PROFESSIONAL ENGLISH (3 cr)

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.