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This course is designed for students of Economics studying for both a BA degree and an MA degree. A prerequisite for this course is a required minimum knowledge of intermediate to upper-intermediate level so that students are able to read economic articles from the internet or professional journals. The objective of this course is to expand their vocabulary in terms of business and economic collocations, to improve their communication and academic skills and to achieve accuracy in grammatical structures. Moreover, the course aims at bridging the gap between general English and specific English. The students will need the specific language when attending the lectures in English at this faculty, furthermore, while reading professional journals and books that have not been translated into Czech and last but not least in discussions and discourses when expressing their opinions on particular economic topics. Students gradually learn the language of discussions and negotiations. The course is intended only for students of IES, or possibly other programmes within FSV UK. Due to capacity reasons, it is not possible to accept students from other faculties. Last update: GLOVEROVA (02.09.2024)
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The objective of this course is to bridge the gap between secondary school English and the needs of a university student. After the course students should be able: to understand economic articles and academic studies in English to comprehend listening materials such as economic news, lectures, and interviews to write a summary using appropriate economic terminology and academic English to follow professional lectures and seminars in English both at home and abroad to discuss the topics covered and defend their opinions to participate in international internships without language barriers to present and defend their work Last update: GLOVEROVA (05.09.2025)
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Obligatory: Recommended literature: Our seminar glossary of economic terms: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1uiG6MQ9M0TYJiz9xAvtxpBB4xKZPG3rlpfsWajyzMXw/present?slide=id.p
http://www.economist.com/economics-a-to-z/a Word formation ( academic word list) Economics Academic Word List (eapfoundation.com) Words related to economics I Economics Words - 400+ Words Related to Economics (relatedwords.io) frequent words Words related to economics II Economics - SMART Vocabulary cloud with related words and phrases (cambridge.org) Basic terms used in economics 20 Basic Terms Used in Economics | Oxford Summer Courses Quizlet - 100 Economics Terms 100 Economics Terms Flashcards | Quizlet http://cws.cengage.co.uk/mankiw_taylor2/students/03%20-%20Glossary/Glossary.pdf for more links go to https://fsv.cuni.cz/studium/vyuka-jazyku/vyuka-pres-internet Last update: GLOVEROVA (02.09.2025)
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Students are expected to actively participate in content-based language learning seminars. Students are to master specific vocabulary and language skills via studying economic texts and videos, discussions and practising academic writing. Rules for using AI in JLB003 When practising your language skills, it is ok to use AI to support your language development. You can use it for brainstorming, creating outlines, even when training written production. Remember it is not ok, however, to use AI to think for you or to do the hard work of figuring out how to express your ideas in your writing. WRITING = THINKING. As with all sources that are used in writing, your own words and thoughts should provide the bulk of your writing. If we wanted to know how Gen AI would write, for example, an essay, we would ask it. In our class, we are interested in how YOU write an essay and we want to hear your unique voice. Any student work submitted using AI tools should clearly indicate what work is the student’s work, what part is generated by the AI, which prompts have been used and how you worked with the generated content. In such cases, no more than 25% of the student work should be generated by AI. Academically honest use of Gen AI includes providing a full transcript of any Gen AI generated content between you and the Gen AI as part of your working document using the correct citing format. As far as teachers’ work with AI is concerned, any use of artificial intelligence tools will be carried out in a way that protects students' personal data. Student work will not be used to train AI models. More information about AI use can be found in the guidelines set by FSV UK and ethical recommendations provided by Charles University This text has been inspired by Lance Eaton from College Unbound and J. Elizabeth Clark from LaGuardia Community College. Last update: Poslušná Lucie, Mgr. (22.09.2025)
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Requirements to obtain the credit: I. Regular journal (15 points) II. Project in individual teams (3-4 students in each team) which will be concluded with a presentation and defence in the second half of the winter term ( 35 points) III. Complex Test (50 points) All the above parts are compulsory. Tasks I and II have to be fulfilled before the examination period starts. The pass level is 75 points. For more detailed information about the individual parts see the below information.
I. THE JOURNAL (15 points) The journal will be uploaded to a folder shared by the teacher with each student at the beginning of the semester. Students will receive a list of tasks from the teacher, and they must complete and submit 5 of them within the prescribed deadline during the term. For each task, a student can earn a maximum of 3 points. If a task is not uploaded to the folder on time, the student will not receive any points for it. However, it must still be submitted by the end of the semester (completion of the complex test is conditional upon the submission of all assignments from sections I and II). II. TEAM PROJECT (35 points) Students will enroll in groups of three or four in the first half of the winter term. In these groups, they will focus more deeply on a specific problem related to the discussed topics of global challenges and propose a possible solution. The project presentations will take place during the class sessions 9 and 10 of the term. Teams that do not present their project during a given session will act as a committee before which the presenting teams will have to defend their project. Each presentation and subsequent defence will be allocated 20 minutes (10 minutes for the presentation/20 slides, 2.5 minutes/5 slides per team member, 10 minutes for the defence). Presenting teams must send their presentation slides and a brief abstract to the teacher no later than one week before the presentation. After review, the teacher will share the materials with the committee so that they can prepare questions. After the presentations, the committee will make a summary record during the session. It is essential that ALL students enrolled in the respective seminar attend these two class sessions. Evaluation Criteria Presentation - 20 points (criteria: a) use of academic English, b) annotation, c) project defence, d) slide design, e) adherence to the time limit - each item worth up to 4 points) Committee work - 15 points (preparing a summary of the presentation, 150-200 words, 12 points; asking a question to the presenters, 3 points) III. COMPLEX TEST (50 points) The test will be based on the knowledge of: the terms covered during individual seminars, academic grammar (passive voice, paraphrasing, formal vs informal English, reporting verbs, noun phrases) reading comprehension Students have three attempts. The pass level is 65 %, i.e. 32,5 points. For the Sample Test go to SIS, Soubory, Complex test Sample.
Quizlet link to practise AWL Sublist 1: https://quizlet.com/603486165/academic-word-list-sublist-1-econ-flash-cards/ Further important information: Attendance is optional although recommended. Honesty: students who will be caught cheating during the test will be disqualified and will have to try again in compliance with the above conditions. Students are required to obtain the credit to be able to enrol in the course JLB004. Last update: GLOVEROVA (05.09.2025)
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Week 1: Introductory lesson, academic writing essentials Week 2 and 3: Ecology and globalisation Week 4 and 5: Demography and inequality Week 6 and 7: Immigration and cultural diversity Week 8: Presentation skills Week 9 and 10: Presentations and defence of students´projects, summary Week 11 : Inflation Week 12: Professional Communication The materials provided to students and used during the course are exclusively for the purpose of study for registered members of the course English for Economists 1. They are not intended for wider distribution. Materials will be continuously added, please, do follow the instructions of your teacher. For supplementary materials and texts for the course go to SIS (Soubory) and find the name of your respective teacher OR go to the shared file on Google drive.
Last update: GLOVEROVA (05.09.2025)
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The required level of English is at least the level B2 (upper-intermediate). There is no placement/entrance test. The student must pass the credit test and the final examination test within their bachelor study, which means that the student may enrol in the course during their bachelor study. Last update: GLOVEROVA (24.06.2021)
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