Professional Swedish and English (5 ECTS)

Evaluation scale

0-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Swedish:
In communication situations related to his/her field the student
• Manages in the most common general and specialised professional communication situations
• Composes simple, partly incoherent texts. Language errors may impair understanding but do not prevent the delivery of the message
• Participates in simple spoken interaction but often needs help from the conversation partner
• Uses basic general and technical terminology of his/her own field; inaccuracy and the influence of other languages may interfere with the delivery of the message. Uses basic grammatical structures in a repetitious and partly incorrect manner
• Pronounces in a mainly comprehensible manner, although the pronunciation deviates from the target language. The slow sentence rhythm makes it difficult to estimate if the message is delivered
English:
In communication situations related to their field the students
• trust their communication skills to manage professional communication events using inquiries and relatively short speech acts
• understand the communication partner enough to be able to act and verbalize in accordance with the task in question
• express their 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
• draw up simple, formatted texts independently and extensive texts using linguistic aids

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Swedish:
In communication situations related to his/her field the student
• Manages relatively well in daily general and specialised professional discourse
• Composes coherent texts that successfully communicate the intended meaning
• Takes initiative in familiar professional communication situations
• Uses general and basic technical terminology of his/her own field relatively well. Lapses may occur in the choice of words or grammatical structures, but these do not cause misunderstanding
• Pronounces in a comprehensible manner. Pauses in the sentence rhythm do not cause misunderstanding.
English:
In communication situations related to their field the students
• trust their communication skills to manage in the professional context in line with the objectives set for the task
• exchange ideas as equal partners with independent language users
• take the initiative in professional discourse and can, to some degree, take into account participants’ cultural and language backgrounds and the demands of the context
• express themselves promptly in a clear and detailed manner
• use professional terminology to the point
• pronounce English clearly with matching stress and intonation
• produce texts for different purposes, where linguistic inaccuracy does not interfere with understanding

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

In communication situations related to his/her field the student
Swedish:
• Masters varied and demanding general and specialised professional communication situations
• Produces clear and detailed texts appropriate for the situation
• Is an active participant in professional communication situations and allows for the requirements of the situation. Speaks fluently and effortlessly and takes the conversation partner in account
• Uses technical and general terminology as well as grammatical structures diversely and almost without errors
• Pronounces clearly, with a natural sentence rhythm.
English:
In communication situations related to their field the students
• trust their communications skills to allow them to take initiative in communication events following the discourse practice of the field
• interact clearly and fluently as equal partners with a proficient speaker
• take initiative also in demanding professional communications where participants’ cultural and language backgrounds need to be taken into account
• express themselves effectively and accurately
• use professional terminology to the point
• pronounce English clearly, with stress and rhythm matching the total message
• have the ability to produce several genres, which are clear, well structured, and effective

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Swedish:
In communication situations related to his/her field the student
• Manages in the most common general and specialised professional communication situations
• Composes simple, partly incoherent texts. Language errors may impair understanding but do not prevent the delivery of the message
• Participates in simple spoken interaction but often needs help from the conversation partner
• Uses basic general and technical terminology of his/her own field; inaccuracy and the influence of other languages may interfere with the delivery of the message. Uses basic grammatical structures in a repetitious and partly incorrect manner
• Pronounces in a mainly comprehensible manner, although the pronunciation deviates from the target language. The slow sentence rhythm makes it difficult to estimate if the message is delivered
English:
In communication situations related to their field the students
• trust their communication skills to manage professional communication events using inquiries and relatively short speech acts
• understand the communication partner enough to be able to act and verbalize in accordance with the task in question
• express their 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
• draw up simple, formatted texts independently and extensive texts using linguistic aids