FL 1 - Business English for Advanced Students II.

Teachers

Included in study programs

Teaching results

Knowledge:
- acquisition of theoretical knowledge of the characteristics and basic features of the English professional language,
- the student can characterise and identify the basic features of professional language in a text and knows the principles of the production of professional economic texts in theoretical and practical terms.
Skills:
- apply the acquired skills in working with professional texts, e.g. seminar papers, final thesis, case studies,
- apply appropriate linguistic strategies related to the production of professional texts (use of appropriate lexical, stylistic, morphosyntactic devices) in the target language,
- acquiring the ability to consciously distinguish appropriate from inappropriate linguistic devices in professional economic communication (colloquial expressions, syntactically incomplete sentences, imprecise, ambivalent expressions, etc.).
Competences:
- know the basic principles of the functioning of professional language,
- the student can use receptive and productive language skills at the required level,
- understands longer speeches and conversations; understands longer professional texts with a complex structure; can express himself/herself adequately on general and professional topics and formulate ideas and attitudes clearly,
- in writing, can produce clear, well-organized, and detailed text on complex professional economic topics, demonstrating mastery of compositional techniques, connective expressions, and means of cohesion,
- use flexibly and effectively the acquired linguistic knowledge, which is essential for the student's successful application in practice, for professional purposes.

Indicative content

Seminars:
• Marketing strategies, data presentation, relationship building, advertising.
• Presentation, networking, communication skills.
• Impact of tourism on the economy, operational consulting, strategy, goals and values.
• Conflicts in the workplace, conflict resolution.
• Entrepreneurs, online entrepreneurship, start-ups.
• Performance evaluation, self-assessment.

Support literature

Elementary literature:
1. Dubicka, I. - Rosenberg, M. - O´Keeffe, M. - Dignen, B. - Hogan, M. 2020. Business Partner C1. Your Employability Trainer. Harlow: Pearson Education Limited. ISBN 978-1-292-24862-2.
2. Dubicka, I. - O´Keeffe, M. Market Leader Advanced. Pearson Education Limited. 3rd edition. ISBN-13: 978-1408237038.
3. Trappe, T. - Tullis, G. 2016. Intelligent Business Advanced. Pearson Education Limited. 2016. ISBN 978-1-4082-5597-1.
4. MacKenzie, I. 2010. English for Business Studies. A course for Business Studies and Economics students. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010. ISBN 978-0-521-74341-9.
Supplementary literature:
5. Allison, J. - Appleby, R. - Chazal de, E. 2009. The Business Advanced. Oxford: Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-230-02151-8.
6. Baade, K. - Holloway, Ch. - Hughes, J. - Scrivener, J. - Turner, R. 2018. Business Results. Advanced. 2nd edition. Oxford : Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-473906-1.
7. Financial Times.
8. The Economist.

Syllabus

Seminars: • Marketing strategies, data presentation, relationship building, advertising. • Presentation, networking, communication skills. • Impact of tourism on the economy, operational consulting, strategy, goals and values. • Conflicts in the workplace, conflict resolution. • Entrepreneurs, online entrepreneurship, start-ups. • Performance evaluation, self-assessment.

Requirements to complete the course

• activity at seminars - 20 %
• assessment of homework - 10 %
• the result of a final combined exam - 70 %

Student workload

• participation in seminars - 26 hours
• preparation for seminars - 26 hours
• preparation for the exam - 26 hours
Total: 78 hours

Language whose command is required to complete the course

Slovak, English

Date of approval: 07.03.2024

Date of the latest change: 28.03.2025