Professional Swedish (5 cr)

Objective

You are able to function in oral and written communication situations in your own field. You are familiar with the terminology of your field and able to communicate in Swedish in professional situations.

The objectives are based on the Common European Framework of Languages, level B1 and the Decree 18.12.2014/1129.
After completing the course with a grade of 3, you are able to:
- understand clear standard and job-related speech.
- use basic structures reasonably well both orally and in writing.
- speak relatively fluently in such a way that occasional mistakes in pronunciation or prosody do not lead to misunderstanding.
- describe your education and work experience e.g. when applying for a job.
- describe and discuss key issues of your professional field (e.g. the operation, products, processes or services of companies and/or organizations)

Content

How do you use Swedish vocabulary related to education, work environment and workplace duties?
How do you use Swedish in different communicative situations of working life, e.g. emails, telephoning and meetings?
How do you use the basic professional vocabulary required in your field and operational environment?

Evaluation

Students are able to
a) use professional vocabulary systematically.
b) look for information in the key information sources of the field.
c) identify interrelated tasks.
d) communicate orally and in writing in the workplace, and with customers, target groups and users of applications and services of the field.

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, students are given a grade for both 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.

Course material

Material will be provided by teacher.

Study forms and methods

Scheduled track:
Students attend instruction and counselling according to the timetable. Studies follow the timetable of contact classes and assignments that are completed independently.

Blended track:
Completing studies quicker takes place by choosing independent methods of study. These can include, for example, online courses or courses from other student groups’ timetables. Completing assignments through this track involves more independent work and learning compared to the scheduled track.

Student workload

5 opintopistettä tarkoittaa keskimäärin 135 tuntia opiskelijan työtä.

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

After completing the course with grade 3, you can
- understand clear standard and job-related speech.
- use basic structures reasonably 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.
- describe your education and work experience e.g. when applying for a job.
- describe and discuss key issues of your professional field (e.g. the work, products, processes or services of companies and/or organizations)
The objectives are based on the Common European Framework of Languages, level B1 and the Decree 18.12.2014/1129.

Qualifications

If you have been instructed to participate in the Intensive course of Swedish, you must complete it or independently acquire the equivalent knowledge and skills before you can participate in this course.