English Professional Skills, B2 (3 cr)
Code: 1001004-3314
General information
- Enrollment
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02.12.2024 - 04.02.2025
Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
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04.02.2025 - 18.03.2025
Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 3 cr
- Local portion
- 0 cr
- Virtual portion
- 3 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Distance learning
- Unit
- Health and Well-being
- Teaching languages
- English
- Seats
- 46 - 55
- Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Social Services
- Teachers
- Katriina Vesanen
- Course
- 1001004
Realization has 3 reservations. Total duration of reservations is 6 h 0 min.
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Tue 04.02.2025 time 14:00 - 16:00 (2 h 0 min) |
English Professional Skills, B2 1001004-3314 |
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Tue 04.03.2025 time 14:00 - 16:00 (2 h 0 min) |
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Tue 18.03.2025 time 14:00 - 16:00 (2 h 0 min) |
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Evaluation scale
H-5
Content scheduling
Opintojakso toteutuu kokonaan verkossa:
ti 4.2. klo 14-16
ti 4.3. klo 14-16
ti 18.3. klo 14-16
Zoom- tapaamisten linkkit toimitetaan ennen kurssin alkua.
Oppituntitapaamisten lisäksi voidaan tarvittaessa sopia erillisiä ohjausaikoja verkkotapaamisina.
Kurssin sisältö:
- Assessing your language level
- Setting personal learning goals
- Current education and future work
- Social services in Finland
- Field-specific terminology
- Client communication
- Reading technique
- Academic English
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
Verkkotapaamiet, verkkotehtävät, itsenäinen työskentely, pari-/ryhmätyöskentely, lähdekriittinen tiedonhaku, itsearviointi ja -reflektointi
Exam schedules
Ei lopputenttiä.
International connections
Työelämälähtöisyys, digioppiminen, tiimioppiminen, reflektointi, oman englannin kielen osaamisen ja kehittämistarpeiden arviointi. Kestävä kehitys- aihe sisältyy kurssin oppimateriaaleihin.
Completion alternatives
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Student workload
- Opetustunnit ja kotitehtävät yht. 7h
- Paritehtävät 10h
- yksilölliset oppimistehtävät itslearningissa 64h
Työmäärä 3op = n. 81h opiskelijan työtä
Further information
Ensisijaisesti itslearning viestikanava kurssikohtaiseen viestintään, lisäksi sähköposti ja tarvittaessa sovitut ohjausajat.