English Professional Skills, B2 (5 cr)

Evaluation scale

H-5

Content scheduling

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

Objective

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

Content

- 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 the field
- becoming professional, autonomous language users in working life

Materials

Material available on itslearning.

Teaching methods

Learning by doing
Working in teams
Self-study

Exam schedules

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

Pedagogic approaches and sustainable development

Working in teams, self-study

Student workload

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

Evaluation methods and criteria

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 (+/-)

Failed (0)

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

Further information

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.