About the Department

The Department of Foreign Languages is a test centre and accredited centre for the internationally recognised TOEIC® Listening and Reading and Wirtschaft auf Deutsch (WiDaF® and WiDaF® Basic) exams. These examinations are included in the List of Standardized Examinations of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Czech Republic. The scientific and research activities are also related to the publication activities focused on the issues of applied linguistics, didactics of foreign languages and the role of professional language in the context of the employment of TUL graduates in the labour market.
The educational content of the courses and the educational process methodology are continuously innovated by applying modern didactic principles and the use of current information technologies.

Teaching

The Department of Foreign Languages provides full-time and combined teaching of Bachelor's and Master's degree programmes at the Faculty of Economics of the TUL and participates in the teaching of professional languages at other faculties. Teaching at the Faculty of Economics of TUL constitutes the major part of the Department's educational activities. Students of the Faculty of Economics of TUL receive instruction in two languages in their chosen study programme.

Research

The Department’s research activities are focused on the development of students’ language skills in the context of the requirements of the European Language Portfolio (ELP) and the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).

The Department has been continuously working on a number of projects supported by the European Social Fund and the state budget of the Czech Republic (ESF), the Czech-Saxon programme Objective3 / Ziel3, the Czech University Development Fund (FUD), AKTION and others. New projects aimed at developing students' communicative competences are being prepared for the 2016-2020 grant period.

The academic research activities of the Department also include publications focusing on issues of applied linguistics, foreign language teaching methodologies, and the role of specialised language apropos the employability of  the TUL graduates entering the labor market.