Syllabus
Topics discussed during the course:
1. Presentations skills I
2. Presentation skills II3. Academic English - writing a summary
4. Ecology and economics
5. Globalisation
6. Inequality7. Demography
8. Immigration
9. Cultural Diversity
10. Inflation11. Conference
12. Summary/Revision
1.The materials provided to students and used during the course are exclusively for the purpose of study for registered members of the course English for Economists
1. They are not intended for wider distribution. Materials will be continuously added, please, do follow the instructions of your teacher. For supplementary materials and texts for the course go to SIS (Soubory) and find the name of your respective teacher OR go to the shared file on Google drive.
Annotation
This course is designed for students of Economics studying for both a BA degree and an MA degree. A prerequisite for this course is a required minimum knowledge of intermediate to upper-intermediate level so that students are able to read economic articles from the internet or professional journals. The objective of this course is to expand their vocabulary in terms of business and economic collocations, to improve their communication and academic skills and to achieve accuracy in grammatical structures. Moreover, the course aims at bridging the gap between general English and specific English. The students will need the specific language when attending the lectures in English at this faculty, furthermore, while reading professional journals and books that have not been translated into Czech and last but not least in discussions and discourses when expressing their opinions on particular economic topics. Students gradually learn the language of discussions and negotiations .
For capacity reasons priority will be given to the students of IES, followed by other institutes of FSV.