Study Guide

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
Active participation during contact lessons: 80 % present, 20 % absent

Location and time

Otaniemi campus on weeks
- SHG 3-8
- STG 6-12

Learning materials and recommended literature

Selected parts of textbooks Healthy English, Way to health and Dear patient 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 course tray
- first lessons: SHG Wed 15 Jan, STG Tue 4 Feb
- oral presentations: SHG on Tue 18 Feb, STG on Thu 12 Mar
- exam: SHG on Wed 19 Feb at 10.00-12.00, room 122, STG: to be agreed upon later or on re-exam dates

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

Further information for students

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

Grading scale

H-5

Evaluation methods and criteria

National evaluation criteria in use, see Optima
Written exam, oral presentation and written assignments

Oral presentation: dialogue, file-specific theme, about 10 minutes, in pairs, lang lab

Written assignments:
- My day in practical training, essay, 1 A4, a typical day in clinical training, duties, colleagues, patients/clients
- translation of a field-specific article from English into Finnish, 3 A4 sheets, link to the original text included in the translation, links and hints in LibGuides
- handed in to Optima return box. SHG Wed 19 Feb, STG Thu 19 Mar

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 and accurate vocabulary

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