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

Zoom meetings, contact teaching and self-study

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

Zoom: https://laurea.zoom.us/j/539343904 passcode: 086435

Learning materials and recommended literature

Teacher´s own material on Canvas site

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

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Important dates

According to the timetable
Info on the course: Wed 22 March at 9.00-10.00 on Zoom
Exam: Tue 16 May at 10.00-12.00 Porvoo?/Otaniemi?
Oral presentation: on video submitted to Canvas site by Sun 21 May by 23.59
Written assignment: submitted to Canvas site by Sun 14 May by 23.59

Forms of internationality

English-speaking world and culture

Students workload

Equals 5 credits of student´s work

Content and scheduling

Intensively according to the timetable on weeks 12-20

Further information for students

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Grading scale

H-5

Evaluation methods and criteria

Written exam (fail-5), oral presentation (fail-5) and written assignment (pass/fail)
National evaluation criteria used

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