English conversation for professional accountants
- Credits: 3
- Ending: Examination
- Range: 0P + 2C
- Semester: winter
- Year: 2
- Faculty of Economic Informatics
Teachers
Included in study programs
Teaching results
The aim of education is to extend the communication skills in the English language, which had a professional accountant / auditor dispose of communicating with various institutions and partners at international level.
By completing the subject, students acquire:
a) Knowledge - acquire and consolidate the ability of natural communication in English on accounting and tax topics.
b) Skill - manage accounting, tax and audit lexicon in natural communication in the business environment in the English language at international level.
c) Competence - be able to present information in English on accounting and tax problems and financial statements with different groups of users and institutions.
Indicative content
Introduction to the professional accountant's working role in English; Regulatory framework at national and international level - attempt to achieve uniformity; Ethical behavior in accounting practice and impacts on accountants simulated on examples from practice, simulation of reality in communication of an accountant with auditors / financial institutions / within the consolidated group; the accountant's conversation skills in communicating with the owners, in internal reporting and planning applied to the case studies; how to communicate with the auditor of the preparation of audit report, understanding of taxation and case studies on taxation, case studies and communication of the accountant on the compilation of the financial statements; interpretation and presentation of the financial statements, case studies and conversation of an accountant with the owners regarding data analysis from the financial statements, simulating conversations on accounting information within consolidated group; sustainability - discussion of environmental and social reporting.
Support literature
1. Elliott, B. and Elliott, J. 2015. Financial Accounting and Reporting, 17th Edition, UK: Pearson Education Limited, ISBN: 978-1-292-08057-4
2. Studies in scientific journals and proceedings and articles in professional magazines.
Syllabus
1. Discussion about the work role of a professional accountant in English 2. Regulatory framework of Accounting at National and International Level - Attempt to achieve uniformity 3. Ethical behavior in accounting practice and impacts on accountants simulated on examples from practice 4. Simulation of reality in the communication of an accountant with auditors / financial institutions / within the consolidated group 5. Conversational skills of an accountant in communication with the owners, in internal reporting and planning applied to the duty studies 6. How to communicate with the auditor of the preparation of the audit report 7. Understanding taxation and case studies about taxation 8 + 9. Case Studies and Communication of Accountant on Key Items while compiling the financials statements 10. Interpretation and presentation of financial statements to the management 11. Case studies and conversation of an accountant with owners regarding data analysis from financial statements 12. Simulation of conversations of accounting information within the consolidated group 13. Sustainability - Discussion of Environmental and Social Reporting
Requirements to complete the course
26 hours of seminars
26 hours of preparation for the seminars
26 hours of preparation for the final written exam (100 % of the overall grading)
Total study load (in hours): 78
Student workload
26 hours of seminars
26 hours of preparation for the seminars
26 hours of preparation for the final written exam (100 % of the overall grading)
Total study load (in hours): 78
Language whose command is required to complete the course
english
Date of approval: 11.03.2024
Date of the latest change: 05.10.2022