English Professional Skills, B2 (5 op)

Arviointiasteikko

H-5

Sisällön jaksotus

The course will run from 27 October to 8 December.

The course topics are professional emailing and reporting, meetings at work, and professional presentation. The topics will tie in the aspects of sustainability, digitalization and field-specific vocabulary.

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.

Learning objectives:

Spoken communication

The student
- discusses field-related topics using related terminology
- uses the functional language of group discussions
- participates actively in discussions by commenting, asking and reacting
- expresses themselves in a spontaneous way
- presents a field-related topic in a structured way
- uses the functional language of presentations (signposting)
- expresses themselves in a clear and logical way
- expresses themselves in their own words

Written communication

The student
- follows the structure and language of professional email
- follows the structure and language of report writing
- considers the appropriate style for the situation
- expresses themselves in a clear and logical way
- writes in their own words using sources correctly

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

The course material is available in Its. Laptops or tablets are necessary to access the material during the course.

Tenttien ajankohdat ja uusintamahdollisuudet

No exams are organized during or after the course.

Kansainvälisyys

The course is based on the flipped classroom method; the students study the theoretical part independently with help of the provided material and the contact meetings are used for guidance and testing.

Opiskelijan ajankäyttö ja kuormitus

The students will be tested on their skills with spoken and written assignments on the course topics: email message, summary, meeting, presentation. The assignments include self-evaluation.

Arviointimenetelmät ja arvioinnin perusteet

The evaluation is assignment-based and no exams will be organized.

The course work consists of two sections:

A preparatory tasks (5)

- evaluation pass/fail
- the purpose of the tasks is to be introduced to new topics and the study material, as well as be prepared for the contact meetings
- prep tasks are part of the learning process and should demonstrate it
- a passed task must be entirely completed before a certain contact meeting, mentioned in the task instructions
- prep tasks affect the final evaluation positively or negatively

B assignments (4)

- evaluation 1-5 per assignment
- the average of individual assignment evaluations forms the final evaluation
- specific evaluation criteria is given in connection with the assignment instructions

NOTE!

- For full final evaluation complete ALL course work within the given deadlines.

- Note that course work cannot be done again or replaced by other work, or an exam.

- With problems of completing course work, contact the teacher BEFORE the deadlines.

- Assignments are not accepted after 15 December 2023.

Lisätiedot

The channel of communication during the course is Its.