Swedish at Work and Professional EnglishLaajuus (5 ECTS)

Objective

After the course, the students can:
• communicate in the work environments in their own field in Swedish and English and take into account the communication situations and the cultural and linguistic starting points.
• develop their communication skills.
• acquire the oral and written language skills stipulated by national legislation (352/2003 8§) required for required for Swedish language use in professional duties.

Content

Negotiation skills and work related situations. Presenting collections and giving manufacturing instructions for the samples. Business letters in English.

Qualifications

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Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

In the professional field specific communication situations, the students:
- manage the most common situations at work and field specific language use.
- can write simple, partly incoherent text. Errors can make the text difficult to understand, but they do not prevent the delivery of the message.
- participate in simple interaction but often need conversational help from the peers.
- use normal and general vocabulary related to their field; inaccuracy and the influence of other languages may prevent the delivery of the message. - they use basic grammatical structures unilaterally and somewhat incorrectly.
- pronunciation mainly understandable, even if the pronunciation is different from the target language and the slow sentence rhythm complicates the assessment.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

In the professional field specific communication situations, the students:
- manage reasonably well in the everyday general and field-specific communication situations.
- can write a coherent text, in which the message is communicated.
- takes a part in the familiar situations in the field.
- is able to use general basic vocabulary in the field relatively well. Incorrect structures and choices of words may appear but they do not prevent communication.
- pronunciation is understandable. Breaks in the sentence rhythm do not interfere with understanding the message.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

In the professional field specific communication situations, the students:
- Master varied and demanding general field-specific situations.
- Can write good and detailed text appropriately.
- Are actively involved in the professional communication situations. The speech is smooth and effortless and the recipient is taken into account.
- Use general terminology widely and structures almost free of errors.
- Pronunciation is clear, the sentence rhythm is natural.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

In the professional field specific communication situations, the students:
- manage the most common situations at work and field specific language use.
- can write simple, partly incoherent text. Errors can make the text difficult to understand, but they do not prevent the delivery of the message.
- participate in simple interaction but often need conversational help from the peers.
- use normal and general vocabulary related to their field; inaccuracy and the influence of other languages may prevent the delivery of the message. - they use basic grammatical structures unilaterally and somewhat incorrectly.
- pronunciation mainly understandable, even if the pronunciation is different from the target language and the slow sentence rhythm complicates the assessment.

Further information

The two course components Swedish at Work and Professional English are evaluated separately.