Business French for Intermediate Students II.
- Credits: 3
- Ending: Examination
- Range: 2C
- Semester: winter
- Year: 2
- Faculty of Commerce
Teachers
Included in study programs
Teaching results
Language knowledge: mastering the basic principles of professional language.
Language skills: the student is able to use receptive and productive language skills at the required level and is able to create a clear comprehensible text on professional topics, he/she understands the main ideas in a clear standard speech, understands texts, is able to react in various situations which are typical for private and professional life.
Language competencies: effective use of acquired language skills which are necessary for student’s successful application in practice and for social, academic or professional purposes.
Indicative content
1. Business Trip 2. Meeting 3. Claims 4. Congress arrangement 5. Corporate Culture
Support literature
Obligatory:
Dubois, A.-L. – Tauzin, B.: Objectif Express 2. Hachette Livre Paris 2009
Miquel, C.: Grammaire en dialogues. Niveau intermédiaire. B1. CLE International 2018
Supplementary:
Rizeková, I. a kol.: Le monde des affaires, Vydavateľstvo Ekonóm, Bratislava 2007
Kozmová, J. – Brouland, P.: Francouzština v podnikové a obchodní praxi, Ekopress, Praha 2005
Complementary articles from the current French press and the Internet.
Syllabus
1. Workplace relations, work team 2. Corporate culture 3. Work meeting 4. Preparing a business trip (transport, accommodation, meals) 5. Business trip 6. Company presentation 7. Product presentation 8. Negotiations with partners 9. Conclusion of a business contract 10. Withdrawal from a contract 11. Complaint and claim 12. Organizing a congress / a trade fair 13. Final test
Requirements to complete the course
Activity at seminars – 20 %
Assessment of homework assignments – 10 %
Results of the final exam – 70 %
Student workload
78h:
26 h participation at seminars
26 h preparation for seminars
26 h preparation for exam
Language whose command is required to complete the course
French
Date of approval: 08.03.2024
Date of the latest change: 11.01.2022