Practise firm and its role in economical knowledge and language skills development

Idea of founding of practise firm comes from Austria. Practise firm forms a model of a real economy which makes part of economical disciplines learning. Practise firm usually works at secondary school for more years and helps students to prepare for their future jobs in a practical way. There is developed international cooperation in the field of practise firms - EUROPEN organization. For functioning practise firm is necessary quality language preparatiton. Creation of learning materials for practise firms was a part of GRACES project, organized by Department of teaching of economical disciplines and Department of English language, University of Economics, Prague.