Tourism in Swedish ILaajuus (5 cr)

Content

Type of course
Compulsory only for Finnish students

Level of course
Professional studies

Objective of course
C705A-7
Students
- can maintain, develop and evaluate their language skills and language learning skills
- can use Swedish orally and in written in situations of their own professional field
- can acquire information and exploit it in developing their own expertise
- become familiar with the culture of the Swedish-speaking population in Finland and in the Nordic countries and can communicate with people from different kind of cultures in Swedish
- acquires the oral and written language skills in Swedish required of state officials functioning in a position requiring a higher education in a bilingual office (civil service language proficiency certificate, European reference frame level B1= sufficient, B2= good)
C705B-7
Students will deepen and activate their Swedish skills. They will survive both orally and in written in different kinds of situations in the field of tourism.
C705C-7
Students can maintain basic correspondence in the field of tourism and deepen their oral Swedish skills in customer service.

Course contents
C705A-7
- key contents and terminology of the professional field in Swedish
- communication situations required in professional interaction in Swedish in meaningful contexts
C705B-7
- services of the accommodation place and the locality
- programme services
- conference arrangements
- gastronomic vocabulary
C705C-7
- basic correspondence of business relations
- oral customer contacts

Teaching methods
Contact teaching, oral and written exercises and performances

Assessment methods
The assessment methods will be specified at the beginning of the each part of the course

Prerequisites
C705A-7 General upper secondary school syllabus of B-language or equivalent skills (European reference frame levels A2-B1)
C705B-7 Tourism in Swedish I
C705C-7 Tourism in Swedish II

Required/Recommended reading
The literature will be specified at the beginning of each part of the course

Name of lecturer(s)
Riitta Heinonen

Year of study/Period
C705A-7 1/3
C705B-7 2 /1-4
C705C-7 3/1-4

Language of instruction
Swedish and Finnish

Parts of course
C705A-7 Tourism in Swedish I, 5 cr
C705B-7 Tourism in Swedish II, 2 cr
C705C-7 Tourism in Swedish III, 2 cr