State exam
- Credits: 10
- Ending: State examination
- Year: 3
- Faculty of Applied Languages
Teachers
Included in study programs
Teaching results
The student has a developed language competence in the English language on the C1 level of CEFR. He/she can react in a qualified way and with the appropriate language form on the questions and problems of the key subjects of the study program (Linguistic Characteristics of English Language, Business English and Academic English, Area and Intercultural Studies in the English Language). He/she can apply the obtained theoretical knowledge into the case studies. The student has communicative and written skills needed for the creation of the spoken and written texts of cultural-societal, political, and professional characters in the English language.
Indicative content
- Linguistic Characteristics of the English language
- English for Specific Purposes
- Negotiation in the English language
- History, Civilization, and Culture of English speaking countries.
Support literature
Required:
1. BLACK, J. (2017): A History of Britain. 1945 to Brexit. Indiana: Indiana University Press.
ISBN 978-0-253-02999-7
2. CANNADINE, D. (2017): Victorious Century. The United Kingdom, 1800-1906. London: Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0-141-01913-0
3. CARNEVALI, F.; STRANGE, J. M. (2007): 20th Century Britain. Economic, Cultural and Social Change. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-582-77287-8
4. DUBICKA, I.O´KEEFFE, M. 2011. Market Leader Advanced. Pearson Education Limited. 3rd edition. ISBN-13: 978-1408237038
5. CHAZAL, E./MOORE, J. (2013): Oxford EAP. A Course in English for Academic Purposes.
Advanced C1. Published by OUP. ISBN 978-0-19-400179-3
6. HEWINGS, M./THAINE, C. (2012): Cambridge Academic English C1: Advanced. Published by Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521165211
7. GRANT, R. G. et al. (2019): History of Britain and Ireland. The Definitive Visual Guide.
London: Dorling Kindersley Limited. ISBN 978-07566-75554
8. GREGOROVÁ, R.; KÖRTVÉLYESSY, L. (2009): Introduction to English Linguistics. A Practical Coursebook. Košice: Slovacontact. McCARTHY, M./O´DELL, F. (2016): Academic Vocabulary in Use. Published by Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781107591660
9. JANDT, F.E. An Introduction to Intercultural Communication. SAGE Publications 2020
10. LAFOND, C.; VINE, S.; WELCH, B. (2010): English for Negotiating. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-4579513
11. POWELL, M. (2012): International Negotiations. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
ISBN 978-0-521-14992-1
12. SAMOVAR, L. A. Communication Between Cultures. Wadsworth Cengage Learning. 2010.
13. STEARNS, P. N. (2019): Smithsonian American History. A Visual Encyclopedia. London: Dorling Kindersley Limited. ISBN 978-1-4654-8367-6
14. TRAPPE, T., TULLIS, G. (2016) Intelligent Business Advanced. Pearson Education Limited. 2016 ISBN 978-1-4082-5597-1
15. WIDDOWSON, H.G. (ed.) (2009): Linguistics - Oxford Introduction to Language Study.
Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Optional:
1. BAADE, K., HOLLOWAY, CH., HUGHES, J., SCRIVENER, J., TURNER, R.
(2018) Business Results. Advanced. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2nd edition. ISBN 978-0-19-473906-1.
2. van DIJK, T.A. (2006): Discourse, context and cognition. Discourse Studies, 8(1), ss. 159-177. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461445606059565
3. FASOLD, R.W.; CONNOR-LINTON, J. (eds.) (2000): An Introduction to Language and Linguistics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
4. HOFSTEDE, G.: Cultures and organizations, Profile books, 1991
5. GELFAND, M. J.; BRETT, J. M. (2004): The Handbook of Negotiation and Culture. Stanford: Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-4586-2
6. LOWE, S.; PILE, L. (2007): Negotiating. Surrey: DELTA Publishing. ISBN 978-1-905085-13-2
7. MAURY-ROUAN, C.; NOEL-JORAND, et al. (2005): A linguistic toolbox for discourse analysis: towards a multidimensional handling of verbal interactions. Discourse Studies, 7 (3),
ss.289-313. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461445605052188 TROMPENAARS, V., HAMPDEN- TURNER, Ch.: Riding the Waves of Culture, John Murray Press 2020
8. WALLWORK, A. (2014): Meetings, Negotiations, and Socializing. A Guide to Professional English. New York: Springer. ISBN 978-1-4939-0631-4
Requirements to complete the course
Conditions for completion of the subject are to pass the oral part of the state exam successfully. In terms of the oral part of the exam, the student answers the questions from the English language and culture (linguistic characteristics of the language and culture of the given language area) and discusses a given topic in English. He/she answers the questions of the members of the committee. When assessing the certain parts of the state exam, the following grading system is used: A – excellent – 1 B – very good – 1,5 C – good – 2 D – satisfactory – 2,5 E – sufficiently – 3 FX – unsatisfactory – 4. The overall result is set up as an average of assessments from the certain parts followingly : A – excellent – 1 – average up to and including 1,25 B – very good – 1,5 – average from 1,26 to and including 1,75 C – good – 2 – average from 1,76 to and including 2,25 D – satisfactory – 2,5 – average from 2,26 to and including 2,75 E – unsatisfactory – 3 – average from 2,76 to and including 3,00.
Language whose command is required to complete the course
English
Date of approval: 10.05.2023
Date of the latest change: 20.01.2022