Course: German for Business

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Course title German for Business
Course code CJV/1NEM3
Organizational form of instruction Tutorial
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
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
- Supply and Demand - Verbs and differences in sentence structure between German and Czech. - Products and their characteristics and features. - Professional texts and lexis. - The Order. - The Verb "werden" and its uses. - The Past Participle and the Passive - Irregular Verbs and their uses. - Numerical data. - Expressing quantities and quality. - Product descriptions. - Professional texts and lexis - Presentation of a Product.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Methods for working with texts (Textbook, book), Practice exercises, Analysis of a presentation
  • Home preparation for classes - 30 hours per semester
  • Participation in classes - 39 hours per semester
  • Term paper - 21 hours per semester
  • Preparation for course credit - 30 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
Knowledge of business German vocabulary, including advanced constructions; ability to present a firm and its production.
Knowledge of business German vocabulary, including advanced constructions; ability to present a firm and its production.
learning outcomes
explain the present tense of weak and strong verbs
explain the present tense of weak and strong verbs
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
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
Analysis of a presentation
Analysis of a presentation
Practice exercises
Methods for working with texts (Textbook, book)
Methods for working with texts (Textbook, book)
Practice exercises
assessment methods
Preparation of a presentation
Written examination
Preparation of a presentation
Written examination
Preparation of a presentation, giving a presentation
Preparation of a presentation, giving a presentation
Recommended literature
  • Höppnerová, Věra. Němčina pro jazykové školy 1 nově. Plzeň, 2010. ISBN 978-80-7238-958-2.
  • Höppnerová, Věra. Němčina pro jazykové školy 2 nově. Plzeň, 2011. ISBN 978-80-7238-959-9.
  • Höppnerová, Věra. Němčina pro jazykové školy 3 nově. Plzeň, 2011. ISBN 978-80-7238-912-4.
  • Kozáková, Věra. Obchodní němčina. Wirtschaftsdeutsch.. Brno, 2012. ISBN 978-80-266-0039-8.


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