Company English I

Type of study	Follow-up MasterBachelor
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	712-3101/03
Abbreviation	A-Fir./I
Course title	Company English I
Credits	3
Coordinating department	Institute of Languages
Course coordinator	Mgr. Zuzana Trawinská

Subject syllabus

U 1, 3 The Business Upper-Intermediate
1. University education
2. World's best universities
3. Education and career
4. Writing a CV and a cover letter
5. Tense review
6. Useful expressions: an interview
7. What quality means
8. Quality and standards
9. Describing trends
10. Passive structures and have something done
11. Emailing - formal and informal
12. Emailing: quality problems
13. Tips how to prepare powerful presentation slides
14. Credit test or presentation

The teacher reserves the right to modify, supplement and make changes, should the need arise.

Literature

ALLISON, J., EMMERSON, P. The Business 2.0 B1+ Intermediate Student’s Book, Oxford: Macmillan Education 2013. ISBN 978-0-230-43788-3. (verze 01)
ALLISON, J., TOWNEND, J., EMMERSON, P. The Business 2.0 B2 Upper-Intermediate Student’s Book. Oxford: Macmillan Education 2013. . (verze 02 - 05)
IBBOTSON, M. Professional English in Use Engineering. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009. ISBN 9780521734882.

Advised literature

GLENDINNING, Eric H.; Alison POHL. Oxford English for Careers: Technology 2 Student’s Book. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018, 136 s. ISBN 01945695301.
IBBOTSON, M. Cambridge English for Engineering. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2009. ISBN 9780521715188.
MCCARTHY, Michael; Felicity O‘DELL. Business Vocabulary in Use: Upper-intermediate Book with Answers. 4th ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2017, 280 s. .

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