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 to:understand 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 to:write texts (e.g. job application, curriculum vitae, plan for a customer project, description of the different phases of a work process) which show their technical and professional competence within the field of social welfare and healthcare, and talk about the texts (e.g. work application, cv, job interview, care plan, description of the different phases of treatment or a case) in an understandable and fitting manner.

Content

Education, work environment, personal and educational background, professional communication by email and telephone as well as in meetings. Description of the working environment of the field of social welfare and health care, vocabylary related to the equipment and methods used in the field, basic concepts of anatomy, patient and customer contacts, description and assessment of patient and customer cases and care. Since the content of this course is degree programme specific, students should take the course implementation directed to their own field.

Location and time

Online course (summer term)

Teaching methods

Scheduled track:
Classes on Kouvola Campus.

Blended track:
Online course (summer term)

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.