Course: German for Business

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Course title German for Business
Course code CJV/1NEE4
Organizational form of instruction Tutorial
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction German
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Kozáková Věra, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
- Lesson 7 - Purchase contracts - Professional lexis and simple texts relating to purchase contracts - Numerical data - Comparisons of quantity and quality - Lesson 8 - Delivery conditions - Professional lexis and simple texts relating to delivery conditions - Clauses - Practising selected major and minor clauses - Verb forms - Transport resources - Professional lexis related to the transport of goods and products - Graph and description of graphs - Presentation of economic indices

Learning activities and teaching methods
Methods for working with texts (Textbook, book), Exercises on PC, Practice exercises, Teamwork
  • Home preparation for classes - 30 hours per semester
  • Participation in classes - 39 hours per semester
  • Term paper - 21 hours per semester
  • Preparation for examination - 30 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
Understanding and work with special texts. Ability to comment graphs, charts and diagrams, describe trends and development.
Understanding and work with special texts. Ability to comment graphs, charts and diagrams, describe trends and development.
learning outcomes
explain the present tense of weak and strong verbs
explain the present tense of weak and strong verbs
ability to communicate in spoken and written German at level A2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages explain the present tense of weak and strong verbs define verbs with decidable and indeclinable prefixes describe the command mode list coordinating and subordinating conjunctions distinguish between preterite and perfect
ability to communicate in spoken and written German at level A2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages explain the present tense of weak and strong verbs define verbs with decidable and indeclinable prefixes describe the command mode list coordinating and subordinating conjunctions distinguish between preterite and perfect
explain the present tense of weak and strong verbs identify verbs with decidable and indeclinable prefixes express the imperative define preterite and perfect list coordinating and subordinating conjunctions
explain the present tense of weak and strong verbs identify verbs with decidable and indeclinable prefixes express the imperative define preterite and perfect list coordinating and subordinating conjunctions
The student will understand commercial problems and issues and know how to reproduce simple professional texts. The will be able to speak fluently about products, and their technical parameters; and be able to describe graphs, and to evaluate and describe associations. They will master commercial correspondence and be able to deal with complaints.
The student will understand commercial problems and issues and know how to reproduce simple professional texts. The will be able to speak fluently about products, and their technical parameters; and be able to describe graphs, and to evaluate and describe associations. They will master commercial correspondence and be able to deal with complaints.
uses the present tense of weak and strong verbs recognizes verbs with decidable and indeclinable prefixes uses the imperative method distinguish between the preterite and the perfect uses both coordinating and subordinating conjunctions
uses the present tense of weak and strong verbs recognizes verbs with decidable and indeclinable prefixes uses the imperative method distinguish between the preterite and the perfect uses both coordinating and subordinating conjunctions
identify verbs with decidable and indeclinable prefixes
identify verbs with decidable and indeclinable prefixes
express the imperative
express the imperative
define preterite and perfect
define preterite and perfect
list coordinating and subordinating conjunctions
list coordinating and subordinating conjunctions
Skills
command German in oral and written form
command German in oral and written form
uses German both orally and in writing will translate simple texts describes events in the present and past tenses finds out and passes on information reasoned consent and disagreement
uses German both orally and in writing will translate simple texts describes events in the present and past tenses finds out and passes on information reasoned consent and disagreement
practice translating simple texts
practice translating simple texts
interpret events in the present and past tense
interpret events in the present and past tense
design and convey information
design and convey information
interpret agreement and disagreement
interpret agreement and disagreement
teaching methods
Knowledge
Practice exercises
Methods for working with texts (Textbook, book)
Teamwork
Exercises on PC
Exercises on PC
Practice exercises
Teamwork
Methods for working with texts (Textbook, book)
assessment methods
Analysis of the student's language performance
Analysis of the student's language performance
Preparation of a presentation
Preparation of a presentation
Recommended literature
  • Drmlová, Dana a kol. Německy s úsměvem nově. Plzeň, Fraus, 2009. ISBN 978-80-7238-958-2.
  • Kozáková, Věra. Obchodní němčina = Wirtschaftsdeutsch. Vyd. 1. Brno : Computer Press, 2006. ISBN 80-251-0858-9.
  • Krenn, W., Puchte, H. Motive A1-B1. Hueber Verlag, München, 2016. ISBN 978-3-19-001878-9.
  • Věra Höppnerová. Němčina pro jazykové školy 1 nově. Plzeň, Fraus, 2010. ISBN 978-80-7238-912-4.
  • Věra Höppnerová. Němčina pro jazykové školy 2 nově. Plzeň, Fraus, 2011. ISBN 978-80-7238-958-2.


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