Professional Swedish (5 cr)

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?

Course material

Study material compiled by the lecturer will be available in Learn.

Study forms and methods

Scheduled learning:
Lessons according to the timetable.

Independent learning:
This course can also be taken as independent online studies during the summer term.

RDI and work-related cooperation

Integration with working life may be possible for some of the contents and tasks of this course. The student is asked to negotiate the options with the lecturer before the course starts.

Timing of exams and assignments

The final exam will be open to students who have handed in all required course assignments in time.
In order to pass the course the student has to pass both the oral and written exams. Both exams are taken under supervision.
After a failed exam the student is entitled to two resit exams, the first one in May-June and the second one in August-October.
The resit exams will be organised upon the student's request.

Student workload

5 study credits equals 135 hours of studying.

Further information

Course evaluation will be based on language skills proven in the written and oral exams. The oral and written skills in Swedish will be noted separately on the Bachelor's degree paper. Assessment grading is 1-3 for satisfactory and 4-5 for good skills, according to the national evaluation recommendations.

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Grade 3 will be awarded for skills such as
- you understand clearly spoken Swedish in working life situations
- you use basic structures rather flawlessly both in speech and in writing
- your speech is fluent enough to prevent misunderstanding in case of occasional mistakes in pronunciation or intonation
- you understand the key points in professional texts and are able to react to them both orally and in writing
- you are able to tell about the central themes in your education and work experience for example in a job interview
- you are able to report and discuss the key topics in your own field (for example business activities, products, processes and services of corporations and organisations)
This course aims at developing language skills to level B1 on the European Framework and the Finnish legislation decree 18.12.2014/1129.

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.