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Communication skills (5 cr)

Code: KY00AA02-3058

General information


Enrollment

20.08.2018 - 07.09.2018

Timing

20.08.2018 - 16.11.2018

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Campus

Kouvola Campus

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

15 - 50

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Elderly Care

Teachers

  • Ansa Räsänen

Teacher in charge

Ansa Räsänen

Groups

  • GEKV18SM
    Elderly care, part-time studies

Objective

You are familiar with Xamk's instructions for written assignments.
You are able to use professionally important databases and other sources of information and refer to them in your texts.

You know how to write texts that meet the standards for layout, content and style required in your studies and working life.

You are able to use appropriate writing and sharing tools.

You improve your interactive communication skills and manage fluently in different group work situations, such as meetings and negotiations.

You develop your presentation skills for professional purposes and acquire skills in giving and receiving feedback.

Content

Which written skills (genres, styles, tools) are you expected to master both in your studies and in work assignments in your own professional field?
Which spoken skills (presentations, interaction in meetings and negotiations, self-assessment and feedback, easing stage fright) are you expected to master both in your studies and in work assignments in your own professional field?
How do you search information from different sources and make use of it?

Location and time

Online course

Teaching methods

Scheduled track:
Classes on Kouvola Campus

Blended track:
Online course