English Communication Skills for Media TechnologyLaajuus (3 ECTS)

Objective

On completion of the course the student will be familiar with Media Technology vocabulary and will understand the main content of texts associated with the field. The student will be able to acquire field-specific information from English sources and evaluate their reliability. The student will have an adequate knowledge of formal and technical writing to compose enquiries, offers, orders and letters of complaint within his or her own field. The student will be able to deal with work-related communication situations. The student will be able to describe Media Technology products, production processes and work flows and deliver an associated product presentation.

Content

Field-specific English.
Characteristics of formal and technical writing.
Information acquisition from field-specific sources in English.
English for trade fairs, conferences and corporate communications.
Developing oral presentation skills.
Describing a product, a production process and a work flow.
Product presentation.

Qualifications

English Communication Skills for Media Technology

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Active proficiency satisfactory, passive language skills on B2 level

Reading skills: knows field-specific vocabulary in media technology and knows how to find out the meaning of unfamiliar or new words; understands the basic meaning of an easy field-specific text; identifies relevant field-specific sources; knows how to evaluate the reliability of a source in a satisfactory way

Writing skills: knows the principles of composing formal, field-specific business letters such as quotations and complaints in a satisfactory way; is able to describe a field-specific product or production process in a satisfactory way

Speaking: is able to describe field-specific products and processes in a satisfactory way; knows how to give a field-specific product or process presentation in a satisfactory way

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Active proficiency and passive language skills clearly on B2 level

Reading skills: knows field-specific vocabulary in media technology well and is able to find out the meaning of unfamiliar or new words; understands field-specific texts well; knows how to use relevant field-specific sources well; is able to evaluate the reliability of a source well

Writing skills: knows how to compose formal field-specific business letters such as quotations and complaints well; is able to describe a field-specific product or production process well

Speaking: is able to describe field-specific products and processes well; knows how to give a good field-specific product or process presentation

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Active proficiency and passive language skills clearly on C1 level

Reading skills: knows field-specific vocabulary in media technology and is able to deduce the meaning of unfamiliar or new words very well; understands field-specific texts very well; knows how to use relevant field-specific sources; is able to evaluate the reliability of a source very well

Writing skills: knows how to compose excellent formal, field-specific business letters such as quotations and complaints; is able to describe a field-specific product or production process very well

Speaking: is able to describe field-specific products and processes very well; knows how to give a very good field-specific product or process presentation