Study Guide

Learning outcomes

The student is able to
- communicate as a professional in field specific tasks
- speak and write English with the understanding of the appropriate style and register
- identify personal developmental needs in communication and language skills and develop realistic strategies for improvement
- search for information from professional publications and databases

Teaching methods

Contact teaching and self-study

Location and time

Tikkurila campus

Learning materials and recommended literature

Textbook Way to welfare and teacher´s own material
Way to welfare pages: 10, 37-39, 89, 100, 112-113, 166-168, 189-197

Alternative completion methods of implementation

If/when recognition of previous studies: written and oral exam, possibly an additional written assignment

Co-operation with working life and/or RDI

-

Important dates

According to the timetable on the course tray:
- first lessons on Tue 5 Feb at 15.00-17.00 room 404
- oral presentations on Thu 28 March at 15.00-18.00 room 404
- exam on Tue 2 Apr at 15.00-17.00 room B309

Forms of internationality

The English-speaking world and culture

Students workload

Equals 5 credits of student´s work

Content and scheduling

According to the timetable on weeks 6-14

Further information for students

Senior lecturer, M.A. Mirja Villman
mirja.villman@laurea.fi

Grading scale

H-5

Evaluation methods and criteria

Written exam, oral presentation and written assignments
Written assignments:
- essay My education and work experience, 1 A4
- translation of a field-spesific article from English into Finnish, 3 A4 sheets

Evaluation criteria, approved/failed

Fails to produce English even on a minimum level of acceptance

Evaluation criteria, fail (0)

Failing to produce field-specific vocabulary and grammatical constructions

Evaluation criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

Knows about the basic vocabulary of the field and can use it, a lot of problems in the use of grammatical constructions

Evaluation criteria, good (3-4)

Can produce field-specific vocabulary and grammar works fairly well, but lapses and errors occur

Evaluation criteria, excellent (5)

Shows good mastery of field-specific terminology and can use even more demanding grammatical constructions