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Professional English (3 cr)

Code: SX00FD04-3002

General information


Enrollment
15.07.2023 - 13.08.2023
Registration for the implementation has ended.
Timing
14.08.2023 - 21.12.2023
Implementation has ended.
Number of ECTS credits allocated
3 cr
Local portion
3 cr
Mode of delivery
On-campus
Unit
(2019-2024) School of Rehabilitation and Examination
Campus
Myllypurontie 1
Teaching languages
Finnish
Degree programmes
Physiotherapy
Teachers
Mari Koski
Teacher in charge
Sanna Garam
Groups
SXS23S1
Degree Programme in Physiotherapy, top-up
Course
SX00FD04

Implementation has 6 reservations. Total duration of reservations is 19 h 15 min.

Time Topic Location
Tue 29.08.2023 time 12:30 - 15:45
(3 h 15 min)
Professional English SX00FD04-3002
https://metropolia.zoom.us/j/64476465121
Fri 08.09.2023 time 12:30 - 15:45
(3 h 15 min)
Professional English SX00FD04-3002
Wed 20.09.2023 time 12:30 - 15:45
(3 h 15 min)
Professional English SX00FD04-3002
MPA2008 Oppimistila
Tue 26.09.2023 time 08:30 - 11:30
(3 h 0 min)
Professional English SX00FD04-3002
Wed 27.09.2023 time 12:30 - 15:45
(3 h 15 min)
Professional English SX00FD04-3002
MPA6010 Oppimistila
Wed 04.10.2023 time 12:45 - 16:00
(3 h 15 min)
Professional English SX00FD04-3002
Changes to reservations may be possible.

Objective

The student knows how to communicate in a fluent and effective manner in English for study and work assignments in their field of expertise both in Finland and abroad and is able to use English for the purpose of developing their own professional skills. The student can obtain information needed in their field of expertise from different sources and is able to process and convey it in writing and orally. The student has a realistic idea of their own linguistic and communication skills and has a positive attitude towards its development as part of their professional skills.

Content

Key international interaction situations of the professional field within Finland and internationally: individual and group communication
Key concepts and terms of the professional field in texts of the students’ own field of expertise
Text practices and text types in the professional field
Data collection, processing, application and conveyance, as well as reading scientific data in a foreign language
Organisations, working environments, tasks, processes and equipment of the professional field
Training and career planning for the student’s own professional field
Self-assessment of linguistic and communication skills and the development of personal learning strategies

Evaluation scale

0-5

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

n communication situations related to the student’s field of expertise, the student trusts their own communication skills in professional linguistic situations with the help of specifying questions and short speeches. The student understands the communication of a discussion partner in such a way that the student is able to act on the basis of such communication. The student can express their thoughts in a simple manner and partly in a uniform manner as well as reasonably understandably, even if the student is lacking in the professional special language and there are linguistic errors that weaken the conveyance of a message. The student can independently create simple texts of predetermined format as well as more comprehensive texts with the help of linguistic aids.

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