Swedish at Work (5 ECTS)

Learning outcomes

Students will acquire the oral and written language skills of their professional field in the second national language as required by the university of applied sciences legislation (352/2003 § 8). They will be able to communicate in Swedish in their work environments and relate professional information orally and in written form. Their oral and written communication skills must be at a B1 level according to the Common European Framework for Languages (CEFR).
Finnish as a second language: The student is able to communicate in Finnish to an audience within and outside the field. Furthermore, the student will understand as well as summarize field-specific or generally working-life related texts both orally and in writing. A student attending the course is to have the minimum language proficiency level of independent user B1.

Content

Key concepts, terms and interactions in Swedish at the work. Tasks, study and work environments in Swedish.
Finnish as a second language: Revision of grammatical structures, communication in working-life in social field, the situational variation of language (the use of formal and informal Finnish) and learning strategies.

Teaching methods

activating exercises, listening and reading comprehension, activation of the spoken language in small groups

Location and time

The first and second period, Myllypuro campus

Learning materials and recommended literature

The teachers material, available before course start, evaluation on a scale from
1-5,

Alternative completion methods of implementation

-

Exam dates and retake possibilities

Spoken language level check the second last lesson, written exam the last lesson, retake is possible twice

Student workload

contact tuition: 80% compulsory attendence, self studies, written task to be done outside lessons

Further information for students

Lessons:

20.1. 8.30 - 11.45 classroom MPA 6017
3.2. 8.30 - 11.45 MPA 6017
2.3 8.30 - 11.45 MPA 6017
16.3. 8.30 -11.45 MPA 6017
30.3. 8.30 - 11.45 MPA 6017
27.4. 8.30 - 11.45 exam, MPA 6021

Assessment methods and criteria

ongoing evaluation, a oral test and a written exam in the end of the course

Evaluation scale

0-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Assessment:
Assessment criteria as the attachment of the curriculum.
The teacher of the study unit informs the assessment criterias in the beginning of the study unit.