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 and self-study
Teacher: Senior lecturer, M.A. Mirja Villman
mirja.villman@laurea.fi

Location and time

On weeks 9-20 online

Learning materials and recommended literature

Textbook Way to welfare 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

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Important dates

Zoom meetings according to the timetable:
- info session on Tue 1 March at 9.00-10.00, Zoom: https://laurea.zoom.us/j/539343904, passcode 086435
- exam: Tue 17 May at 16.00-18.00 Canvas/Proctorio/campus
- oral presentation: Sun 15 May by 23.59 on video to Canvas site
- written assignment: Sun 25 May by 23.59 to Canvas site

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

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)

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