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Business English - NJAZ015
Title: Obchodní angličtina
Guaranteed by: Department of Language Education (32-KJP)
Faculty: Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
Actual: from 2016 to 2016
Semester: summer
E-Credits: 3
Hours per week, examination: summer s.:0/2, C [HT]
Capacity: 20
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
State of the course: taught
Language: English
Teaching methods: full-time
Teaching methods: full-time
Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan
enabled for web enrollment
Guarantor: PhDr. Zuzana Hlavičková
Classification: Informatics > General Subjects
Mathematics > General Subjects
Physics > General Subjects
Annotation -
Last update: PhDr. Miluša Bubeníková, Ph.D. (27.04.2021)
Business English is a course intended to give students a solid foundation and a working knowledge of business English. It is designed for students with little or no work experience in the business world who intend to study some of the specific areas or to work in the business environment upon completion of their studies. The course introduces students to key business language and communication skills. Various aspects of business English will be covered, including, but not limited to, business writing, social language, participation in meetings, and presentations.
Literature -
Last update: PhDr. Zuzana Hlavičková (09.04.2018)

Brook-Hart J. Business Benchmark, Upper Intermediate (2nd Edition). CUP, 2013;

Jones, L. New International Business English. CUP, 2001;

Hlavičková, Z. Business English. Grada, 2015;

MacKenzie, I. Professional English in Use. Finance. CUP, 2006;

English for Presentations. Fraus, 2005;

Williams, E. Presentations in English. Macmillan Education, 2001;

G.Tullis, S. Power: New Insights into Business. Longman;

Syllabus -
Last update: PhDr. Miluša Bubeníková, Ph.D. (27.04.2021)

1. Introductions, greetings

2. Making presentations

3. Getting the job

4. Making contact, telephone calls

5. Business writing, emails

6. Negotiating

7. Business meetings

8. Starting a business

9. Marketing

10. Social media and PR

11. Business travel, conferences

12. Customer relations

13. Project management

14. Business across cultures

 
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