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

The topic areas are
• Communication skills needed for the workplace including presentations, describing services, interviewing skills, meeting skills, etc.
• Academic writing
• Intercultural competences
• Field-specific vocabulary
* Pronunciation skills
* Working in pairs and groups

Location and time

Contact lessons: Schedule in Pakki and Canvas

Learning materials and recommended literature

All material is provided in Canvas

Alternative completion methods of implementation

-

Co-operation with working life and/or RDI

-

Important dates

See Canvas

Forms of internationality

-

Students workload

1 Credit = 27 hours of work
For a 5 credit course you should do 135 hours of work.

Grading scale

H-5

Evaluation methods and criteria

•Evaluation includes both a written and oral demonstration of skills, which are graded 0-5 (presentation and exam).
Evaluation is directly linked to the Common European Framework for Languages (Assessment criteria framework is available in Canvas)
•All compulsory assignments need to be accepted to obtain a grade for the course.
•As this is a communications course, compulsory attendance is expected (75 %)
•Your final grade from the course will be given based on the aforementioned evaluation criteria as a grade between 0-5. The final grade which will be seen on the student's certificate is made up of 50% from the oral evaluation and 50% from the written evaluation.

Evaluation criteria, fail (0)

CEFR A2

Evaluation criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

CEFR B1

Evaluation criteria, good (3-4)

CEFR B2

Evaluation criteria, excellent (5)

CEFR C1-C2