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Professional Swedish (5 cr)

Code: KY00DS46-3168

General information


Enrollment

07.11.2022 - 18.11.2022

Timing

09.01.2023 - 30.04.2023

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual portion

1 op

Mode of delivery

80 % Contact teaching, 20 % Distance learning

Unit

Yhteisten opintojen koulutusyksikkö

Campus

Kouvola Campus

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

20 - 50

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Business Management
  • Degree Programme in Digital International Business

Teachers

  • Riitta Savolainen

Groups

  • IBKV22SP
    Digital international business, full-time studies
  • LTKV21SP3
    Business, full-time studies

Objective

You are able to communicate in spoken and written 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 Government Decree 1129/2014.

After completing the course with the grade of 3, you are able to:
- understand clear standard and work-related speech.
- use basic structures reasonably well both in spoken and written situations.
- speak relatively fluently so that occasional mistakes in pronunciation or prosody do not lead to misunderstanding.
- describe your education and work experience for example when applying for a job.
- describe and discuss key issues of your professional field (eg. 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, for example in emails, telephoning and meetings?
How do you use the basic professional vocabulary required in your field and operational environment?

Opiskelumateriaali

Online material (Learn).

Yksilölliset oppimisväylät

Lessons at Campus during 9.1.-31.3.

TKI ja työelämäyhteistyö

Vocabulary excersises and communication situations.

Tentit ja muut määräajat

Written and oral exam in April.

Toteutuksen osien kuvaus

5 ECTS credits equals approximately 135 hours of students work.

Further information

riitta.savolainen@xamk.fi

Evaluation scale

1-5

Qualifications

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