English Professional Skills, B2 (3 cr)

Evaluation scale

H-5

Content scheduling

The course will run from 13 January to 25 April.

The course consists of contact meetings (14x2h=28h) and individual/group work (52h).

The course topics are professional emailing and reporting, meetings at work, and professional presentation. The topics include aspects of field-specific vocabulary.

The aim of the course is to activate and develop the students’ field-relevant English language and communication skills. The students gain professional skills in various spoken and written communicative situations encountered in working life and society.

Learning objectives:

Spoken communication

The student
- presents topics in a structured way
- discusses topics using related terminology
- uses functional language e.g. signposting
- participates actively in discussions by commenting, asking, and reacting
- expresses themselves in a spontaneous way
- expresses themselves in a clear and logical way
- expresses themselves in their own words

Written communication

The student
- follows the structure and language of professional email and reporting
- recognizes and applies the appropriate style for the situation e.g. in terms of the vocabulary
- expresses themselves in a clear and logical way
- writes in their own words using sources correctly

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

The course material is available in Its.

Exam schedules

No exams are organized.

Student workload

The students will be tested on their skills on the course topics with the following work:

1 assignments: meeting & email message, and presentation & mini-report
2 other work: preparation for contact meetings, tasks in contact meetings, self-evaluation, peer evaluation

Evaluation methods and criteria

The evaluation is assignment-based and no exams will be organized.

Assignments
• four assignments: meeting & email message, presentation & mini-report
• the evaluation scale for the assignments is 1-5 (interval of +/-0.5)
• the average of individual assignment evaluations forms the final evaluation
• specific evaluation criteria is given in connection with the instructions
• for full final evaluation, ALL course work must be completed within the deadlines
• assignments are not accepted after 30 April 2025
• assignments cannot be replaced by any other assignment, extra work or exam
• assignments are completed in contact meetings only
• with problems completing an assignment (illness), contact the teacher BEFORE the deadline

Other work
• self-evaluation & report plan > must be returned, evaluation passed/failed
• study material with tests, meeting tasks (other than assignments) > no need to return, no evaluation

Attendance in contact meetings
• 75%
• less will affect the final evaluation
• less than 50 % will fail the course

Further information

The channel of communication during the course is Its.