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English for Health Care (5 cr)

Code: R0191-3007

General information


Enrollment

26.11.2018 - 02.12.2018

Timing

07.01.2019 - 31.05.2019

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual proportion

2 op

Mode of delivery

60 % Contact teaching, 40 % Distance learning

Unit

Laurea university of applied sciences

Campus

Laurea Otaniemi

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

20 - 40

Degree programmes

  • Sairaanhoitajakoulutus (SHG2), Laurea Otaniemi (Finnish)

Teachers

  • Mirja Villman

Teacher in charge

Mirja Villman

Groups

  • SHG218SN

Learning outcomes

The students will be able to
- communicate in English both orally and in writing in various working life situations
- take advantage of research information in English
- develop their professional language skills using different learning techniques

Teaching methods

Contact teaching and self-study

Learning materials and recommended literature

Selected material from textbooks Dear patient/Healthy English/Way to health and teacher´s own material

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 classes on Tue 15 Jan at 10.00-12.00 in 212
oral presentations Wed 20 Feb at 9.00-11.00 and 12.00-14.00 language lab
exam Thu 28 Feb at 10.00-12.00 big auditorium

Forms of internationality

English-speaking world and culture

Students workload

Equals 5 credits of student´s work

Content and scheduling

On weeks 3-9

Further information for students

Written assignments:
- essay: My education and work experience, 1 A4 sheet
- translation: a text on the field of nursing e.g. from a database, from English into Finnish, 3 A4 sheets

Grading scale

H-5

Evaluation methods and criteria

Written exam, oral presentation and written assignments

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