Verbal Communication and Swedish at WorkLaajuus (5 ECTS)

Objective

The student is able to act naturally in international and multicultural environments and understands his/her partners and/or clients’ cultural backgrounds. The student is able to understand the international environment in the field of the cultural producer. He/she also knows the international cultural actors in Finland and is able to obtain information from the international actors. The student plans his/her study path from the international skills development’s point of view. The student will acquire language skills governed by national legislation (352/2003 8§) required for both written and oral communication in Swedish in their professional duties. The student is able to communicate in the professional environment both in Finland and in other Nordic countries. He/she is also able to take into account cultural and linguistic aspects in their communication.
The minimum level for the written and spoken communication skills is classified as “B1” in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. The student is able to learn to seek for information from various sources and proficiently deliver both written and spoken information. During the studies, the student will acquire both a positive and a realistic idea of their linguistic and communicative competence as well as skills and motivation to develop it further.

Content

Cultural producer’s international environment
- International cultural operators in Finland
- Cultural competencies
- Planning of realization of internationalization as a part of the cultural management studies
- Swedish language and communication skill’s self-assessing and developing learning strategies
- Professional texts in Swedish and professional terminology
- Main professional communication situations in Swedish: individual and group communication

Qualifications

The second domestic language (Swedish) skills, level B1.1.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The student understands the importance of internationalization and is able to consider it as a part of his/her own studies.
Related to his/her field’s communicational situations the student:
- Manages in the general situations
- Can write simple, partly incoherent text. Errors can make it difficult to understand, but they do not prevent the delivery of the message.
- Participates in simple interaction, but often needs help from the conversation partner.
- Uses normal and general vocabulary from his/her own field; inaccuracy and the influence of other languages may prevent the delivery of the message. He/she uses basic grammatical structures unilaterally and somewhat incorrectly.
- Pronounce mainly understandable, even if the pronunciation is different from the target language and the slowliness of the sentencerhytmn complicates the assessment of the functioning.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

The student is able to create an internationalization plan as a part of his/her studies.
Related to his/her field’s communicational situations the student:
- Manages fairly from the everyday general and field-specific communication situations.
- Can write a whole text, in which the message is communicated.
- Takes a part in the familiar situation of his/her field
- Is able to use fairly his/her own field’s general basic vocabulary. There can be incorrects in the structures and in the choice of words, but they do not disturb communication.
- Pronounces understandable. Sentence rhythm’s breaks do not disturb the understanding of the message.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The student is able to create an internationalization strategy as a part of his/her studies.
Related to his/her field’s communicational situations the student:
- Masters in varied and demanding general field-specific situations
- Can write good and detailed text appropriately
- Actively involves the professional communication situations. The speech is smooth and effortless. Takes into account the conversation partner.
- Uses his/her own field’s general terminology and structures with a wide range and almost error-freely.
- Pronunciation is clear, natural sentence rhythm.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

The student understands the importance of internationalization and is able to consider it as a part of his/her own studies.
Related to his/her field’s communicational situations the student:
- Manages in the general situations
- Can write simple, partly incoherent text. Errors can make it difficult to understand, but they do not prevent the delivery of the message.
- Participates in simple interaction, but often needs help from the conversation partner.
- Uses normal and general vocabulary from his/her own field; inaccuracy and the influence of other languages may prevent the delivery of the message. He/she uses basic grammatical structures unilaterally and somewhat incorrectly.
- Pronounce mainly understandable, even if the pronunciation is different from the target language and the slowliness of the sentencerhytmn complicates the assessment of the functioning.