English Communication Skills for Building Services EngineeringLaajuus (3 ECTS)

Objective

On completion of the course the student will be familiar with vocabulary related to building services engineering and will understand the main content of field-specific texts. The student will be able to acquire field-specific information from English-language sources and evaluate their reliability. The student will be familiar with the conventions of formal and technical writing to compose enquiries, offers, orders and letters of complaint within his or her field. The student will be able to deal with work-related communication situations. The student will be able to describe building services products, processes and work flows and deliver a professional 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 description.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Poor active proficiency, passive language skills almost on B2 level
Reading skills: knows field-specific vocabulary in building services engineering 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, in theory, how to evaluate the reliability of a source
Writing skills: knows the principles of composing formal, field-specific business letters such as quotations and complaints; is able to describe a simple, field-specific product or production process in a few words
Speaking skills: is able to describe in a few words field-specific products and processes; knows how to give an elementary field-specific product or process presentation

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Active proficiency almost on B2 level, passive language skills clearly on B2 level
Reading skills: knows field-specific vocabulary in building services engineering and is able to find out the meaning of unfamiliar or new words; understands an easy field-specific text; identifies and knows how to use relevant field-specific sources; is generally able to evaluate the reliability of a source
Writing skills: knows how to compose simple but formal field-specific business letters such as quotations and complaints; is able to describe a simple, field-specific product or production process
Speaking skills: is able to describe the basics of field-specific products and processes; knows how to give a rather proficient field-specific product or process presentation

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Active proficiency and passive language skills clearly on B2 level
Reading skills: knows field-specific vocabulary in building services engineering and is able to deduce the meaning of unfamiliar or new words; understands field-specific texts; knows how to use relevant field-specific sources; is able to evaluate the reliability of a source
Writing skills: knows how to compose formal, field-specific business letters such as quotations and complaints; is able to describe a field-specific product or production process
Speaking skills: is able to describe field-specific products and processes; knows how to give a proficient field-specific product or process presentation