English in the Music Industry 3

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Subject guarantor:

Štěpánka PÁROVÁ

Name of lecturer(s):

Štěpánka PÁROVÁ, Bernard William THOMPSON

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

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

Mode of study:

Preparations, reading and analysis of industry writings, discussion.

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

702HAM2 English For Music Management 2

Recommended optional programme components:

No electives required

Course contents:

Vocabulary, reading, listening, conversation: music management

Ut8 Dealing with problems

Ut9 Visitors and travellers

Ut10 Marketing

What is Marketing? 8 Marketing Tasks, Marketing and Sales, Market Structure, Marketing Strategies, Market Segmentation, Market Research, Market Testing, Market Forecasting, Branding

Grammar: conditionals, time clauses, time expressions, tags, direct and indirect questions, reported speech, passive, gerunds and infinitives, phrasal verbs, relative clauses, collocations

Writing skills: resumes, job applications, work and study stay, notes, summaries and reports

Recommended or required reading:

ACKLAM, R, Wilson, J., Newbrook, J. New First Certificate GOLD. New Edition. Longman. 2004. ISBN 13: 978-0-582-77699-9

ALEXANDER, R. and Jones, L. New International Business English. CUP. 2003. ISBN 0 521 53173 X

BYRNES, William J. Management and the Arts. 4th edition. Focal Press. 2009. ISBN 978-0-240-81004-1

HEWINGS, Martin. Advanced Grammar in Use. CUP. 2000. ISBN 0 521 498686

MACKENZIE, Ian. Mangement and Marketing. Heinle, Cengage Learning. 1997. ISBN 13: 978-1-899396-80-1

MACKENZIE, Ian. Financial English. LTP. 1995. ISBN 1 899396 00 4

MASCULL, Bill. Business Vocabulary in Use. CUP. 2002. ISBN 0 521 77529 9

MASCULL, Bill. Business Vocabulary in Use. Advanced. CUP. 2010. ISBN 978-0-521-128292

MURPHY, Raymond. English Grammar in Use. CUP. 2004. ISBN 0 521 53762 2

SOARS, John and Liz. New Headway Intermediate. OUP. 4th edition. 2009. ISBN 978 0 19 476881 8

Dictionaris

Anglicko-český slovník. Josef Fronek. LEDA Praha. 1996. ISBN 80-85927-13-6

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Editor J. Crowther. OUP. 1998. ISBN 0 19 431499 5

The Synonym Finder. J.I. Rodale. Rodale Press. 1978. ISBN 0-446-37030-4

The Concise Oxford Dictionary. Edited by D. Thompson. Clarendon Press. OUP. 1995. ISBN 0-19-861320-2

Velký česko-anglický slovník. Josef Fronek. LEDA Praha. 2000. ISBN 80-85927-54-3

Web Dictionaries and References:

ANSWERS http://www.answers.com/

ARTICLES http://www.goarticles.com/

ASK REFERENCE http://ask.reference.com/information

CAMBRIDGE DICTIONARIES ONLINE http://dictionary.cambridge.org/

DICTIONARY http://dictionary.reference.com/

Urban Dictionary http://www.urbandictionary.com/

LONGMAN ONLINE http://www.ldoceonline.com/

MACMILLAN ONLINE DICTIONARY http://www.macmillandictionary.com/

ONLINE DICTIONARY http://www.allwords.com/

OPEN DIRECTORY PROJECT http://www.dmoz.org/

PERFORMING ARTS DICTIONARIES http://www.dmoz.org/Arts/Performing_Arts/

Seznam Slovník http://slovnik.seznam.cz/

SYNONYMS http://www.synonym.com/synonyms/

USING ENGLISH http://www.usingenglish.com/

Vocabulary American Business English http://www.e-classics.com/vocabulary.htm

HEADWAY courses http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/headway/

Angličtina na internetu ČESKÁ VERZE http://www.helpforenglish.cz/

Planned learning activities and teaching methods:

Classes

Assessment methods and criteria:

Class participation

Completion of assignments

Passing ofthe final test.

Course web page:

Note:

Schedule for winter semester 2014/2015:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

Schedule for summer semester 2014/2015:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Music Production (Mg) (compulsory subject of the main qualification)