English Professional Skills, B2 (5 cr)
Code: 1001005-3094
General information
- Enrollment
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02.12.2024 - 20.03.2025
Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
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20.03.2025 - 23.05.2025
Implementation is running.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 5 cr
- Local portion
- 5 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Contact learning
- Unit
- Turku University of Applied Sciences
- Campus
- Kupittaa Campus
- Teaching languages
- English
- Seats
- 40 - 60
- Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Mechanical Engineering
- Teachers
- Piia Pesso
- COS Opettaja
- Course
- 1001005
Realization has 9 reservations. Total duration of reservations is 16 h 30 min.
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Thu 20.03.2025 time 11:30 - 15:00 (3 h 30 min) |
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Thu 27.03.2025 time 18:00 - 19:00 (1 h 0 min) |
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Thu 10.04.2025 time 18:00 - 20:00 (2 h 0 min) |
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Thu 24.04.2025 time 09:00 - 11:00 (2 h 0 min) |
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Thu 24.04.2025 time 14:00 - 16:00 (2 h 0 min) |
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Fri 25.04.2025 time 08:30 - 10:00 (1 h 30 min) |
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Thu 15.05.2025 time 19:00 - 20:00 (1 h 0 min) |
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Thu 22.05.2025 time 18:00 - 19:00 (1 h 0 min) |
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Fri 23.05.2025 time 12:15 - 14:45 (2 h 30 min) |
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EDU_3034
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Evaluation scale
H-5
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 21 (Friday, May 23). A more detailed schedule will be presented on itslearning.
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 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 >> in weeks 12, 17 and 21
online lessons 4 x 1 hr (except on April 10 2 hrs)
independent work appr. 120 hrs
Course assignments:
- Online meeting
- Presentation
- Professional email
- Reporting
- Individual and group work
Further information
The students need a working camera and microphone for the online lessons.
The course starts in March, 2025 according to the timetable.