English for Automotive Engineering 1Laajuus (3 ECTS)

Objective

The studies focus on language and communication situations at work.

The student masters the basic grammatical structures in English and basic vocabulary. The student understands well general spoken and written English and fairly simple language of automotive engineering.
The student is able to utilise sources and dictionaries in English, search for information for study purposes and interpret fairly simple texts of his/her own field. The student manages the most important field-related customer service situations and is able to work in teams. The student understands the significance of cultural differences in communication.

Content

Basic Grammar and Vocabulary, Basic Vocabulary for Automotive and Transport Engineering, Social Contacts, Meeting People, Talking about Engineering Studies and Work Opportunities for After Sales Engineers, Car Projects, Communication at the Workplace, Customer Service, Customer Contacts: Telephoning and Email, Service and Maintenance, Tools and Measurements, Safety at Work, Units and Abbreviations, Product (Vehicle) Description, Trade Fairs, Company Terminology, Facts about Finland and Finnish Industry, Technical Texts and Field-Related Authenitc Texts, Useful Sources for Studying and studying in English. Job Application and CV

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

In communication situations related to his/her field the student
• trusts his/her communication skills to manage professional communication events using inquiries and relatively short speech acts
• understands the communication partner enough to be able to act and verbalize in accordance with the task in question
• expresses his/her thoughts simply, mainly coherently, and relatively understandably, even if there may be deficiencies in professional terminology and structural inaccuracies, which may interfere with full understanding
• draws up simple, formatted texts independently and extensive texts using linguistic help tools

Assessment criteria, good (3)

In communication situations related to his/her field the student

• trusts his/her communication skills to manage in the professional context in line with the objectives set for the task
• interacts professional content as an equal partner with an independent language user
• takes the initiative in professional discourse and can take into account participants’ cultural and language backgrounds to some degree and the demands of the context
• expresses him/herself promptly in clear and detailed manner
• uses professional terminology to the point
• pronounces English clearly with matching stress and intonation
• produces genres for different purposes, where linguistic inaccuracy does not interfere with understanding

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

In communication situations related to his/her field the student
• trusts his/her communications skills to allow him/her to take initiative in communication events following the discourse practice of the field
• interacts clearly and fluently as an equal partner with a proficient speaker
• takes initiative also in demanding professional communications where participants’ cultural and language backgrounds need to be taken into account
• expresses him/herself effectively and accurately
• uses professional terminology to the point
• pronounces English clearly, with stress and rhythm matching the total message
• has the ability to produce several genres, which are clear, well structured and effective