Business English for Intermediate Students I.

  • Credits: 3
  • Ending: Examination
  • Range: 0P + 2C
  • Semester: winter
  • Year: 2
  • Faculty of Business Economics with seat in Košice

Teachers

Included in study programs

Business Economics and Management

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, can create a clear comprehensible text on professional topics, he/she understands the main ideas in a clear standard speech, understands texts, can react in various situations which are typical for the private and professional life.
Competences:
To use effectively acquired language skills, which are necessary for the successful student´s applying in practice and social, academic, or professional purposes.

Indicative content

1. Career plan
2. Company structure
3. Negotiations
4. Sales
5. Communication in the workplace
6. Presentation

Support literature

1. Cotton, D. - Falvey, D. - Kent, S. 2010. Market Leader Intermediate. Harlow : Pearson Education Limited, 2010. ISBN 978-1-4082-3707-6.
2. Cotton, D. - Falvey, D. - Kent, S. 2012. Market Leader Pre-Intermediate. Harlow : Pearson Education Limited, 2012. ISBN 978-1-408-23695-6.

Syllabus

Seminars: 1. Career plan (what is a career plan, career growth, modal verbs can / could / be able to, preparation of a career plan) 2. Job interview (what is a job interview, preparation for a job interview, present simple tense) 3. Company structure (types of companies and their structure, description of the company, present continuous tense) 4. Company presentation (presentation structure) 5. Problem solving in the company (types of problems, crisis management, modal verbs must / have to) 6. Company management (typology of managers, indirect speech) 7. Negotiation I. (conflict resolution, past simple) 8. Negotiations II. (reaching an agreement, conditional sentence I.) 9. Sales (shopping habits, marketing, past continuous) 10. Telephoning (information exchange) 11. Brainstorming 12. Working meetings (memo, email) 13. Presentation (presentation of selected economic issues)

Requirements to complete the course

• activity at seminars - 20 %
• assessment of homework -20 %
• results of a final written exam - 60 %

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: 24.01.2022