Introduction to English Business and Technical Correspondence

Type of study	Follow-up MasterBachelor
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	712-3103/02
Abbreviation	ÚAOTK
Course title	Introduction to English Business and Technical Correspondence
Credits	2
Coordinating department	Institute of Languages
Course coordinator	Mgr. Gabriela Chudašová

Subject syllabus

1. Rules for formal communication via letters and e-mails
2. Enquiry, Reply to an enquiry
3. Order, Advice of dispatch
4. Letter of complaint, Reply to complaint
5. 1st, 2nd, 3rd request
6. Interoffice memo, Agenda and Minutes
7. Description of procedures, development, and graphs
8. Describing malfunctions, Request for servicemen´s intervention
9. Reporting on safety and feasibility, Feasibility Study PowerPoint presentation
10. Creating instructions, safety procedures and manuals
11. Congratulation, Letter of condolence, Thank-you-letter
12. Arranging and completing a form
13. CV, Covering letter, Letter of motivation
14. Credit test

Literature

ASHLEY, A. Oxford handbook of commercial correspondence. New ed. Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press, 2007. ISBN 978-0-19-457213-2.

Advised literature

MURPHY, R. English Grammar in Use 3rd Edition with Answers. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2004. ISBN 9780521537629.
MASCULL, B. Business Vocabulary in Use. UK. Cambridge University Press 2002. ISBN 978-0-521-77529-8.

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