English Professional Skills, B2 (5 op)

Arviointiasteikko

H-5

Sisällön jaksotus

The course topics:
- professional emails
- presentation skills
- discussion skills
- reporting
- meetings

Tavoitteet

The aim of the course is to activate and develop the students’ field-relevant English language and communication skills. The students gain professional skills in various spoken and written communicative situations encountered in working life and society. In addition, they learn to utilize tools and techniques to further develop their skills in authentic, field-specific contexts.
Upon completing the course, the students have acquired sufficient skills to communicate at level B2 of the European Framework of Reference for Languages which states that at level B2, students should be able to produce clear, coherent and well-structured texts, present detailed descriptions related to their field of interest, express and exchange opinions using fluent language, follow complex argumentation, and read longer articles and reports.

Sisältö

- writing professional, field-specific texts
- presenting and discussing field-specific topics in a professional manner
- reading field-specific texts and utilizing the information in professional contexts
- learning and using key terminology of their field
- becoming professional, autonomous language users in working life

Oppimateriaalit

Material available on itslearning.

Opetusmenetelmät

Learning by doing
Working in teams
Self-study

Tenttien ajankohdat ja uusintamahdollisuudet

Task-based assessment. No exams, no re-sits.
No possibility to redo an assignment/ assignments and raise the score.

Pedagogiset toimintatavat ja kestävä kehitys

Working in teams, self-study

Opiskelijan ajankäyttö ja kuormitus

contact lessons 9 hrs
online meetings 5 hrs
independent work 121 hrs

course assignments:
- email message
- online meeting
- report
- presentation
- group discussion tasks
- self-study tasks and material

Arviointimenetelmät ja arvioinnin perusteet

Task-based assessment.
The scale of 1-5 per assignment:
1 Email message
2 Online meeting
3 Report
4 Presentation

pass/ fail : Online group discussions (on ZOOM)

The final evaluation: the average of assignments 1-4 and online group discussions (+/-)

Hylätty (0)

More than 1 assignment not completed. Absence from online group discussions and lectures.

Lisätiedot

The students need a working camera and microphone for the online sessions.

The course starts on Thursday, October 22 at 13.15 on ZOOM. > The link to the online session can be found on itslearning.

The students need to complete pre-class work (available on itslearning) by the start of the course on Oct 22.