English Professional Skills, B2 (3 cr)
Code: 1001004-3262
General information
- Enrollment
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02.12.2023 - 16.01.2024
Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
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16.01.2024 - 19.03.2024
Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 3 cr
- Local portion
- 2 cr
- Virtual portion
- 1 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Blended learning
- Unit
- Health and Well-being
- Campus
- Kupittaa Campus
- Teaching languages
- English
- Seats
- 56 - 65
- Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Social Services
- Teachers
- Katriina Vesanen
- Course
- 1001004
Evaluation scale
H-5
Content scheduling
HUOM!
Opintojakson tunneista osa pidetään lähitunteina kampuksella ja osa verkossa.
Verkkotapaamiset pidetään Zoomissa. Kutsu ensimmäiseen tapaamiseen lähetetään ja koko kurssin ajan käytetään samaa verkkolinkkiä:
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Course content:
• Personal learning goals and needs, language level, studies and professional profile
• English needed in client situations
• Professional vocabulary
• Field-related topics; texts and discussion
• Reading and summarizing field-related articles
• Spoken presentation
• Self-reflection, thesis abstract guidance
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 their field
- becoming professional, autonomous language users in working life
Materials
Opettajan oma materiaali, verkkomateriaali, kaikki oppimateriaali on saatavilla itslearningissa. Ei kustannuksia opiskelijalle.
Teaching methods
Lähiopetus, verkkotehtävät, itsenäinen työskentely, pari-/ryhmätyöskentely, itsearviointi
Exam schedules
Ei lopputenttiä, kurssi perustuu tehtäväkohtaiseen arviointiin,
International connections
Työelämälähtöisyys, digioppiminen, tiimioppiminen, reflektointi
Completion alternatives
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Student workload
- opetustunnit ja kotitehtävät yht. 26h
- suullisen esityksen valmistelu ja esittäminen 15 h
- yksilö ja paritehtävät itsissä 40 h
Further information
Ensisijaisesti itslearning viestikanava kurssikohtaiseen viestintään, lisäksi sähköposti ja tarvittaessa sovitut ohjausajat.