Professional English (5cr)
Code: XY00EX58-3074
General information
- Enrollment
- 10.11.2025 - 21.11.2025
- Registration for introductions has not started yet.
- Timing
- 12.01.2026 - 03.05.2026
- The implementation has not yet started.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 5 cr
- Local portion
- 5 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Contact learning
- Unit
- Department of Common Studies
- Campus
- Mikkeli Campus
- Teaching languages
- Finnish
- Seats
- 20 - 50
- Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Social Services
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Objective
You can actively use the basic vocabulary of your own field in English.
You can act in English in different communication situations in your field at the European skill level B2.
You can search for information in English-language sources and apply it to study and work.
Content
What essential professional vocabulary do you need?
How do you search information in sources of your field and apply it?
How do you act in English in spoken communication situations and compose texts needed in your field?
How do you communicate in English in the study community and in the workplace?
Evaluation
Students can
a) use the key vocabulary of the field in a consistent way
b) search for information in relevant sources in the field
c) identify interrelated tasks
d) act in a working community with clients, interest groups and applications of the field as well as users of services both in speaking and writing
The assessment is also partly based on the skill levels of the European Framework (CEFR). Grade good (3) requires primarily B2-level skills.
Course material
Study materials will be published on the Learn platform during the course.
Study forms and methods
• The course consists of individual and small group tasks done during the lessons, as well as independent learning tasks on the Learn platform.
• Contact teaching is conducted on Mikkeli campus according to the schedule. Remote participation is not possible. As a rule, on-campus teaching is not recorded and is not replaced with online lectures when on-campus teaching is provided according to the schedule. Attendance is essential for the completion of the course.
RDI and work-related cooperation
The course enhances general working life skills.
Timing of exams and assignments
The course has both oral and written exercises and tasks which are done individually, in pairs and in small study groups. The course ends at the time announced in the course information by which these exercises and tasks need to be submitted.
Student workload
• 1 credit corresponds to approximately 27 hours of student work. However, the workload depends on study skills and previous knowledge.
• For a 5-credit course, the student's workload is approximately 135 hours of which contact teaching for 50 hours and approximately 85 hours of independent work.
Course part description
Integration to Kulttuurinen moninaisuus study unit by a shared article work. Written part of the course includes reading and writing academic texts. Oral part consists of work-life related instruction giving and introduction to working with an interpreter.
Evaluation scale
1-5
Assessment methods and criteria
Assessment is based on the learning objectives and assessment criteria of the course. Successful completion of the course requires the completion of assessed tasks with an approved grade.
Qualifications
The student can communicate independently in communication situations (level B1).