| Course title | Business English, BEC Preliminary 2 |
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| Course code | KOD/KBEP2 |
| Organizational form of instruction | Lecture |
| Level of course | Master |
| Year of study | not specified |
| Semester | - |
| Number of ECTS credits | 3 |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Status of course | Optional |
| Form of instruction | Face-to-face |
| Work placements | This is not an internship |
| Recommended optional programme components | None |
| Lecturer(s) |
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| Course content |
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1. Cultures; Idioms 2. Business Briefing; Advice, obligation and necessity 3. Human Resources; -ing forms 4. Finding a job; infinitives 5. International Market; First conditional 6. Negotiating; Second and third conditionals 7. Doing Business Internationally 8. Ethics; Narrative tenses 9. Resumé; Formal and informal language 10. Leadership; Adjectives 11. Presenting; Relative clauses 12. Competition; Idioms 13. Communication styles; Passives 14. Test
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| Learning activities and teaching methods |
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing)
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| Learning outcomes |
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The objective of the course is to familiarize students with business world and develop the essential language skills needed in business context. It aims at building students´competence at B1 level of CEFR for Languages. Students may take BEC Preliminary Exam.
Students know basic business vocabulary, understand common discussions and interviews, can express their opinion and discuss the colleagues´ ones. Students are confident in handling telephoning, writing messages and reports, describing graphs and using business language collocations. Additionally, attention is paid to related grammar. |
| Prerequisites |
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B1 level of English
KOD/BECP1 ----- or ----- KOD/CBEP1 ----- or ----- KOD/KBEP1 |
| Assessment methods and criteria |
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Test
Credit requirements: Test, the passing score for the test is 60%. Active knowledge of the subject matter |
| Recommended literature |
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| Study plans that include the course |
| Faculty | Study plan (Version) | Category of Branch/Specialization | Recommended semester | |
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| Faculty: Faculty of Economics | Study plan (Version): Structural Policy of the EU and Rural Development (3) | Category: Economy | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Economics | Study plan (Version): Management and Business Economics (3) | Category: Economy | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |