English Professional Skills (5 cr)
Code: TE00CZ62-3005
General information
- Enrollment
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30.05.2025 - 15.09.2025
Registration for introductions has not started yet.
- Timing
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01.09.2025 - 21.12.2025
The implementation has not yet started.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 5 cr
- Local portion
- 5 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Contact learning
- Unit
- Engineering and Business
- Campus
- Kupittaa Campus
- Teaching languages
- Finnish
- English
- Seats
- 30 - 40
- Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Information and Communication Technology
Evaluation scale
H-5
Content scheduling
The course will run from 1 September to 21 December 2025.
The course consists of contact meetings (14x2h=28h) and individual/group work.
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
Upon completing the course, the students should have acquired skills to
* communicate at level B2 (CEFRL) both in speaking and in writing
* use appropriate style and register for communication
* produce clear, coherent and well-structured texts, e.g., emails, reports
* present detailed descriptions related to their field of study
* express and exchange opinions using fluent language
* read longer articles and reports
Content
The aim of the course is to develop and deepen the students’ field-relevant English language and communication skills, as well as guide in the self-evaluation of skills.
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
Further information
The channel of communication during the course is Its.