Marine technology English 2Laajuus (3 cr)

Objective

You can appropriately compose emails in work-related situations.
You can write a short technical report that relates to your duties onboard.
You can prepare and give an instructor's presentation on a topic closely related to your field.
You know the factors that most commonly affect the crew’s wellbeing onboard.

Content

How do you appropriately compose emails in work-related situations?
How is a technical report appropriately written?
How do you prepare content for an instructor's presentation and what factors should be considered when presenting in front of an international audience?
What factors most commonly affect the crew’s wellbeing onboard?

Qualifications

Good knowledge of maritime English with a focus on engine crew’s responsibilities.

Accomplishment methods

The student can
a. use professional vocabulary systematically.
b. look for information in the key information sources of the field.
c. identify interrelated tasks.
d. work together with customers/clients, users and target groups.

In addition, competence evaluation according to STCW code table A-III/1 column 4 are used:
- English language publications relevant to engineering duties are correctly interpreted
- communications are clear and understood