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

Location and time

On weeks 9-19

Learning materials and recommended literature

The teacher´s own material on Canvas site and textbook Way to welfare

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
Course info on Tue 1 Mar at 9.00-10.00, Zoom: https://laurea.zoom.us/j/539343904, passcode 086435
Exam: on Tue 17 May at 16.00-18.00 on campus
Oral presentation: on video by Sun 15 May 23.59 to Canvas site or on campus Mon 11 Apr at 13-??
Written assignment handed in on Canvas site by Sun 22 May 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

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 in use

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