Course: Communicative English 1

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Course title Communicative English 1
Course code KCJ/AK1
Organizational form of instruction Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements Course does not contain work placement
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Hastrdlová Šárka, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Competence: vocabulary and structures + oral communication Topics: - Networking starting conversations, talking about jobs, showing interest in other people, exchanging information - Meetings running a face-to-face meetings, video/teleconferencing

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogue metods(conversation,discussion,brainstorming), Self-study (text study, reading, problematic tasks, practical tasks, experiments, research, written assignments)
  • Class attendance - 30 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
- to develop and strengthen lexical and phraseological units of the general language - to develop basic language competence, mainly speaking - to develop different forms of the spoken performance - discussions, presentations - to continue with systematic strengthening of the specific business vocabulary in connection with the compulsory subjects´ aims and objectives
Students will acquire a level defined in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, which is in correspondence with the relevant compulsory subject.
Prerequisites
The student obtained the required language skills from the previous semester according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

Assessment methods and criteria
Student's performance analysis, Didactic test, Systematické pozorování studenta

- participation in seminars - the successful completion of a test during the course of study - a fully developed oral presentation - a fully developed seminar paper - the successful completion of a written and oral exam
Recommended literature
  • CROWTHER-ALWYN, John. Business roles: [12 simulations for business English]. Cambridge University Press, 1999. ISBN 0521648491.
  • KERRIDGE, David. International business role plays: [intermediate]. Addlestone: Delta, 1997. ISBN 1900783002.
  • SCHOFIELD, James a Anna OSBORN. Speaking. London: HarperCollins, 2011. ISBN 9780007423231.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Mechatronics, Informatics and Interdisciplinary Studies Study plan (Version): Applied Sciences in Engineering (2019) Category: Special and interdisciplinary fields 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter