Study Guide

Objective

Students can handle specific oral and written communication situations in their own field. They have a working knowledge of the terminology of the field and can use Swedish in professional situations. The objectives are based on the Common European Framework of Languages, level B1 and the Decree 352/2003 § 8, 1st subsection 497/2004. A student who, on the basis of a diagnostic skills test, has been directed to the preparatory course has to pass it or independently acquire the equivalent skills before taking this course. Core Competence: After completing the course, the students are able tounderstand slow and clear standard and job-related speech.use basic structures more or less correctly both orally and in writing.speak relatively fluently in such a way that occasional mistakes in pronunciation or prosody do not lead to misunderstanding.write simple texts, for example, e-mail messages.understand the main points of professional texts and react to and comment on them in speech and in writing. Expert Competence: After completing the course, the students are able tounderstand and write standard business documents, such as memos and business letters.exploit publications and other information sources in the field of business.express and justify their views in work-related matters orally and in writing.present a firm or an organization, its services, products and activities clearly, utilising e.g. figurestake an active role in everyday customer service situations, e.g. when giving a tour of the firm.react correctly in predictable business interaction situations.acknowledge characteristics typical of the Nordic operational environment

Content

Education, work environment, personal and educational background, professional communication by email and telephone as well as in meetings. Working knowledge of the operational environment and the technical terms in the field of business, e.g. customer contacts, intercultural communication, organizational presentations, business visits, fairs and product presentations. Since the content of this course is degree programme specific, students should take the course implementation directed to their own field.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

According to the Act (424/2003, 6 §, subsection 1) on language skills required of state officials functioning in a position requiring a higher education in a bilingual office, the student is given a grade both for oral and written skills. In the degree certificate, the grade satisfactory equals course grades 1-3 while the grade good equals course grades 4-5.A depiction of the evaluation criteria is in the course implementation description.Grading scale: Excellent (5), Good (4-3), Pass (2-1), Fail (0). Grades 3-5 require B1 level competence.In addition to the criteria specified in the course implementation description, active participation is a prerequisite for passing a course. Active participation means that the studentattends 75% of the amount of contact lessons on the course unless the course implementation informs otherwise. The language lecturers record attendances on the lessons in attendance registers. A course that is failed due to too many absences cannot be resat by retaking the exam. Instead, the student has to attend the course again.makes sure that they have the study material (e.g. the textbook) specified in the curriculum.takes part in the activities instructed by the lecture in the contact lessons.completes the given homework according to the lecturer's instructions and on time.