Business EnglishLaajuus (5 cr)
Code: TZ00CJ00
Credits
5 op
Objective
The studies help the student to gain such skills in English as to allow him/her to acquire information from texts in English and operate professionally in his/her position with clients and colleagues.The studies includes Construction and Real Estate Management vocabulary.
The competencies involve good interaction skills in client and expert situations and mediation of knowledge from sources to different kinds of genres and documents. The studies support the student to gain a realistic conception of his/her own communication comptetence and the ability to continue doing so through life-long learning.
Content
-Applying language for engineering studies, career planning and work recruitment
-Industrial management: Corporation within working environment, industry and business
-Oral interaction practice: Company and product presentations, trade fairs, telephone calls, oral reporting
-Written documentation such as short messages, letters, reports and studying relevant texts
Prerequisites
The prerequisite for level of studies is B2 demonstrated in diagnostic tests or preparatory courses.
Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)
Satisfactory skills – grade 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)
Good skills - grade 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)
Excellent skills - grade 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
Assessment criteria, approved/failed
Satisfactory skills – grade 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
Further information
NA
Enrollment
06.05.2024 - 13.09.2024
Timing
02.09.2024 - 20.12.2024
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 op
Mode of delivery
Contact teaching
Unit
School of Real Estate and Construction
Campus
Myllypurontie 1
Teaching languages
- English
Degree programmes
- Master's Degree Programme in Construction and Real Estate Management.
Teachers
- Jonita Martelius
Teacher in charge
Hannu Hakkarainen
Groups
-
T1724S6Master's Degree Programme in Construction and Real Estate Management, ylempi
Objective
The studies help the student to gain such skills in English as to allow him/her to acquire information from texts in English and operate professionally in his/her position with clients and colleagues.The studies includes Construction and Real Estate Management vocabulary.
The competencies involve good interaction skills in client and expert situations and mediation of knowledge from sources to different kinds of genres and documents. The studies support the student to gain a realistic conception of his/her own communication comptetence and the ability to continue doing so through life-long learning.
Content
-Applying language for engineering studies, career planning and work recruitment
-Industrial management: Corporation within working environment, industry and business
-Oral interaction practice: Company and product presentations, trade fairs, telephone calls, oral reporting
-Written documentation such as short messages, letters, reports and studying relevant texts
Evaluation scale
0-5
Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)
Satisfactory skills – grade 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)
Good skills - grade 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)
Excellent skills - grade 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
Assessment criteria, approved/failed
Satisfactory skills – grade 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
Prerequisites
The prerequisite for level of studies is B2 demonstrated in diagnostic tests or preparatory courses.
Further information
-
Enrollment
29.08.2023 - 08.09.2023
Timing
01.08.2023 - 31.12.2023
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 op
Mode of delivery
Contact teaching
Unit
School of Real Estate and Construction
Campus
Myllypurontie 1
Teaching languages
- English
Degree programmes
- Master's Degree Programme in Construction and Real Estate Management.
Teachers
- Jonita Martelius
Teacher in charge
Hannu Hakkarainen
Groups
-
T1723S6Master's Degree Programme in Construction and Real Estate Management, ylempi
Objective
The studies help the student to gain such skills in English as to allow him/her to acquire information from texts in English and operate professionally in his/her position with clients and colleagues.The studies includes Construction and Real Estate Management vocabulary.
The competencies involve good interaction skills in client and expert situations and mediation of knowledge from sources to different kinds of genres and documents. The studies support the student to gain a realistic conception of his/her own communication comptetence and the ability to continue doing so through life-long learning.
Content
-Applying language for engineering studies, career planning and work recruitment
-Industrial management: Corporation within working environment, industry and business
-Oral interaction practice: Company and product presentations, trade fairs, telephone calls, oral reporting
-Written documentation such as short messages, letters, reports and studying relevant texts
Evaluation scale
0-5
Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)
Satisfactory skills – grade 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)
Good skills - grade 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)
Excellent skills - grade 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
Assessment criteria, approved/failed
Satisfactory skills – grade 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
Prerequisites
The prerequisite for level of studies is B2 demonstrated in diagnostic tests or preparatory courses.
Further information
-
Enrollment
02.07.2022 - 31.07.2022
Timing
01.08.2022 - 31.12.2022
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 op
Mode of delivery
Contact teaching
Unit
School of Real Estate and Construction
Campus
Myllypurontie 1
Teaching languages
- English
Degree programmes
- Master's Degree Programme in Construction and Real Estate Management.
Teachers
- Sonja Holappa
Teacher in charge
Hannu Hakkarainen
Groups
-
T1722S6Master's Degree Programme in Construction and Real Estate Management, ylempi
Objective
The studies help the student to gain such skills in English as to allow him/her to acquire information from texts in English and operate professionally in his/her position with clients and colleagues.The studies includes Construction and Real Estate Management vocabulary.
The competencies involve good interaction skills in client and expert situations and mediation of knowledge from sources to different kinds of genres and documents. The studies support the student to gain a realistic conception of his/her own communication comptetence and the ability to continue doing so through life-long learning.
Content
-Applying language for engineering studies, career planning and work recruitment
-Industrial management: Corporation within working environment, industry and business
-Oral interaction practice: Company and product presentations, trade fairs, telephone calls, oral reporting
-Written documentation such as short messages, letters, reports and studying relevant texts
Evaluation scale
0-5
Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)
Satisfactory skills – grade 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)
Good skills - grade 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)
Excellent skills - grade 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
Assessment criteria, approved/failed
Satisfactory skills – grade 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
Prerequisites
The prerequisite for level of studies is B2 demonstrated in diagnostic tests or preparatory courses.
Further information
-