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Course, academic year 2025/2026
   
German for Economics upper-intermediate I - JLB017
Title: Němčina pro ekonomy - pokročilí I
Guaranteed by: Centre for Language Learning and Pedagogical Training (23-KJP)
Faculty: Faculty of Social Sciences
Actual: from 2025
Semester: winter
E-Credits: 3
Examination process: winter s.:
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:0/2, C [HT]
Capacity: unknown / 20 (20)
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
State of the course: taught
Language: German
Teaching methods: full-time
Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan
enabled for web enrollment
priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan
Guarantor: Ing. Regina Faltýnová
Teacher(s): Ing. Regina Faltýnová
Class: Courses for incoming students
Is pre-requisite for: JLB018
Annotation -
This course is designed for both students doing a BA course and an MA course in the study field of economics showing very good knowledge of German. It focuses on the enrichment of general vocabulary, solidification of vocabulary contained in specialized texts, development of communication skills and achievement of a higher level of grammar structures.
The course is appropriate for students intending to learn the understanding of written as well as verbal deliverance of original technical texts. A continuation course for students who have successfully completed the course of German for Economics - intermediate I and II.
Last update: FALTYNOVA (02.09.2025)
Aim of the course -

Ability to read specialized texts, enhancement of understanding of spoken word (updated academic commentaries), enhancement of communication skills, enrichment of vocabulary corresponding to B2/C1 level based on European framework of reference for languages.

Last update: FALTYNOVA (02.09.2025)
Literature -

Textbooks:
R.Buhlmann, A.Fearns, E.Leimbacher: Wirtschaftsdeutsch von A-Z
H.Baběradová: Fachsprache Deutsch - Finanzen
M.Perlmann-Balme, S.Schwalb, D.Weers: em neu 2008, Abschlusskurs (Kursbuch)
J.Orth-Chambah, M.Perlmann-Balme, S.Schwalb: em neu 2008, Abschlusskurs (Arbeitsbuch)
H.-J.Hantschel, V.Klotz, P.Krieger: Mit Erfolg zu telc Deutsch B2 - Übungsbuch

G. und D.Volgnandt: Exportwege neu 3

FAZ, Die Welt, Die Zeit, Österreich Spiegel, Süddeutsche Zeitung, www.dw.com, www.spiegel.de, www.focus.de



The materials provided to students and used during the course are exclusively for the purpose of study for registered members of the course German for economics. They are not intended for wider distribution.

Last update: FALTYNOVA (02.09.2025)
Teaching methods -

seminar

There are situations and contexts within this course where you will be encouraged to use AI tools to explore how they can be used. This will only be done on a voluntary basis. Outside of those circumstances, you are asked not to use AI tools to generate content (text, video, audio, images) that will end up in any student work (assignments, activities, responses, etc) that is part of your evaluation in this course. 

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 us or to do the hard work of figuring out how to express our ideas in our 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

Last update: FALTYNOVA (26.09.2025)
Requirements to the exam -

Pre-requisites to obtain the credit for the class, the so called "zápočet":

- 50% - active participation in lessons

- 50% - one complex test held during the examination period, the duration of max. 1 hour. Students are entitled to 2 re-takes, i.e. all together they have 3 attempts.

To successfully pass the course, it is necessary to reach at least 65% marks in each section.

The receipt of the credit (zápočet) is a pre-requisite for the registration to the course JLB 018.

Last update: FALTYNOVA (02.09.2025)
Syllabus -

Topics of the course, e.g.:

1. Deutschland und die Welt

2. Soziale und gesellschaftliche Fragen

3. Technik und Medien, ihr Einfluss auf unser Leben

4. Mensch und die Umwelt

Grammar:

Konjunktiv II und I

Präpositionen (vor allem mit Genitiv)

Rektion der Verben

Nomen-Verb-Verbindungen

 

 

Last update: FALTYNOVA (13.10.2025)
Entry requirements -

Mastered grammar structures of the language, understanding and interpretation of more challenging texts of general nature and its interpretation, corresponding vocabulary. 

B1+/B2 level - see: https://fsv.cuni.cz/en/study/language-centre/useful-links

Last update: FALTYNOVA (02.09.2025)
 
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