摘要：The purpose of the article is to explore what language skills the academic staff members at the Faculty of Informatics and Management of the University of Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, need for their research work in English. Firstly, the paper diagnoses academic's language knowledge with the help of DIALANG – a diagnostic test to identify their level of English. Secondly, small-scale empirical research, which was performed among the academic staff members, is described. Thirdly, the key research findings and results concerning the language skills are discussed and summarized.
