XAESP English for Special Purposes

Moravian Business College Olomouc
winter 2021
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Siran Agadzhanyan (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Jiří Mánek (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Jitka Lidaříková
Moravian Business College Olomouc
Supplier department: Moravian Business College Olomouc
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The aim of the course called English for Special Purposes 2 is to develop students´ communication and presentation skills in the field of professional English or in situations concerning their occupational perspectives.
Syllabus
  • Option I. – MEETINGS
  • 1. Participating in meetings, the three stages of a successful meeting
  • 2. Formal meetings, organizing a meeting
  • 3. Informal meetings, making informal meetings effective
  • 4. Leading an informal team meeting
  • 5. Networking, being interested, positive and interesting
  • 6. Job interviews, how to be a successful candidate
  • 7. How to be an effective interviewer
  • 8. Teleconferencing, leading a teleconference
  • 9. Negotiating, three principles of negotiating
  • 10. Appraisals
  • 11. Setting objectives
  • 12. Giving and receiving feedback
  • Option II. – PRESENTATIONS
  • 1. Preparing your presentation, planning your presentation
  • 2. Structuring your presentation, practising your presentation
  • 3. Introducing your presentation, using the core structure
  • 4. Delivering your message, guiding your audience
  • 5. Using visual aids, designing visual aids
  • 6. Concluding, making a final impression
  • 7. Handling questions
  • 8. The LEVER model
  • 9. Bringing it alive!
  • 10. The ABCD model
  • 11. The PEEP model
  • 12. Dealing with nerves
  • Option III. – FINANCE 1
  • 1. Choosing jobs, what can you expect from a career in banking?
  • 2. Researching financial employers, the banking code
  • 3. Personal finance, customer complaints
  • 4. Company financial services, controlling business expenses
  • 5. Economic indicators, a memo
  • 6. Presenting figures, explaining trends and their causes
  • 7. Investing in emerging markets, interpreting data, presenting data
  • 8. Economic cycles, the IMF and world bank
  • 9. Economic sectors, regional development agencies
  • 10. Primary sector, investment decisions
  • 11. Secondary sector, competing in the global economy
  • 12. Tertiary sector, services
  • Option IV. – TELECOMS AND IT
  • 1. Convergence in telecoms and IT
  • 2. Convergence in business, a converged future
  • 3. Mobility
  • 4. Mobile devices, mobile technology
  • 5. Software
  • 6. Project management
  • 7. Networking
  • 8. Global infrastructure
  • 9. Data centres and security
  • 10. Services
  • 11. Media
  • 12. Society, healthcare, surveillance
Literature
    required literature
  • ARKHANGELSKA, T. English for Special Purposes – Finance. Olomouc: Moravian Business College Olomouc, 2019, 64 pp. info
  • ARKHANGELSKA, T. English for Special Purposes – Meetings. Olomouc: Moravian Business College Olomouc, 2019, 35 pp. info
  • ARKHANGELSKA, T. English for Special Purposes – Presentations. Olomouc: Moravian Business College Olomouc, 2019, 37 pp. info
  • HUGHES, J., MALLETT, A. Successful Meetings. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-476839-9. info
  • HUGHES, J., MALLETT, A. Successful Presentations. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-476835-1. info
  • CLARK, R., BAKER, D. Finance 1. Oxford University Press, 2011. ISBN 978-0-19-456993-4. info
  • RICCA-MCCARTHY, T., DUCKWORTH, M. English for Telecoms and Information Technology. Oxford University Press, 2009. ISBN 978-0-19-456990-6. 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., WALTER, C. English Grammar Course - Basic. ISBN 978-0-19-442-0778. info
Assessment methods
Prerequisite for enrolling in the course is language level B1 according to the European Reference Framework for Language Learning. Requirements for passing the course: a presentation from the economic-managerial area, fulfilment of min. 2 assigned tasks, credit test, oral exam
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
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