Prerequisites: to have relevant knowledge of English

Aims of the subject: to acquire an adequate level of English oriented towards students´ field of study

1. Introduction unit
   Confusing words
2. Business correspondence
   Words commonly mispronounced
3. Applying for a job, a job interview
4. Work, labour relations, employment
5. Environment
6. Abbreviations, prefixes
7. Men and women, the role of women in contemporary society
8. Business ethics
   Grammar - reported speech
9. Means of transport, travelling
10. Headline English, language of notices
    Phrasal verbs
11. Sport and leisure
12. Management, management styles
13. Holiday
    Grammar - articles
14. Final consolidation

Assessment strategy and method: a short oral presentation giving a summary of an authentic article referring to a topic of the lesson


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Strutt, P.: Longman Business English Usage, Longman Ltd., 1992
Kovanda, E.: business reader, Fraus, Plzeň 1998
Jones, L.: Progress to First Certificate, Cambridge University Press, 1990