Business English (5 cr)
Code: 3011391-3034
General information
- Enrollment
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01.12.2022 - 24.01.2023
Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
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17.01.2023 - 18.04.2023
Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 5 cr
- Local portion
- 5 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Contact learning
- Unit
- Engineering and Business
- Campus
- Salo IoT Campus
- Teaching languages
- English
- Seats
- 20 - 35
- Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Business
- Teachers
- Anniina Teittinen
- Course
- 3011391
Evaluation scale
H-5
Content scheduling
Practising the oral and written skills in English with field-specific and varied assignments. Writing texts, giving a presentation, discussing, reading texts, practising vocabulary.
Timing in the spring semester 2023. Exact dates found in the schedule.
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
The material related to the course on itslearning.
Teaching methods
Online learning, independent learning, problem-based learning, flipped learning, working life-based learning, self-reflection
International connections
Online learning, independent learning, problem-based learning, flipped learning, working life-based learning, self-reflection
Student workload
The learning tasks consist of assignments, tasks done during the lessons and homework. More exact instructions on itslearning.
Further information
Students communicate with teacher via email.
The teacher uses itslearning as the primary communication channel.