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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

  • 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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