Business English (5 cr)
Code: 3011391-3024
General information
Enrollment
21.12.2020 - 20.01.2021
Timing
11.01.2021 - 04.06.2021
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 op
Virtual portion
3 op
Mode of delivery
40 % Contact teaching, 60 % Distance learning
Campus
Kupittaa Campus
Teaching languages
- English
Seats
0 - 52
Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Business
Teachers
- Anne-Marie Jünger
- Päivi Nygren
- Pirjo Kavander-Agge
Groups
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PLIITS20
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 2020
Teaching methods
Distance lessons using Zoom-application, individual and group work, individual and group studies and assignments, online learning
Student workload
5 credits = 135 h student work
Content scheduling
• Studies and work experience
• Operations and organisation of a company
• Marketing
• Purchasing process and sales negotiations
• Financing and profitability
During the course weeks
Evaluation scale
H-5
Assessment methods and criteria
Active participation in all lessons (online), absolute minimum 75%
Course works evaluation according to Common European Frame of Reference (eurooppalainen arviointitaulukko)
All the course assignments have to be completed
Assessment criteria, fail (0)
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Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2)
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Assessment criteria, good (3-4)
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Assessment criteria, excellent (5)
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