Study Guide

Objective

The student can both orally and in writing:
- describe the content and structure of his/her studies, training and working experience,
- introduce the operations and organization of a company and tell about different types of company forms as well as types of duties within a company,
- compile a professional job application and act in a job interview,
- communicate using right formality, vocabulary and phrases through a purchasing process (from an enquiry to an order, complaints, adjustments),
- analyze and tell about current business news in various Finnish media
- make and maintain contacts by phone, email, face-to-face

Content

Telling about the student’s own education, training and work experience. The student understands and can use appropriate business vocabulary and phrases both orally and in writing when describing the operations of a company, business environment, products and processes.
Making and maintaining contacts, discussing current business news, practising presentation skills. Compiling a job application and CV, acting in a job interview. Documentation used in a purchasing process.

Materials

Becoming an Entrepreneur 2019

Teaching methods

Online

Student workload

5 credits = 135 h student work

Content scheduling

- Participation in the English group sessions in Basics of Business Operations" (Liiketoimintaosaamisen perusteet)
- Writing all the LTOP learning reports in English (to be returned into the LTOP folder)
- Returning a portfolio including four independent assignments and a final test
- Portfolio contents:
- Video CV
- Learning report on Becoming an Entrepreneur in Finland
- Company profile, for example 4-5 ppt slides, with embedded audio

Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment methods and criteria

All the course assignments completed
Course works assessment according to Common European Frame of Reference (Eurooppalainen arviointitaulukko)

Assessment criteria, fail (0)

https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=090000168045bb52

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=090000168045bb52

Assessment criteria, good (3-4)

https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=090000168045bb52

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=090000168045bb52