Course details

Practical conversation, presenting and business communication in English

PKA Acad. year 2024/2025 Winter semester 3 credits

Guarantor

Růžička Richard, doc. Ing., Ph.D., MBA (DCSY)

Language of instruction

Czech, English

Completion

Credit

Time span

  • 26 hrs exercises

Assessment points

  • 100 pts numeric exercises

Department

Department of Computer Systems (UPSY)

Instructor

Fišerová Petra, Ph.D.

Study literature

  • Cambridge First Certificate in English for Updated Exam - Student's Book without answers. Official Examination Papers from University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations.
  • Tom Kenny: Nice Talking with You. Step-by-step English fluency. Cambridge University Press.
  • English conversation-Practice Makes Perfect Series-McGraw-Hill Education; 1st edition (August 7, 2012).
  • Practical English Usage (4th Edition) Book. Oxford University Press.
  • Kenna Bourke: Test It, Fix It Vocabulary Intermediate.

Syllabus of numerical exercises

  • Start talking in foreign language, mainly acquire positive approach towards your progress in English
  • Address communicative barriers, habits and mistakes
  • Jargon dialects and mistakes
  • Listening and ability to understand and react
  • Vocabulary in use
  • Finding your own communication style
  • Ability to express your emotions and needs
  • Ability to deal with conflict in English language
  • Acknowledgement of your own bad habits in English conversation
  • Presentation structure in English
  • Self-made presentation and its analysis
  • Business communication and negotiations in English
  • Revealing and defining your week points while presenting a presentation and having business communication in English subsequently addressing those week points and work on them
  • Widening and training specialized vocabulary

 

Schedule

DayTypeWeeksRoomStartEndCapacityLect.grpGroupsInfo
Mon exercise lectures L304 11:0012:5010 1BIA 1BIB 1MIT 2BIA 2BIB 2MIT 3BIT xx Fišerová
Tue exercise lectures L304 15:0016:5010 1BIA 1BIB 1MIT 2BIA 2BIB 2MIT 3BIT xx Fišerová
Tue exercise lectures L304 17:0018:5010 1BIA 1BIB 1MIT 2BIA 2BIB 2MIT 3BIT xx Fišerová
Wed exercise 1., 2., 4., 5., 6., 7., 8., 9., 10., 11., 12., 13. of lectures L304 15:0016:5010 1BIA 1BIB 1MIT 2BIA 2BIB 2MIT 3BIT xx Fišerová
Wed exercise 1., 2., 4., 5., 6., 7., 8., 9., 10., 11., 12., 13. of lectures L304 17:0018:5010 1BIA 1BIB 1MIT 2BIA 2BIB 2MIT 3BIT xx Fišerová

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