Business English for Advanced Students I.
- Credits: 3
- Ending: Examination
- Range: 10sP
- Semester: winter
- Year: 1
- Faculty of Business Economics with seat in Košice
Teachers
Included in study programs
Teaching results
Knowledge:
To know the basic principles of professional language.
Skills:
The student can use receptive and productive language skills at the required level. He/ she understands longer speeches, conversations, a longer professional text with a complex structure. The student can adequately comment on general and professional topics and formulate ideas and attitudes. In written communication, he/she can create clear, well-organized, and detailed text on complex topics, demonstrating mastery of compositional techniques, conjunctions, and means of cohesion.
Competences:
To use flexibly and effectively acquired language skills, which are necessary for successful student´s application in practice and social, academic, or professional purposes.
Indicative content
Communication in the workplace
Marketing
Networking
Relationships in the workplace
Success
Case study
Support literature
1. COTTON, D. - FALVEY, D. - KENT, S. 2012. Market Leader Upper Intermediate. Course Book. 3. vydanie. Harlov : Pearson Education Limited, 2012. 175 s. ISBN 978-1-4082-3709-0.
Syllabus
Consultations: Internal and external communication in business (e-mail) Resolving communication failures Trends in the development of the current economy Marketing International Marketing (compound noun) World brands Company Brainstorming Building workplace relationships (phrasal verbs) Negotiations Networking Success (suffixes, past and present tense) Case study solution
Requirements to complete the course
• activity at consultations - 20 %
• assessment of homework - 20 %
• the result of a final written test - 60 %
Student workload
• participation in consultations - 10 hours
• preparation for consultations - 42 hours
• self-study - 26 hours
Total: 78 hours
Language whose command is required to complete the course
Slovak, English
Date of approval: 23.02.2022
Date of the latest change: 24.01.2022