Angličtina pro hudební management 1

Tutor:

Karel FOUSTKA, Marie ŠRÁMKOVÁ

Synopsis:

The course is for students studying Master's Programme Music Management at HAMU who have already passed the Bachalor's Programme final English exam.

Prerequisites:

The Bachalor's Programme final English exam.

Study Objectives:

The objective of the course is to further develop conversational skills and understanding of professional music and management materials, professional vocabulary and grammatical structures.

Outline and Syllabus:

Vocabulary, reading, listening, conversation: music management

Ut1 Face to Face

Ut2 Letters, faxes, memos

Ut3 On the phone

What is Management? Management skills, Top Management, The Board of Directors, Company Structure, An Organization Chart, Meetings, Business Objectives and Values, Competitive Strategy and Advantage, Recruitment.

Grammar: tenses, phrasal verbs

Telephoning

Writing skills: formal and informal letters

Study materials:

Jones, L & Alexander, R.: New International Business English, Student's Book & Workbook, Cambridge University Press, 2003

Mackenzie, I.: Management and Marketing, Language Teaching Publications, 1997

Mackenzie, I.: Financial English, Language Teaching Publications, 1995

Northey, M.: Impact - A Guide to Business Communication, Prentice-Hall Canada, 1986

Soars, J. L.: New Headway English Course, Intermediate, Oxford University Press, 1996

Murphy, R.: English Grammar in Use, with answers, 3rd edition, Cambridge University Press, 2004

articles:

History of Music

Musical Instruments

Music Vocabulary

Management, Marketing, Financial Vocabulary

British and American Terms

Further materials

AMU websites

Websites - grammar, vocabulary, dictionaries

Note:

Schedule for winter semester 2008/2009:

	06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon
Tue	místnost 0204 Učebna KCJ 204 (Tržiště 20, Praha 1) FOUSTKA K. 14:00–15:30 (paralelka 1)
Fri
Thu
Fri

Schedule for summer semester 2008/2009:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Obor Hudební management (Mg) (next compulsory subject)