Advanced Business English

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Anotace:

The course focuses on the development of effective communication abilities in the field of project management – in English

Požadavky:

B2+ CEFR level of language, interest in authentic professional contexts

Osnova přednášek:

The course Advanced Business English develops language skills in professional contexts (including engineering). It revolves around the following topics:

•Innovative thinking and engaging presentations. Pitching.

•Describing products. Passive voice. Minutes of a meeting.

•Financial investments. Expressing the future.

•Discussions and negotiation. Questions.

•Change management. Hypothesising.

•Reporting and planning. Word formation.

•Marketing strategies. Adding emphasis.

•Tourism. Review of past tenses.

•Business networking. Email to a business partner.

•Managing conflict. Hedging and register.

•International teams. Prepositions and prepositional phrases.

•Psychology in business. Linking expressions.

•Self-assessment. Verb patterns.

•Revision: vocabulary and grammar.

Osnova cvičení:

The course Advanced Business English develops language skills in professional contexts (including engineering). It revolves around the following topics:

•Innovative thinking and engaging presentations. Pitching.

•Describing products. Passive voice. Minutes of a meeting.

•Financial investments. Expressing the future.

•Discussions and negotiation. Questions.

•Change management. Hypothesising.

•Reporting and planning. Word formation.

•Marketing strategies. Adding emphasis.

•Tourism. Review of past tenses.

•Business networking. Email to a business partner.

•Managing conflict. Hedging and register.

•International teams. Prepositions and prepositional phrases.

•Psychology in business. Linking expressions.

•Self-assessment. Verb patterns.

•Revision: vocabulary and grammar.

Cíle studia:

Upon successful completion of the course, students:

•deepen their foreign language knowledge and skills (speaking, reading, listening, language accuracy and writing)

•gain detailed knowledge of authentic business contexts

•will be able to articulate their ideas effectively and politely

Studijní materiály:

MS Teams materials

Dubicka, I. et al.: Business Partner C1 (Pearson, 2020)

Mascull, B.: Business Vocabulary in Use

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