Study Guide

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.

International connections

Flipped classroom method
Working in teams, self-study

Completion alternatives

No optional ways to pass the course. The given instructions and deadlines must be followed.

Student workload

contact lessons 7 hrs (in weeks 43 and 49 according to the timetable)
online lessons 4 hrs
independent work 121 hrs

Course assignments:
- Professional Email
- Project meeting
- Reporting
- Presentation
- Pre-class work

Content scheduling

The course topics:
- Formal and Informal Language, Registers
- Professional emails
- Presentation skills
- Discussion skills
- Reporting
- Meetings

The course starts in week 43 and ends in week 49. A more detailed schedule is presented in itslearning.

Further information

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

The course starts on Tuesday, October 24.

Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Task-based assessment.

The scale of 1-5 per assignment:
1 Email message
2 Project meeting
3 Abstract
4 Presentation

The final evaluation: the average of assignments 1-4 and active participation in lessons + completion of pre-class work on time (+/-)

Assessment criteria, fail (0)

More than 1 assignment not completed. Absence from online lessons and pre-class work not completed.