn / evaluating options / present perfect
    8. E-commerce / payment terms / passive
    9. Social media and the start up (advertising) / how to interrupt and avoid interruption / modal verbs
    10. Online data centres and green data / how to ask for clarification / conditionals
    11. Successful meeting / teleconference / controlling the discussion
    12. Giving a formal presentation / revision of tenses
Literature
    required literature
  • GRANT, D. et al. Business Result: Pre-intermediate. Student's Book. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009. ISBN 978-01-947-3938-2. info
    recommended literature
  • MURPHY, R. English Grammar in Use: A Self Study Reference and Practise Book for Intermediate Learns of English. Cambridge University Press, 2012. ISBN 978-05-211-8906-4. info
  • SWAN, M. a C. WALTER. Oxford English Grammar Course: Basic: a Grammar Practice Book for Elementary to Pre-intermediate Students of English: with Answers. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011. ISBN 978-01-944-2077-8. info
  • GLENDINNING, E. a J. MCEWAN. Oxford English for Information Technology. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007. ISBN 978-01-945-7492-1. info
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
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