Course: Business Correspondence 1

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Course title Business Correspondence 1
Course code KSU/7OBK1
Organizational form of instruction Exercise
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Ukrainian
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
Course content
01. Administrative style, business letter. 02. Invitation letter, congratulation letter. 03. Announcement letter. 04. Cover letter. Letter of application and respond to application. 05. Letter of gratitude. 06. Correspondence in tourism. Letter of demand. 07. Respond to a letter of demand. 08. Letter of supply. 09. Respond to a letter of supply. Letter of order. 10. Quality complaint letter. 11. Quantity complaint letter. 12. Other complaint letters.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
Learning outcomes
The aim of this course is to present the students with the linguistic, stylistic and formal specific features of business letter as a genre of the administrative style. Special attention it paid to the differences between Czech and Ukrainian. Students will acquire and automatize certain habits necessary for working with such type of documents, they will learn how to translate them from Ukrainian to Czech and vice versa, and also how to compose them in both languages. At the beginning we shall deal mostly with administrative letters regarding more general or social topics such inquiry, announcement, congratulations, condolence, invitation and cover letter, then we shall deal with business letters with a more complicated structure, such as letter of supply, letter of demand and warranty claim.
Acquiring the basic habits and skills (text, style, language) connected to writing and translation of business letters in Ukrainian and Czech and comparison of the two languages.
Prerequisites
A knowledge of Ukrainian language, at least B2 level of the European Framework of Reference for Languages.

Assessment methods and criteria
Written exam

* Attendance, 2 absences max. * Submitting the assigned tasks, letter must be typed on PC * Creating a form with student?s own letterhead, creating a folder with the typed letters * Passing the credit test, three attempts max. (one ordinary term and two possible retakes), only within the examination period directly following the course
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