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 at the campus (12 hrs) >> in weeks 12, 17 and 22
online lessons 5 x 1 hr
independent work appr. 120 hrs

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

Content scheduling

The course topics:
- Formal and standard Language, Registers
- Professional emails
- Presentation skills
- Discussion skills
- Reporting
- Meetings
- Field-specific terminology

The course starts in week 12 (Thu, March 20) and ends in week 22 (Friday, May 30). 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 in March, 2025 according to the timetable.

Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Task-based assessment.

The scale of 1-5 per assignment:
1 Professional email
2 Meeting
3 Report
4 Presentation

The final evaluation: the average of assignments 1-4 and participation in lessons + completion of individual work and lesson activities on time (+/-)

Assessment criteria, fail (0)

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

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

Average 1.5 of the assignments (grade 2) or at least 1 (grade 1).
Individual work or lesson activities may be missing. Possible absences from lessons.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4)

The average of the assignments at least 3.5 (grade 4) and 2.5 (grade 3).
Individual work and lesson activities completed on time. Attendance in lessons.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

All assignments completed on time and the average at least 4.5.
Active demonstration of skills in lessons and pre-class work completed on time. Active attendance in lessons.